Category: RAN Sevens | Rugby Americas North

Female Rugby Player Mary Roberts Eyes 2024 Olympics

by ranMedia | Oct 20, 2020 | RAN Sevens, St. Lucia

Article is written by Anthony De Beauville | The Voice St. Lucia One of Saint Lucia’s lead female rugby players Mary Roberts, is someone to keep a close eye on. A former student of the Bocage Secondary School and Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC), her...

2020 RUGBY AMERICAS NORTH SEVENS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

by Bryan Kelly | Sep 2, 2020 | Member News, RAN Sevens

September 2, 2020 – Today, due to the on-going COVID-19 global pandemic, Rugby Americas North (RAN) General Manager and Tournament Director Niall Brooks has announced that the 2020 RAN Sevens – Senior and Under-18 – has been cancelled. The annual Sevens is RAN’s...

BARBADOS’ JARA EMTAGE-CAVE IS FLYING HIGH TO HARVARD

by Amy Goulding | Jul 28, 2020 | Barbados, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Superweek

Bridgetown, Barbados – Barbados might be a small island, but there’s no shortage of beauty, brains and brawn on this nation’s rugby pitches. Just ask 18-year-old Jara Emtage-Cave, one of the island’s most promising up-and-coming women’s players, who not only...

BARBADOS AND BEYOND – CAPTAIN SEAN IS WARD-ING OFF LIMITATIONS

by Amy Goulding | Jun 25, 2020 | Americas Rugby Challenge, Barbados, Men's 15s, RAN Sevens

It’s a little-known fact that Barbados is renowned as the official birthplace of Caribbean Rugby, with competitive matches between British troops said to date back as far as the early 1900s. Since the 1960s, the national development of the sport has been guided by the...

Vázquez hopes to promote change through sport

by Bryan Kelly | Jan 19, 2020 | Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby Americas

Mexico is a country with a rich history, and since the time of the Aztecs it is one in which entertainment has come in the form of sport. One of those ancient sports was tlachtli, a blend of tennis, football and basketball in which arms and feet were not used and the...

2019 Rugby Americas North Year in Review

by Bryan Kelly | Jan 6, 2020 | Americas Rugby Challenge, Americas Rugby Championship, Beach Rugby, Member News, Men's 15s, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby Americas, Rugby World Cup, Superweek

From an epic Rugby World Cup hosted in Japan, to new competitions and milestones in development, the Rugby Americas North region has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments in 2019: Development Level 1 Introducing Rugby course held in Turks and Caicos Islands...