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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
by Bryan Kelly | Dec 17, 2019 | Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, RAN Sevens, Rugby Americas
The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, a new and exciting international rugby sevens competition, will be launched in February 2020 to boost rugby sevens’ development across the globe. With sevens experiencing exponential growth from a performance and fan... 
