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Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Caroline Deegan, Cayman Islands

by Lauren Rothwell | Jul 22, 2021 | Cayman Islands, Women's Rugby

Playing rugby wasn’t an option for Caroline Deegan during her years at school and college. While she enjoyed watching rugby on television, there weren’t any recreational programmes catering to girls and women. Instead, she turned to field hockey and cross country...

“Mature, united and ready to go” – Emilie Bydwell on the Women’s Sevens Eagles Olympics mission

by Bryan Kelly | Jul 20, 2021 | Olympics, USA, Women's Rugby

Ten years ago, Emilie Bydwell “took a punt” and packed in a secure job to travel from one coast of the United States to the other to fulfil her ambition of making a living out of rugby. At that stage in 2011, the Canadian, who’d taken up rugby as a 14-year-old...

Olympics star Lauren Doyle helps to put USA rugby on the map

by Bryan Kelly | Jul 20, 2021 | Olympics, USA, Women's Rugby

As you approach Boody, Illinois, there is nothing remarkable about the place but it could soon be ‘home’ to an Olympic champion. On the one road in and the one road out, as you pass on through to Decatur to the north or St Louis to the south, a huge water...

Scientific approach helping Amelia Luciano rise through match official ranks

by Bryan Kelly | Jul 6, 2021 | USA, Women's Rugby

Amelia Luciano admits that she is almost constantly on the go, her time split between her two major passions: pharmacology and rugby. By day, Luciano can be found at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Guertin Lab, where she works as a postdoctoral...

Women in Leadership Directive Profile – Alexandria Olton, Trinidad & Tobago

by Lauren Rothwell | Jul 1, 2021 | Trinidad & Tobago, Women's Rugby

Rugby has always played a major role in Alexandria Olton’s life. She spent much of her childhood as a spectator, watching her dad and her uncles play rugby for Trinidad Northerners RFC. Her time pitch-side allowed Alex to become fully immersed in the sport, culture,...

Women in Leadership Directive Profile – Fabiola De La Cruz Ayala, Mexico

by Lauren Rothwell | Jun 24, 2021 | Mexico, Uncategorized, Women's Rugby

10 years ago, Fabiola De La Cruz discovered rugby after butting into a friend’s conversation. She heard one friend invite another to play rugby, and decided that she would also like to give it a try. Her friend encouraged her to try it out, as his sister played on the...