by Bryan Kelly | Aug 5, 2021 | Barbados, Canada, Guyana, Women's Rugby
Amanda Whipple The name belongs to an eighteen year old Canadian girl who had the privilege of growing up in a small island in the Caribbean, Barbados. One who enjoys writing about people’s experiences and sharing stories for those who aren’t able to share it... 
by Lauren Rothwell | Jul 27, 2021 | Jamaica, Women's Rugby
If you asked Tracy-Ann Hales about her passion for rugby, she wouldn’t regal you with a childhood story about falling in love with the sport at a young age. Actually, Tracy-Ann has never been a rugby player. Instead, she found rugby after joining the Jamaica Rugby... 
by Bryan Kelly | Jul 27, 2021 | Jamaica, St. Lucia, Women's Rugby
Rugby Americas North (RAN) is pleased to announce that it will be financially supporting both Tracy-Ann Hales and Zhenya Allain as they take the Women in Leadership online course through Cornell University to further their executive leadership development. Both... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
