Category: Member News | Rugby Americas North

Jamaica Crocs keep their eyes on the Olympic prize

by Amy Goulding | Jun 15, 2021 | Jamaica, Olympics

With the Sevens Repechage in Monaco just around the corner, the Jamaica Crocs men and women have their sights firmly set on winning in their last chance at Olympic qualification. With one Men’s place and two Women’s places up for grabs, the Crocs are looking to defy...

Team Mexico sets sights on Olympic Repechage

by Amy Goulding | Jun 10, 2021 | Mexico, Olympics

This month, Mexico will be sending its finest Men’s and Women’s Sevens players to Monaco to compete for the last chance to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games Sevens Repechage will be held from 19-20 June under strict COVID-19 protocols and...

Maria Thomas putting scholarship lessons into practice as Trinidad and Tobago RFU’s first female president

by Bryan Kelly | Jun 10, 2021 | Trinidad & Tobago, Women's Rugby

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of rugby in Trinidad and Tobago, and it seems fitting that the country’s union will embrace that milestone with its first female president. Maria Thomas defeated the incumbent Colin Peters last month to be elected as the head...

World Rugby welcomes Mastercard as founding global partner of Women in Rugby and unveils new marketing campaign

by Bryan Kelly | Jun 9, 2021 | Member News, Women's Rugby

World Rugby has announced details of a transformative five-year partnership with Mastercard to accelerate the development of Women in Rugby, which will supercharge the international federation’s ambitious Accelerating the development of women in rugby 2017-25...

Amanda Cox on the fight for more female representation in refereeing

by Bryan Kelly | Jun 8, 2021 | USA

Amanda Cox admits that the first time she took the pitch as a referee her “mind was blown”. Having picked up an oval ball while a student at Virginia Tech, Cox played for more than 15 years in the back-row before deciding it was time to find out what life was like on...

Officiating history: first female RWC final referee set sights on NFL after 20 year career in rugby

by Amy Goulding | Jun 2, 2021 | USA

Although Leah Berard’s Rugby career spans over 20 years, it is her 14 years as a professional referee that has taken her all over the world to places like Barbados, South Africa, Hong Kong, England and Russia, just to name a few. Her passion for the development of the...