Category: Canada | Rugby Americas North

“Awesome women doing awesome things” at Rugby Canada’s Maple Leaf Academy

by ranMedia | Sep 28, 2020 | Canada

Rugby Canada’s Coordinator Women’s High Performance, Kristy Martin Hale, talks about the giant strides made towards achieving gender equality in the sport. As the intake of 12 new athletes and associated staff gathered together for the launch meeting of the Maple Leaf...

MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY RELEASES 2021 SEASON LAUNCH, CHAMPIONSHIP DATE

by ranMedia | Sep 22, 2020 | Canada, Rugby Americas, USA

DALLAS (September 22, 2020) — In advance of its fourth season, Major League Rugby today announced its 2021 season will start with matches on March 20, 2021 and will continue for 18 weeks of regular season action. Thirteen teams spread across North America will be...

MARIA GALLO: A FEARLESS AMBASSADOR FOR THE WOMEN’S GAME

by ranMedia | Sep 21, 2020 | Canada

Former Canada winger and assistant women’s 15s coach, Maria Gallo, hopes World Rugby’s Coaching Internship Programme will help eradicate the misconception in some quarters that rugby is “a man’s world”. A year ago Canada’s Alana Gattinger became only the second woman...

KAPLAN AND POLLOCK APPOINTED TO LEAD MLR MATCH OFFICIALS FOR 2021

by ranMedia | Aug 7, 2020 | Canada, Rugby Americas, USA

DALLAS (August 6, 2020) – Major League Rugby (MLR) announced today that Jonathan Kaplan will lead the appointment and development of match officials for the 2021 season. Kaplan will also be assisted by Chris Pollock in a technical advisor role. Between them, Kaplan...

Charity Williams: ‘The most important thing is people are talking’

by ranMedia | Jun 23, 2020 | Canada

Charity Williams is used to making telling contributions in front of packed stadiums, but nerves surfaced as she addressed an audience in Victoria, British Columbia, earlier this month. Williams had been asked to speak at the Peace Rally for Black Lives by her Canada...

Carpenter: We aspire to win out in USA v Canada rivalry

by ranMedia | Jun 23, 2020 | Canada, USA

The USA and Canada are very similar in many respects, including the same level of desire to win whenever they meet on the rugby field. We talk to former captains, Aaron Carpenter and Blaine Scully, about the great North American rivalry. The rugby rivalry that exists...