by Bryan Kelly | May 4, 2022 | Canada
Rugby Americas North is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Pearse Higgins Higgins acted as NACRA’s (now RAN) President between 2007 – 2009 and was on its Executive Committee until 2012, serving as the Regional Association’s Representative on the IRB Council...
by Bryan Kelly | Apr 13, 2022 | Barbados, Canada, RAN Sevens
Former Rugby Canada Men’s Sevens international Caleb Jordan is set to compete at next weekend’s Rugby Americas North Sevens Qualifiers in Nassau, Bahamas. However, this time he won’t have a Maple Leaf on his chest. When the whistle blows to kick off the action at...
by Bryan Kelly | Apr 11, 2022 | Canada, RAN Sevens, Rugby World Cup, Women's Rugby
Pamphinette Buisa hopes that lessons learnt in 2021 can help drive her and Canada onto double Rugby World Cup success this year. Buisa, who played her first test in four years last November having been part of the Canada squad that finished a disappointing ninth at...
by Bryan Kelly | Mar 31, 2022 | Canada, USA
(NEW YORK, March 31, 2022) Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) announced its nationwide expansion into new cities in 2022. The league’s tournaments will bring the famous rugby sevens festival experience to Major League Soccer (MLS) stadiums in San Jose at PayPal Park...
by Bryan Kelly | Mar 5, 2022 | Canada, Women's Rugby
nnabel Kehoe has been slightly taken aback by the amount of people who have been in touch since it was announced she would be leaving the British Columbia Rugby Union (BC Rugby) in June. Following almost seven years as the organisation’s chief executive officer, Kehoe...
by Lauren Rothwell | Feb 15, 2022 | Canada, Women's Rugby
Amanda Neale-Robinson is the Executive Director of the Toronto Inner-City Rugby Foundation (TIRF). Joining TIRF in 2017 as a communications officer, Amanda found her way to rugby as a spectator. Growing up in Bermuda, Amanda had the opportunity to attend the Bermuda...