by Amy Goulding | Sep 8, 2023 | Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens
Earlier this year, French Olympian Terry Bouhraoua was appointed Mexico Rugby’s new Sports Director of Rugby Sevens. No stranger to the pitch, the 35-year-old was one of France’s leading players in rugby sevens, playing rugby for over 28 years; and professionally for... 
by Carly MacKinnon | Aug 21, 2023 | Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens, St. Lucia, USA
LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The 2023 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens filled Starlight Stadium with upwards of 4,000 rugby fans each day of the event as the draw of the home teams, thrilling rugby sevens, and the prizes up for grabs helped pack the stands. Hosted by... 
by Amy Goulding | Apr 18, 2023 | Mexico, Women's Rugby
ENGLISH Mexico As Mexico Women’s Captain 34-year-old Alessandra Bender Cruz gets set to lead her team in South Africa this week for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023, the diminutive dynamo says Mexico are going in with everything they’ve got. This... 
by Carly MacKinnon | Nov 23, 2022 | Cayman Islands, Men's 15s, Mexico
As the second leg of series started in Mexico City in 2021, Cayman Islands are eager to host this year’s test match rematch with Mexico between their two men’s fifteens programs on December 10, 2022, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. It will be the first test match... 
by Lauren Rothwell | Jun 5, 2022 | Mexico, Women's Rugby
In 2013 Mariana Oble was invited to a rugby tournament. While at the tournament, she met many coaches, one of whom invited her to provide physio support for a team from Mexico City. The coach of the women’s national team was also present, and invited Mariana to... 
by Lauren Rothwell | Mar 28, 2022 | Mexico, RAN Sevens, Women's Rugby
Gabriela (Gaby) Rojas grew up in Mexico, but it wasn’t until a university exchange program at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) that she found rugby, with the help of Rosie the Riverter. “During my first week of exchange, I attended a campus... 
