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“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...

Kate Daley humbled but honoured to be part of coaching initiative

by ranMedia | Sep 28, 2020 | USA

Former USA captain Kate Daley believes initiatives like the Rugby World Cup 2021 Coaching Internship Partnership are vital to enable more women to earn high performance coaching roles. Kate Daley experienced the full gamut of human emotion when she discovered she had...

Shanae Gordon hopes to use JOA scholarship to benefit rugby in Jamaica

by ranMedia | Sep 28, 2020 | Jamaica

The Jamaica women’s sevens player is keen to help spread awareness of the game on the Caribbean island as one of four recipients of the scholarship scheme. Shanae Gordon hopes to use her Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) scholarship to finish her degree and help...

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...

Andry Alfredo Castillo Abreu: From player to coach in the Dominican Republic

by Ruth Chavarria | Sep 14, 2020 | Dominican Republic

The rugby discovery Growing up, Andry Alfredo Castillo Abreu was a basketball player. Basketball was his passion and he felt very comfortable playing it. Then rugby came into his life and gave a different meaning to what he felt about sports. Castillo discovered rugby...