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 Carly MacKinnon | Apr 27, 2023 | Canada, St. Lucia, Women's Rugby
World Rugby and Capgemini have unveiled the 12 inspiring women who will join the Capgemini Women in Rugby Leadership Program in 2023, reaffirming their commitment to champion female leaders and drive gender equality across the game. The 12 latest scholars, two from...
by Bryan Kelly | Jun 16, 2022 | St. Lucia, Superweek, Women's Rugby
“I honestly had not considered playing rugby at all. I thought it was too aggressive for me,” says former track and field athlete turned national rugger Makeba Alcide. However despite her initial reluctance, last year 31-year-old Makeba made the switch to rugby after...
by Lauren Rothwell | Feb 8, 2022 | St. Lucia, Women's Rugby
If you ask Nelta Samuels the importance of sport, she would tell you that rugby changed her life. She started playing rugby in 2011, playing her first international game for St Lucia two years later in Trinidad & Tobago. “Representing St Lucia in rugby is a...
by Bryan Kelly | Jul 27, 2021 | Jamaica, St. Lucia, Women's Rugby
Rugby Americas North (RAN) is pleased to announce that it will be financially supporting both Tracy-Ann Hales and Zhenya Allain as they take the Women in Leadership online course through Cornell University to further their executive leadership development. Both...
by ranMedia | Oct 20, 2020 | RAN Sevens, St. Lucia, Women's Rugby
Article is written by Anthony De Beauville | The Voice St. Lucia One of Saint Lucia’s lead female rugby players Mary Roberts, is someone to keep a close eye on. A former student of the Bocage Secondary School and Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC), her...