Female Rugby Player Mary Roberts Eyes 2024 Olympics
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...
“Awesome women doing awesome things” at Rugby Canada’s Maple Leaf Academy
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
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
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
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
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...
What you Need to Know About Returning to Rugby from COVID-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Nf2fLTN3E Player welfare is the number one priority in the game of rugby, and everyone has a role to play in ensuring a safe environment for training and competing as we get set to return to rugby from COVID-19. Here are a few tips...
Andry Alfredo Castillo Abreu: From player to coach in the 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...
Four athletes chosen to receive Jamaica Olympic Association scholarships
The article below was written by Michael Houston for Inside the Games Biz. Click the link below to see the original story. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1098193/jamaica-olympic-association-scholarship -------- The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has...
2020 RUGBY AMERICAS NORTH SEVENS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
September 2, 2020 – Today, due to the on-going COVID-19 global pandemic, Rugby Americas North (RAN) General Manager and Tournament Director Niall Brooks has announced that the 2020 RAN Sevens – Senior and Under-18 – has been cancelled. The annual Sevens is RAN's blue...