RAN OFFLOAD: CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TURNED HEAD COACH JESS NEILSON
At the age of just 25, Jessica Neilson has an impressive list of accomplishments – on and off the rugby pitch. The Victoria, BC native picked up a rugby ball at eight years old and has never looked back. She’s represented Castaway Wanderers, Vancouver Island, British...
Rugby sevens match officials unveiled for Tokyo Olympics with 100 days to go
Squad of 22 match officials from 12 countries selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo Inclusion of five international players who have swapped the playing shirt for the whistle, including New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup winner Selica Winiata Eight female referees...
Q&A with Cristina Flores Justic – RAN EXCO/RAN Regional Representative on World Rugby Council
Cristina’s passion for rugby started from her first game, playing at University, in New Brunswick, Canada in 1979. When she moved to Southern Ontario in 1983, there were no women playing rugby, so she joined the St. Catharines Rugby Club Board and became the Fixtures...
USA EAGLE ALUM DAN PAYNE APPOINTED USA RUGBY GENERAL MANAGER OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
USA Eagle Alum and former USA Rugby CEO, Dan Payne appointed as General Manager of High Performance following an extensive application and review process. The General Manager role will lead and oversee all aspects of USA Rugby High Performance programs, including the...
USA Rugby High Performance Pathways to host men’s and women’s Talent Identification Camps with World Rugby
Seven camps will be held to identify talent at the U18, U20 and U23 levels with an emphasis on players from non-traditional pathways GLENDALE, CO. (April 8, 2021) - Beginning in May, USA Rugby High Performance Pathways will host seven Talent Identification Camps to...
Q&A with Dennis Dwyer: RAN Treasurer (Cat C and RAN’s World Rugby Council Rep)
Dennis Dwyer is the former President of Rugby Americas North. He served in the position from August 2013 to August 2017. Formerly the Head Coach of the Bermuda National team and President of the Bermuda Rugby Football Union, Dennis has also had a long career as a...
Q&A with Miguel Carner: Rugby Americas North’s EXCO President
Miguel Carner started playing rugby at the French Lycee in Mexico City when he was 12 and went on to play Junior Rugby (Centre) and Championship with the French Lycee. He later founded the Wallabies Rugby Club in Mexico 1979 and won the Senior National Champions...
Lauren Doyle: USA “definitely a force” ahead of Tokyo 2020
Hearing Lauren Doyle talk about appearing at a second Olympic Games, you are left with the impression she has unfinished business on sport’s grandest stage. Doyle was part of the USA team that finished fifth as rugby returned to the Olympics at Rio 2016, losing to New...
Barbados Rugby’s George Nicholson: 35 Years of Leadership, Camaraderie and Community
With a history of over 35 years in Rugby, George Nicholson’s career impressively spans right across the spectrum of the sport. Although his experience officially encompasses 22 years as a player and 14 years as a referee, those who know George, know he is a man of...
Lesley McKenzie: “I’m not in the game to be a female head coach – I’m a rugby coach”
Former Canadian international Lesley McKenzie has already hit the ground running in her first month as Japan head coach, her sights already set on Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 and developing the next generation of female coaches in the country. Lesley McKenzie laughs...