Rising from the Ashes: Rebuilding Rugby in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Over the past few years, rugby in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has taken some hard knocks. First came the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 which shut down both training and play, followed by the devastation of the...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile – Dany Rosales, Mexico
Dany Rosales stumbled into the world of rugby by chance. In 2009, her father, a former rugby player, invited Dany to attend a men’s game with him to see some of his old friends. Ahead of the men’s game, there was a women’s exhibition game, however, there were not...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Amanda Neale-Robinson, Canada
Amanda Neale-Robinson is the Executive Director of the Toronto Inner-City Rugby Foundation (TIRF). Joining TIRF in 2017 as a communications officer, Amanda found her way to rugby as a spectator. Growing up in Bermuda, Amanda had the opportunity to attend the Bermuda...
Jamaican rugby speedster Matthew Wekpe chasing Winter Olympic dream
Jamaica international Matthew Wekpe has taken a sabbatical from rugby to chase an unlikely Olympic dream in Beijing. Wekpe, who has represented the Crocs in both sevens and 15s under his mother’s surname Wilson, is part of the first Jamaican four-man bobsleigh team to...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Nelta Samuels, St. Lucia
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...
James Bailey: returning to his RAN roots with Jamaica
James Bailey is no stranger to world-class rugby. Having played professionally for 12 years in England and France, as well as taken on the role of Head Coach of the England Women’s team, 38-year-old Bailey now has his sights firmly set on developing rugby in the...
HOW RUGBY HELPED RHODE ISLAND STATE SENATOR TIARA MACK BECOME A “NATURAL LEADER”
In November 2020 Tiara Mack made history when she became the first openly LGBTQ black person to be elected to the Rhode Island state Senate. Mack had once been a reluctant politician but her journey to public office had begun more than eight years previously, when she...
Major League Rugby Launches Rise of Rugby
As Major League Rugby enters Season Five, we celebrate a global movement that is gaining momentum. A game with heart and soul that echoes the best aspects of life. A game with the communal spirit that success is not measured in wins or losses, but in the growth of the...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Jessika Marshall, USA
Growing up in Georgia, Vermont, Jessika Marshall was a multi-talented athlete. Her middle school years were filled with athletics including soccer, basketball, and softball, but if you would have asked Jess, her heart was always with soccer. That all changed when she...
2022 RAN Beach 5s Sizzle Reel Launched following Another Successful Event
Earlier this month the third annual RAN Beach 5s tournament took place on the beautiful Hollywood Beach with more than 25 teams taking part in an epic day of fun in the sun. The event brought teams from all over the United States, including Colorado, Massachusetts,...