Women in Leadership Directive Profile: Kat Aversano, USA
An athletic high schooler, Kat Aversano discovered rugby in college. Originally intending to try out for the volleyball team, Kat found herself at a rugby practice in an effort to fill her spare time. Discovering a sport perfectly matched to her physicality, she was...
Jamaica Men, Mexico Women Clinch 2017 RAN Sevens Championships
MEXICO CITY -- Jamaica Men and Mexico Women have been crowned the 2017 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Champions. Both teams have booked their ticket to Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco as well as the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organisation (CACSO)...
RAN Teams Poised for Big Results on Final Day of RAN Sevens
MEXICO CITY -- The national sevens teams of Guyana, Jamaica and Mexico topped their pools in the men’s division on the first day of the 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens tournament. Trinidad & Tobago women went undefeated in round robin play, with Guyana and...
World Rugby to add five inductees to Hall of Fame
via World Rugby Five legends of the game will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at a special ceremony to celebrate their lives and careers in the game in Rugby, England, on Friday 10 November. An Englishman, an American, a Canadian, a Frenchman and an...
Rugby Barbados World 7s set to go global
via Rugby Barbados World 7s The teams are set for the 2017 Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s), scheduled for December 9-10 at Trents in St James, Barbados, with eighteen teams registered to participate in the event’s second edition. Eight Women’s and ten Men’s teams from...
Schedule Released for 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens
The schedule for the 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens tournament has been released, and players and fans alike have much to look forward to when the event kicks off in Mexico City on November 25th and 26th. Ten men's teams and sevens women's teams from the RAN region...
2017 RAN Sevens Pools Announced
Pools and playing format have been announced for the 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens happening in Mexico City on November 25th and 26th. Ten men's teams and seven women's teams will compete in the two-day tournament. Final schedules will be announced shortly. Men’s...
Former USA Eagle Kathy Flores on the State of the Women’s Game
The following is a speech written by former USA Eagle and national team coach Kathy Flores and former Eagle Kerri Heffernan. The speech was delivered by Flores at the Rugby Americas North General Meeting in August 2017. ----- I would like to thank Mike Luke for...
Women’s Rugby Relaunches in SVG
The SVG Rugby Union is excited to confirm, the new date for the launch of women's rugby practice on Monday 25th, September 2017. The sessions were due to begin on Monday 18th but due to the adverse weather conditions it was postponed. President Sophie Goddard...
RAN Partners with Rugby Relief to Aid Regional Disaster Victims
AUSTIN, Texas -- Rugby Americas North and Rugby Relief announced today a partnership to aid in the immediate and long-term recovery efforts for those affected by recent storms and natural disasters. The collaboration will serve to bring together the resources of both...