Canada
“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...
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...
KAPLAN AND POLLOCK APPOINTED TO LEAD MLR MATCH OFFICIALS FOR 2021
DALLAS (August 6, 2020) – Major League Rugby (MLR) announced today that Jonathan Kaplan will lead the appointment and development of match officials for the 2021 season. Kaplan will also be assisted by Chris Pollock in a technical advisor role. Between them, Kaplan...
Charity Williams: ‘The most important thing is people are talking’
Charity Williams is used to making telling contributions in front of packed stadiums, but nerves surfaced as she addressed an audience in Victoria, British Columbia, earlier this month. Williams had been asked to speak at the Peace Rally for Black Lives by her Canada...
Carpenter: We aspire to win out in USA v Canada rivalry
The USA and Canada are very similar in many respects, including the same level of desire to win whenever they meet on the rugby field. We talk to former captains, Aaron Carpenter and Blaine Scully, about the great North American rivalry. The rugby rivalry that exists...
Eagles renew continental domination – A look back at the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship
The third edition of the Americas Rugby Championship ratified the growth of a tournament for the six top nations in the continent The hashtag #AméricaCrece – America Grows – encapsulated the third edition of the continental competition, with the sustained growth of...
Continental development brings a champion from the North – A look back at the 2017 ARC
The second season of the Americas Rugby Championship bore fruits to the new competition model: develop high performance in the north and the south of the Americas. The success of the Americas Rugby Championship in its new format previewed a good second season. No one...
Competition as a Catalyst for growth – A look back at the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship
The Americas Rugby Championship was born due to the real need in the Americas for a high performance competition. We look back at the ARC 2016. The Americas Rugby Championship was born as a development tournament at the end of the previous decade, offering team in USA...
Under-20 Americas Rugby Championship Postponed
March 20, 2020 – Today, Rugby Americas announced that the 2020 Under-20 Americas Rugby Championship, which was set to take place June 10 – 18 in Montevideo, Uruguay, will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Player, staff and public welfare is always the top...