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“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...
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...
Inaugural Women’s Online Forum helping rugby reach more of the Americas
Rugby Americas North (RAN) hopes the success of its inaugural Women’s Online Forum can aid the development of the female game within the region’s smaller unions. RAN had originally planned to hold a physical forum this month, which would have been focused on women in...
The Road to 15s: Creating a More Inclusive Game – Women’s Online Forum #3
https://youtu.be/0PZXsh45uyI https://youtu.be/2e96bEDcbjw Presentation #3 – The Road to 15s: Creating a More Inclusive Game August 19th at 7pm ET/4pm PT Presenters: Jenn Heinrich (USA) Alejandra Betancourt (Colombia/World Rugby Council) Within North America...