Mexico
French Star Guiding Mexico Sevens Forward: Terry Bouhraoua
Earlier this year, French Olympian Terry Bouhraoua was appointed Mexico Rugby’s new Sports Director of Rugby Sevens. No stranger to the pitch, the 35-year-old was one of France’s leading players in rugby sevens, playing rugby for over 28 years; and professionally for...
Canada Women and USA Men Win 2023 RAN Sevens Grand Prize, Qualify for Paris 2024
LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The 2023 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens filled Starlight Stadium with upwards of 4,000 rugby fans each day of the event as the draw of the home teams, thrilling rugby sevens, and the prizes up for grabs helped pack the stands. Hosted by...
Mexico Women: Taking on the Challenge
ENGLISH Mexico As Mexico Women’s Captain 34-year-old Alessandra Bender Cruz gets set to lead her team in South Africa this week for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023, the diminutive dynamo says Mexico are going in with everything they've got. This year’s...
Test Match Rugby Returns to the Caribbean: Cayman Islands Hosts Mexico Men
As the second leg of series started in Mexico City in 2021, Cayman Islands are eager to host this year’s test match rematch with Mexico between their two men’s fifteens programs on December 10, 2022, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. It will be the first test match...
Women in Leadership Directive Profile – Mariana Oble, Mexico
In 2013 Mariana Oble was invited to a rugby tournament. While at the tournament, she met many coaches, one of whom invited her to provide physio support for a team from Mexico City. The coach of the women’s national team was also present, and invited Mariana to...
WiLD Profile – Gabriela Rojas, Mexico
Gabriela (Gaby) Rojas grew up in Mexico, but it wasn’t until a university exchange program at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) that she found rugby, with the help of Rosie the Riverter. “During my first week of exchange, I attended a campus...
HOW RUGBY HELPED YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE JOHANNA ON AND OFF THE PITCH
In October 2018, at the age of 16 and a student at the N22 high school in the Mexican city of Monterrey, Johanna discovered rugby thanks to an invitation from a friend. Rugby was just beginning at her school, and it was a fairly unknown sport in her city. Her family...
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...
Mexico defeats Cayman Islands in Thrilling Return to International 15s
On Saturday, December 11th, international men's 15s rugby made its return to action from the COVID-19 global pandemic when Mexico defeated Cayman Islands 39 - 13 at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. The hosts scored four tries, including a brace from powerful...
