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USA Secure RAN #1 seed in RWC Qualification with win over Canada
The USA Rugby Eagles have advanced to the next round of Rugby World Cup qualification after a dominant 38 - 16 win over Rugby Canada at RugbyTown USA in Glendale, Colorado to win the aggregate point series by 9 points....
Canada take early RWC qualifying lead over USA in Newfoundland
On Saturday afternoon in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada's Men's Rugby Team picked up their first win over their North American rivals, USA since 2013 by a score of 34-21. Head Coach Kingsley Jones' men will take a 13-point lead into next weekend's final game of the...
RWC 2023 Qualification: Another Chapter to be Written in Canada vs USA Rivalry
September 1, 2021 – Over the next two weekends, another chapter in the storied rivalry between Canada and USA will be written. Saturday marks their first match of a home-and-home aggregate series to decide the Rugby Americas North (RAN) #1 seed of Rugby World Cup...
“Mature, united and ready to go” – Emilie Bydwell on the Women’s Sevens Eagles Olympics mission
Ten years ago, Emilie Bydwell “took a punt” and packed in a secure job to travel from one coast of the United States to the other to fulfil her ambition of making a living out of rugby. At that stage in 2011, the Canadian, who’d taken up rugby as a 14-year-old...
Olympics star Lauren Doyle helps to put USA rugby on the map
As you approach Boody, Illinois, there is nothing remarkable about the place but it could soon be 'home' to an Olympic champion. On the one road in and the one road out, as you pass on through to Decatur to the north or St Louis to the south, a huge water tower, with...
KAT ROCHE TO MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST FEMALE LEAD REFEREE IN MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY
DALLAS (July 15, 2021) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) will make history. The Houston SaberCats will square off with the Seattle Seawolves for their final round match of the season, but with both teams out of the playoff picture, it will be a referee who will be...
Scientific approach helping Amelia Luciano rise through match official ranks
Amelia Luciano admits that she is almost constantly on the go, her time split between her two major passions: pharmacology and rugby. By day, Luciano can be found at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Guertin Lab, where she works as a postdoctoral...
Amanda Cox on the fight for more female representation in refereeing
Amanda Cox admits that the first time she took the pitch as a referee her “mind was blown”. Having picked up an oval ball while a student at Virginia Tech, Cox played for more than 15 years in the back-row before deciding it was time to find out what life was like on...
Officiating history: first female RWC final referee set sights on NFL after 20 year career in rugby
Although Leah Berard’s Rugby career spans over 20 years, it is her 14 years as a professional referee that has taken her all over the world to places like Barbados, South Africa, Hong Kong, England and Russia, just to name a few. Her passion for the development of the...
Ibañez igniting inclusivity for the future of rugby
To say 27-year-old pro-rugby player Devin Ibañez is resilient is an understatement. From playing high school Rugby in Massachusetts, to travelling to as far as Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom for the game, overcoming injury setbacks (including a...