Despite the French summer far from being over the country’s rugby season is set to start. Just 57 days after last season’s final Week 1 of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season gets underway on Saturday. With players have briefly rested before returning to training they are now set to play …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14 – Season Preview
A new season of Top 14 rugby begins on Saturday. The opening round kicks off less than two months after the 2016 final was played in Barcelona. The quick turnaround is due to Rugby World Cup 2015 having delayed matches in the early part of the 2015-2016 season. With there being …
Read More »Mexico vs Guyana RWC Qualifier Confirmed for October 01
The governing body for rugby in North America and the Caribbean, Rugby Americas North has confirmed that Mexico will host Guyana on October 01. Set to be played in Mexico City the fixture will be the Rugby Americas North Qualifiers Final. The winner will go on to face the South …
Read More »Rugby Americas North names Award Winners
Rugby Americas North (RAN, formerly NACRA) has announced the winners of three annual awards – Spirit, Achievement, and Development – recognizing excellence and embodiment of the sport’s core values. One team and two individuals have been named as recipients. The 2015 Spirit of the Game Award has gone to Simone …
Read More »Classifying Americas Rugby
Rugby is experiencing an explosion of participation and popularity throughout the Americas, one that is expected to see considerable growth from the Olympics. This is true both in terms of established rugby countries and those in their infancy. To better understand the current situation it is useful to define a tiered classification system …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Chile There were two significant breakthroughs for Chile in recent days. Firstly the sport in the country is set to be boosted in …
Read More »USA South Panthers Crowned Rugby Americas North u19 Champions
Just like the women in the rugby 10’s tournament, it was the men’s USA South Panthers who came out winners in Miami. This afternoon in southern Florida the USA South Panthers U19’s side defeated last year’s champions, Mexico. The 25-10 victory sees the side ending a six year drought. The USA South …
Read More »USA South Panthers Win Women’s 10’s RAN Championship
The USA Rugby South Panthers came out on top to win the inaugural Women’s 10’s Rugby Americas North Championship. They won the title by defeating Trinidad & Tobago 31-22 in the final. Finishing in third position was Jamaica. The Jamaican women were too strong for the Bahamas in winning 27-0. Earlier in …
Read More »Canadian Women rise to 2nd in World Rankings
Canada wrapped up a wonderful Women’s Super Series on the weekend with their third consecutive runaway victory against top opposition. In besting the top two teams from the 2016 Six Nations, the women have risen two spots to overtake both England and France and claim second spot, their highest ever …
Read More »Americas Rankings – July 03 2016
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – July 03 2016 see Mexico gaining rankings points at the expense of the Cayman Islands. Before the fixture Mexico had 44.62 points and was 56th in the world. This was a narrow advantage …
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