Three years after suffering a devastating spinal cord injury, Robert Paylor continues to define odds. His determination to overcome all odds has been noted with him winning the N4A Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award. The award is allocated on an annual basis. It recognizes five NCAA student-athletes who have endured and …

Until recently Women’s Rugby was a non-priority for World Rugby. Rugby Sevens in the Olympics and changing social norms are part of the reason as to why this is no longer the case. For young women, teenage girls and children this represents opportunities that previous generations were not afforded. In …

Ray Barkwill scored five test tries for Canada; the first of these was truly memorable. It came with the hooker featuring as a replacement for his country against Fiji in the 2013 Pacific Nations Cup. The match was played at Twin Elm Park in Ottawa. The North Americans played well …

The pandemic pause button was hit just before the New England Free Jacks were set to host their first ever Major League Rugby match in Weymouth. Making it doubly untimely was that several of the team’s best players were just returning to the lineup from injury. The Boston faithful will …

Agustín Pichot has stepped down from World Rugby. He does so having completed his term as Vice Chairman on Tuesday, May 12. The Argentine decided to do so following the recent election results which saw Bill Beaumont (UK) elected for a second term as Chairman. The former Pumas captain not …

Agustín Creevy has been listed by SANZAAR as the greatest performing Super Rugby hooker from the 2015-2020 period. The former Jaguares captain was named in a special team together with fourteen others who represent the greatest individual performances across all positions. The team contains seven New Zealand players, an indication …

World Rugby has, with immediate effect, altered Law 8.2(a). The change means that it will no longer be possible to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector. Such tries have not been overly common, but they have occurred from time to tim, including at in multiple …

The official website of the Top 14 has named Juan Martín Hernández in the Top 14 All-Time Dream Team. The former Argentine fly half, inside center and fullback was named at the back as the greatest fullback in the Top 14. Hernández played for Stade Français (2003-2009), Racing 92 (2010-2014) …

Segundo Tuculet is to continue his professional career in France. He has signed for Pro D2 side Valence Romans. In doing so, the 26-year-old will play in France for the second time in his career. The former Los Pumas 7’s player moved to Europe in 2017. He did so after …

In their final tour match before RWC 2019, Uruguay faced Romania at the Ghencea Sports Complex in Bucharest. It was a match of contrasting teams in terms of management. On the one hand, the visitors had developed tremendously since the previous RWC. On the other hand, the home side had …

The SaberCats ownership didn’t wait until the end of the 2019 season to make changes. Once they knew they needed to go in a different direction, they put Paul Emerick in charge of the team and the decision paid off with a nice winning streak to close out the campaign. …

A disappointing 2019 season saw the Raptors make significant changes in the off-season. Peter Borlase took over a new-look coaching staff and the team itself re-branded, shedding their Glendale label for the all-encompassing Colorado state moniker. Both seemed positive choices but they were only papering over seismic damage to the …

What a difference a year makes. At the end of the 2019 season Austin, then the Elite, were the odds-on favorites to be the first Major League Rugby franchise to either fold or relocate. Up until weeks before the 2020 campaign kicked off, in fact, most pundits were still wondering …

Alex Sedrick and Payton Telea-Ilalio have claimed the top collegiate rugby awards in the USA. Sedrick has won the MA Sorenson Award as the nation’s top women’s player at college level, with Telea-Ilalio taking home the men’s equivalent Rudy Scholz Award. Hailing from Herriman, Utah, Sedrick is a standout in …

Canada and the USA are to host England in mid-year internationals in 2021, reports Will Kelleher for the Daily Mail. England’s tour to North America will be during the July International window, the time time wherein the British & Irish Lions will be touring South Africa. If confirmed the two …

Six countries are represented on the first ever South American Women’s Referee Panel. Sudamérica Rugby made the announcement of a panel of twelve officials. They are from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Brazil is the country with the most referees appointed with four. They are Cristina Futuro, Gabriela …

Canadian prop Rod Snow ran in against Namibia in RWC 1999. His try saw him catching out flanker Sean Furter with a dummy pass. The try was part of what was Canada’s most impressive scoreline in a Rugby World Cup match. Canada scored 72 points against the Africans. Fly half …

Mateo Sanguinetti has signed a two-year-deal with Massy. The contract sees the Uruguayan loose head prop continuing his professional career. Having already played for the Houston SaberCats and Peñarol, in  Major League Rugby and Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) respectively, Sanguinetti will now play in France. Rugby Club Massy …

Two Canadian internationals have been named in The Rugby Paper‘s RFU Championship Dream Team for the 2019-20 season. Brett Beukeboom and Shane O’Leary have been selected at lock and flyhalf respectively in a team that features a number of players with top division experience. Beukeboom recently announced his retirement as …

Major League Rugby is on hiatus until 2021 but the recruitment process for next season has already begun. That includes the two newest teams in the American professional league – Dallas and Los Angeles. The first order of business is the ‘dispersal draft’ featuring players from the now-defunct Colorado Raptors. …