Six schools participated in the recent Get Into Rugby (GIR) Day in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The bi-annual event took place on Saturday January 27 at the Richmond Hill Playing field in Kingstown. The day started with heavy rain but it quickly made way for the sun to enable a …
Read More »Rugby Off The Ground in Puerto Rico
Rugby is off the ground in Puerto Rico. Although the sport had existed on the island previously, it was the Get Into Rugby event in May which stood out. The event was organized with the support from Rugby Americas North, the regional governing body for Rugby in North America and the …
Read More »Honduras, Nicaragua Host Sudamérica Rugby Visits
Sudamérica Rugby’s Regional North Development Manager Alberto Ruiz Lucahas been in Honduras and Nicáragua visiting the respective national governing bodies – the Federación Nicaragüense de Rugby (FENIRUGBY) and the Federación Hondureña de Rugby (FHR). The visits to both countries consisted of work-focused meetings with the local managers. The purpose being to seek …
Read More »Guatemala Fast-track Women’s Rugby
The Central American Republic of Guatemala is fast-tracking its development programs. The union’s quest to become a full Sudamérica Rugby member in 2017 and eventual World Rugby member has the organization busy in finding ways to develop rugby in the junior, senior, Rugby Sevens and, now, women’s categories. Held in Guatemala …
Read More »Guatemala, Panama receive visit from Sudamérica Rugby
In an effort to grow the game Sudamérica Rugby’s Northern Regional Developmental Manager, Alberto Ruiz Luca has been busy visiting Central American countries recently. Following a recent Sudamérica Rugby inspection of El Salvador attention turned to both Guatemala and Panama. Get Into Rugby administrator, Guillermo Signorelli was in Guatemala to see the …
Read More »Haiti Enters the World of International Rugby
The birth of rugby in Haiti was September of 2014 when around 20 coaches took part over several days of courses and practices to prepare them to play and coach Rugby. It followed a workshop from the previous year but was a true introduction as, for the most part, the notion of …
Read More »Stéphane Lagache Holds Coaching Clinic in Dominican Republic
As part of the Get Into Rugby program Stéphane Lagache of the Fedération Française de Rugby (French Rugby Federation – FFR) has been involved in a Rugby Sevens coaching course in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. Organized in conjunction with the French Embassy, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Sport …
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