Mexico are the 2019 champions of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Women’s 10’s. Played at the Bellevue Plantation Polo Club in Bridgetown, Barbados Mexico were convincing 22-0 winners over Jamaica in the Final. Mexico powered their way to the title by seeing-off Trinidad & Tobago 34-0 in their Quarter Final. …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Canada Men’s Sevens Canada’s Men’s Sevens team will play at the Olympic Games for the first time. They secured their spot …
Read More »Jamaica and Mexico headed to Olympic Repechage
Jamaica and Mexico will each send two teams to the Olympic Repechage Qualifier tournament in 2020. Mexico were crowned champions in the women’s competition at the Rugby Americas North Sevens in George Town, with their men finishing in third place. Jamaica were runners-up in each draw. While slightly overshadowed by …
Read More »Canada Men qualify for Tokyo Olympics
Canada’s Men’s Sevens team are headed to the Olympic Games for the first time. The team won all three matches in convincing fashion on the second day of the Rugby Americas North tournament to secure their spot among the 12 teams that will compete in Tokyo next year. As it …
Read More »Strong Day One in Caymans sees Canada on track for Tokyo
A strong day one performance in the Cayman Islands sees Canada marching towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Played in the summer sun at the Truman Bodden National Sports Complex in Georgetown, Cayman Islands there were twenty-one matches on Day One. In the Men’s competition Canada and Jamaica impressed …
Read More »Rugby Expands Frontiers In Nación Tecla
The recent Nación Tecla Rugby Sevens event saw the sport continuing its expansion. Played in San Salvador last weekend Belize, Guatemala, and the home country of El Salvador competed in an international competition in which Belize play their first matches abroad. The Nación Tecla Rugby Sevens had both men’s and …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Turks & Caicos Islands Test match rugby this past weekend saw the Turks & Caicos Islands traveling to the British Virgin …
Read More »Americas Rankings – May 05 2019
The Americas Rankings for May 05 2019 have been calculated based on the results of two recent internationals. These matches were split over two weekends with the match dates being April 27, and May 04. On April 27 Guyana played host to Guadeloupe. The match was a winner-takes-all fixture to …
Read More »Turks & Caicos Islands Too Strong for British Virgin Islands
The Turks & Caicos Islands were too strong for the British Islands, winning 31-12 on the road today in Tortola. The win sees the Flamingoes dominating the Rugby Americas North (RAN) North Championship with a 2-0 record. Today’s victory takes the unbeaten run by the Flamingoes up to 6. The …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Turks & Caicos This weekend saw some highly competitive matches around the world. In England it was Newcastle vs Leicester, in …
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