Tag Archives: Rugby Americas North

A 23-man Dominican Republic roster has been named for Saturday’s international against Curaçao. The two Caribbean countries will both play for the first time in 2017, doing so at the Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in the Dominican Republic. Head Coach Colin Brown has confirmed his players for the fixture. …

Carnival Beach Rugby is coming to St. Lucia in July. The Caribbean island nation will play host to a summer competition and to encourage interest a cash prize is up for grabs. On the line will be EC$1000 while all competitors will have the opportunity of not only playing but also …

The Central American nation of Belize is set to host a first ever Beach Rugby tournament. The historic event will take place in the spectacular location of the redeveloped Split, Caye Caulker. The upcoming tournament is to take place on April 22. Teams will be 5-a-side. Contact information is displayed below …

International rugby in the Caribbean got underway for the year in February. The opening fixture saw St. Lucia playing host to St. Vincent and the Grenadines on February 18. The friendly international saw the team from St. Vincent and the Grenadines sailing to St. Lucia. Unfortunately the visiting side was …

Slowly but surely rugby is developing in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The Haitian Rugby Federation (FEHRU) and Rugby American North (RAN) recently combined to organize high-level Rugby 7’s training  in the country. On January 21 the FEHRU organized a training course for coaches and for several teams in the West: Lilavois, …

Rugby Americas North (RAN) may expand in 2017. Both Aruba and Belize are moving towards gaining membership status. Since founding Rugby Belize in 2012 Tony Gillings has seen encouraging progress. He has introduced the game to community groups, police cadets and schools. It is the schools which mark the greatest …

Canada has claimed the title in both the men’s and women’s brackets of the Rugby Americas North 7s tournament in Trinidad & Tobago. While the two teams competed under the ‘Maple Leafs’ development banner, the men sent a near-full strength side under new head coach Damian McGrath to prepare for …

The 2017 World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament set to be held at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay, will see its latest start ever with the opening round set for Tuesday, August 29 and the final slated for Sunday, September 10. With many teams unhappy with the timing of the …

Two very different sides will be representing Canada at the Rugby Americas North 7s this coming weekend. Originally planned to be development sides under the ‘Maple Leafs’ banner, the men will instead send a effectively first choice side to compete at the tournament in Trinidad & Tobago. Meanwhile the women …

Colombia eliminated Mexico from Rugby World Cup qualifying today. A 29-11 win in Medellín sees Mexico’s Japan 2019 dream ending. In contrast Los Tucanes now advance to face Paraguay in the following round in November. Colombia’s win was hard fought. Having conceded an early penalty Los Tucanes were forced to …