Tag Archives: Rugby Americas North

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 …

Rugby Americas North has confirmed the teams and pools for the 2016 Rugby Americas North 7s, to be held at the CIC Grounds in Trinidad & Tobago’s capital city, Port of Spain. A total of 14 nations will be represented in the men’s bracket with 10 in the women in …

It’s quite a spread of players in our weekly selection, with five countries represented by players found in action around the globe. A sub-par showing by the Pumas left the door open for a couple players who have never before featured in the select side. Big wins for Mexico and …

Mexico have claimed the Rugby Americas North title with a comprehensive 32-3 win over Guyana in Coyoacán, Mexico City, on Saturday afternoon. In doing so they also push on to the next round of the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, where they will play the winner of the South American ‘B’ …