Tag Archives: Women’s Rugby

Ghislaine Landry nominated for World Rugby award

Canadian captain Ghislaine Landry has been nominated for the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year award. The 29-year-old Toronto native is named alongside a pair of New Zealand standouts in Michaela Blyde and Ruby Tui. Monte Carlo will host the 2017 World Rugby Awards on November 26. Landry …

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Americas trio to join World Rugby Hall of Fame

Three Americas players are to be inducted to the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Argentina’s Felipe Contepomi, Canadian Al Charron, and Phaidra Knight of the USA will become the 133rd, 134th, and 137th inductees respectively in a ceremony to be held on November 10 in Rugby, England. Also joining the …

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South American Teams Prepare for Montevideo

South American teams are preparing for action in Montevideo. The 2017 edition of the Valentín Martínez 7’s will take place on November 10-11 at Carrasco Polo Club in the Uruguayan capital. Competing will be seven countries. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay all do so from South America while …

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2017 Rugby Americas North 7’s Pools

Rugby Americas North (RAN) has announced the pools for the upcoming regional 7’s tournament in Mexico City. The two-day event will take place on November 25-26. Taking part are to be ten men’s teams and seven women’s teams. The ten competing teams in the men’s division are: Barbados, Bermuda, British …

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Guatemala Win Juegos Centroamericanos

Guatemala have won the Juegos Centroamericanos. The Central American tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday in Costa Rica. It was organized together by both Sudamérica Rugby and the Federación de Rugby de Costa Rica. Competing were Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. They were all represented in …

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Kelly Russell to play for Barbarians

Canada’s World Cup captain will be part of history when she runs out with the first women’s Barbarians side at Thomond Park on November 10. Kelly Russell is one of eight players confirmed for the landmark match against Munster, the first of its kind for the 147-year-old invitational side. The …

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Canada look to future for Women’s Sevens

Canada Women’s Sevens coach John Tait has named a 25-strong centralized training group to prepare for the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series as well as the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. The core of the group that finished 3rd overall on …

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Canada Women line up England tour

Canada’s Senior Women won’t have to wait long to return to action following their 5th-place finish at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The team will undertake a three-match tour of England in November with all three games against their hosts and World Cup finalists. It’s a change in routine …

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High hopes for Canadian University Men’s Championship

Canadian rugby could be on the verge of a significant milestone on November as a joint announcement last week confirmed an initiative to hold a Canadian Men’s University Rugby Championship in November of this year. The event is set to be hosted by Guelph University, located approximately 100 km west …

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