Tag Archives: Women’s Rugby

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Colombia Colombia has set a target: qualify for RWC 2031. The ultimate goal is 11 years away and it involves strategic …

Rugby Canada have revised their talent identification program in search of new players domestic and abroad to support their national teams. Led by former international flanker Adam Kleeberger, the program expands on work initiated by Director of Athletic Performance Matt Barr and former Player Development Manager Ken Goodland. An online …

Women’s Eagles veteran Bui Baravilala is stepping away from the spotlight at the age of 29 after a decade of representing the USA on the international stage. The Honolulu native first suited up for the national u20 side in 2010 and would go on to achieve senior honors in both …

The Loughborough Lightning have confirmed the signing of Canadian international Courtney Holtkamp for the 2020-21 Premier 15s campaign. She arrives from the Red Deer Titans, having also turned out for the University of Alberta Pandas. Holtkamp, 21, is one of Canada’s brightest young talents. The powerful ball carrier has most …

Rugby Québec has sent 19 of its best players to French clubs for the 2020-21 season. Most will compete in the country’s top division, the Élite 1 Feminine, the others in Élite 2. The Élite 1 is comprised of the top 12 teams in France, with the next 10 in …

Chile has named an extended roster for the Valentín Martínez tournament.The 2020 Valentín Martínez competition is scheduled to take place in Uruguay in late November. The 23 selected players selected come from clubs throughout the country. Selectors Edmundo Olfos and Martín Domínguez have included players with prior experience and six …

World Rugby has confirmed the Rugby World Cup selection process until RWC 2031. The announced outlines the procedures for determining the hosts of the men’s 2027 and 2031 in addition to the women’s 2025 and 2029 tournaments. There are to be the following three phases: 1. Dialogue Phase, 2. Candidate …

World Rugby has confirmed that no further World Sevens Series events will take place in 2020. Having already cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening leg of the 2020-21 season has now suffered the same fate. Dubai and Cape Town were set to …

The new dates for the Rugby Sevens event at the postponed Tokyo Olympics have been confirmed. As expected the games will take place between July 25-31, 2021, a near identical placement to where the rugby would have been played had the tournament taken place as planned in 2020. Ajinomoto Stadium …

Rugby matches resumes this past weekend in Willemstad. The capital city of Curaçao was the setting for a series of matches including WaraWara RFC vs the Curacao Students RC and the Women’s team vs Youth team. A 10’s-a-side match started play for the day. It saw the Women’s team vs …