Rugby Canada & Rugby Ontario Release Whitby, ON – Rugby Ontario, in partnership with Rugby Canada, are pleased to announce the expansion of the Rugby Canada Development Academy (RCDA) for the 2020-2021 program. Starting this year, the RCDA will operate in three regional centres to provided targeted athletes with access to strength and conditioning and technical/tactical training. These three regional centres will operate out of the University of Guelph (West), the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario – Scarborough (Central), CAN AM Strength & Conditioning (East) and provide athletes weekly touch points with provincial and national team coaches. The Rugby Canada Development Academy is a joint partnership between Rugby Canada, Rugby Ontario, and the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario. The goal of…

USA RUGBY Release GLENDALE, CO. – USA Rugby today announced it has opened the nomination process to accept applications for Independent Director seats on its Board of Directors, to be seated upon election. Founded in 1975, USA Rugby is the national governing body of the sport of Rugby in the United States. It is charged with developing and maintaining high levels of quality for USA youth, collegiate, amateur, professional, and Olympic rugby programs. USA Rugby is a full-sport member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, along with World Rugby. The Nominating Committee is conducting an open-ended search and…

USA Rugby Release GLENDALE, CO – Following a call for nominations to all qualified USA Eagles and Alumni, 10 current and former International Athletes (IA) were elected to their respective Council within USA Rugby. Seated members on the Council consist of two sevens and two XVs representatives, along with three at-large Men’s and three at-large Women’s representatives. Ranging from current players to 30-year veterans, these elected individuals construct a reformed representation of International Athletes at the governance level of USA Rugby. Additionally, Shalom Suniula and Irene Gardner were elected as two of four seated IA on the USA Rugby Board…

USA Rugby Release USA Rugby High Performance has announced a verification process to officially recognize National Development Programs (NDPs) as part of its pathway. To have verification potential, organizations must provide development outside of scholastic or club programs to players aged 12-25.  Operations should run 6-12 months out of the year — with weekly or bi-weekly sessions — including rugby, strength & conditioning and nutrition programming. To achieve NDP status, applicants will be evaluated on the degree to which they meet set criteria under the following benchmarks: Organization and Planning Player Development Coaching Development Information, Reflection, and Growth DOWNLOAD NDP…

USA Rugby Release Head Coach Scott Bracken has named 33-players to the 2020 USA Men’s Under-20 team. Captained by Saint Mary’s freshman, Miles McCormick, the group is mostly comprised of U.S. collegiate and high school players with overseas clubs represented as well. Of the 33 players named: 20 represent U.S. universities and junior colleges 4 represent high school programs 3 represent Major League Rugby 4 represent European clubs 2 represent New Zealand clubs 1 represents an Australian club “Our staff’s main focus this cycle was athlete identification,” said Coach Bracken. “We solicited across the US and over the world for…

USA Rugby Release David Fee and Colton Cariaga have been named head coaches for USA Rugby’s Men’s Under-18 and Under-23 Sevens Junior National Teams. Fee has been embedded in the high-performance pathway for many years, both as a coach and an Eagle. Capped with the Men’s National Team XVs in 2002, Fee went on to make 28 test appearances and compete in Rugby World Cup 2003. As a sevens player, he logged 10 tournaments in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and appeared in Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005. Alongside his playing experience, Fee has held coaching roles at Indiana…