Year in Review – A Look Back at March 2021 Headlines: Jeff Chan Becomes Canadian Rugby Foundation CEO, MLR Kicks Off Season Four, Winston Stanley Inducted Into Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame
We ran 18 stories in March 2021. One of the highlights was the appointment of Jeff Chan as CEO of the Canadian Rugby Foundation. The Foundation just announced (Dec 22nd) a donation in the amount of $11.65 million from Fletchers Field Limited (FFL). The Fletchers Fields rugby facility has been sold to the City of Markham but will continue to be used for rugby until October 2024. The member clubs have each setup a fund at the Foundation that will ultimately be used to help each club get reestablished in new facilities. The clubs are Aurora Barbarians, Markham Irish, Toronto Nomads, Toronto Saracens and Toronto Scottish.
The MLR started their fourth season in February and got through their first two weeks. The 7s teams were in Dubai at the Emirate 7s getting ready for the Olympics.
Winston Stanley was named to the Rugby Canada Hall of Fame along with Leslie Cripps, Josée Lacasse, Moira Shiels and 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Team.
World Rugby eventually realized that holding the 2021 World Cup in NZ was not going to happen and announced the postponement until 2022.
MARCH STORIES (18)
3657 – MLR Week Two 2021
Mar 28 2021 – MLR 2021 – Week Two Wrapup: LA Continue to Dominate
3656 – MLR 2021 – Week 2
Mar 26 2021 – MLR Week Two: Four Games on Saturday, Three Live Streamed on The Rugby Network Starting at 1pm PT
3655 – Rugby Science
Mar 25 2021 – Study Identifies New Method to Diagnose Concussion Using Saliva: Salivary Concussion Test Being Commercialized
3654 – Emirates Invitational 7s 2021
Apr 02 2021 – Canada Women Win Gold with Victory Over USA: Men Win Plate Final Over Chile
3653 – MLR Week One 2021
Mar 23 2021 – MLR 2021 – Week One Wrapup: LA Looking Strong Out of the Blocks
3652 – Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame 2020
Mar 22 2021 – Winston Stanley Named 2020 Rugby Canada Hall of Fame Inductee Along with Leslie Cripps, Josée Lacasse, Moira Shiels and 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Team
3651 – MLR 2021 – Week 1
Mar 21 2021 – MLR Rosters for Saturday Matches: 30 Canadians in Action – Live Stream Starts at 3pm PT
3650 – Rugby Canada Maple Leaf Academy
Mar 19 2021 – Maple Leaf Academy Opens Application Process Until April 7th – Available to Female Athletes 18 to 22
3649 – MLR Updates – March 2021
Mar 17 2021 – The Rugby Network to Live Stream Four MLR Matches This Weekend (3 in Canada) – All Six Matches Archived for Replay
3648 – World Rugby Global Calendar
Mar 16 2021 – World Rugby Announces Global Competition in Women’s XVs to Start in 2023: Canada in Pool with NZ, Australia, USA
3647 – Sports Research
Mar 11 2021 – Research Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine Concludes
3646 – MLR Rugby Updates – March 2021
Mar 10 2021 – TSN Sign On as Toronto Arrows Canadian Media Partner for the 2021 Major League Rugby season
3645 – Rugby World Cup 2021 – March 2021 Updates
Mar 09 2021 – World Rugby Executive Committee Formally Postpones Rugby World Cup 2021: New Dates TBA, Announces £2 Million Funding Package for Qualified and Qualifying Teams
3644 – World Rugby Updates – March 2021
Mar 08 2021 – Two Canada Representatives Selected for World Rugby Womens Executive Leadership Scholarship Programme – Meaghan Howat and Annabel Kehoe
3643 – University Rugby – 2021
Mar 05 2021 – Adam Roberts Brings Together University Coaches Across Canada for Virtual Recruiting Session: Watch 90 Minute Video Online
3642 – World Rugby Sevens Series 2021
Mar 03 2021 – World Rugby Reveals World Seven Series Plans for 2021 – Langford Out, Vancouver in Discussion for September
3641 – Rugby World Cup 2021 – March 2021 Updates
Mar 02 2021 – World Rugby Recommends Postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand Until 2022
3640 – Canadian Rugby Foundation – March 2021
Mar 01 2021 – Jeff Chan Appointed Executive Director of the Canadian Rugby Foundation