from tsn.ca
TORONTO, ON The Toronto Arrows Rugby Football Club is pleased to announce that TSN will return as the teams exclusive Canadian media partner for the 2021 Major League Rugby season.
from World Rugby
World Rugby has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering a spectacular Rugby World Cup tournament in New Zealand in 2022 after its Executive Committee formally ratified the recommendation to postpone Rugby World Cup 2021.
Congratulations to the two Canada-based recipients of the World Rugby Womens Executive Leadership Scholarship.
If you’re a high school player or a high school coach this should interest you. You can watch University coaches from across the country pitch their uni as the right choice for you. There are about 17 coaches and each one gets about 5 minutes of video time to make their point. It was informative and entertaining.
World Rugby have announced their plans for the World Sevens Series for 2021. As we have seen before, plans in the COVID era are just that – plans, they can change very quickly. The plan includes the Olympics going ahead which is something that isn’t 100% confirmed at this time. The latest news indicates the Olympics will likely go ahead but without foreign fans allowed into the country.
from World Rugby
World Rugby has made the difficult decision to recommend the postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021, scheduled to be hosted in New Zealand between 18 September-16 October, until next year. The recommendation will be considered by the Rugby World Cup Board and World Rugby Executive Committee on 8 and 9 March respectively.
from Canadian Rugby Foundation
The Board of the Canadian Rugby Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Chan to the role of Foundation Executive Director. Jeff replaces Clay Panga who will continue to assist with the development of the Canada U 20 program and head up the new British Columbia Grassroots Rugby Foundation that is looking to grow the game amongst young children throughout British Columbia.
With MLR set to start in just over 3 weeks many teams are looking to see what sort of gate revenue they’ll be able to generate. The Old Glory DC franchise in Washington D.C. were relieved to find out their seating capacity will go up to 30% of maximum, meaning they’ll be able to fit over 1,000 people into their home opener. Canadians Doug Fraser, Luke Campbell and Ciaran Hearn play for the franchise.
High School Rugby
We’ve heard that the OFSSA, the Ontario Federation of School Sports, has cancelled spring sports, so no rugby for a second year. There’s been no decision, as far as we know, about BC School Sports. Under current BC Health regulations, sports wouldn’t be possible, there’s the hope that the BC Health authority will loosen up regulations as the weather warms up and COVID numbers go down. It’s a wait and see situation at the moment.
Jamie Cudmore and James Haskell are at the head of a new lobby group called Progressive Rugby according to this article in the Guardian.