from World Rugby
– Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw confirmed for 20 November 2020
– Draw event to be held at SkyCity Theatre in the heart of Auckland
– RWC 2021 Draw to be live streamed to global audiences via World Rugby digital channels
– World Rugby Womens Rankings to be used for first time to determine draw bandings for direct qualifiers
[ed. when we listed the 34 players from the BC Premier, we only listed each player once starting with the universities, then the clubs. Some players have played for more than one BC Premier club, for example, UVic players Doug Fraser, Jake Ilnicki have also played for CW and Liam Murray and Conor Keys have also played for James Bay.]
The men’s national team will bring together 36 domestic based players for a high performance camp in Langford, BC from from November 9th to 29th.
The Allianz Premier 15 league kicked off last weekend. There are 10 teams in the league, a number of them familiar to followers of the men’s English Premiership: Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Worcester, Saracens, Bristol and Wasps. There’s also Loughborough, Gloucester-Hartpury and Darlington Mowden Park (DMP).
World Rugby announced 12 interim committees. They will initially serve for one year pending the completion of an independent governance review.
Bryan Kelly, the former Rugby Canada media person and now the Communication Manager for the region, Rugby Americas North, could barely contain his excitement. He tweeted out:
“Incredible #ThanksgivingSunday today playing in what could be the first full 15s game in Canada (TBC) since Covid-19 & my first match for @TarsRFC. Well done everyone on making it happen”
We’ve appended the respective articles from NZ and Australia rugby with rosters below. Some stats provided by World Rugby.
from World Rugby
World Rugby has announced the appointment of Joe Schmidt as the organisations Director of Rugby and High Performance.
Interview with Tyler Ardron on Rugby World
Rugby World recently posted an interview with Tyler Ardron, where you find out things like his best bud who is Jeff Hassler and his hidden talents, he’s a yoga teacher. Article link is below.
https://www.rugbyworld.com/in-the-mag/30-minutes/canada-no-8-tyler-ardron-114286
We ran an article last September explaining the issue, Rugby Canada had changed its insurance so that players over 77+ were no longer eligible to be insured, therefore couldn’t practice or play with their Over 40 teams. The exact wording from the insurance policy was, “”A persons coverage will end on the earlier of, the date he or she is no longer in an eligible class, on the date that the policy is cancelled, or on the date he or she attains 77 years of age.”
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– World Rugby rankings as of 1 January 2020 to be used to determine seedings
– Players, coaches and fans to follow RWC 2023 Draw live on World Rugby platforms