Cindy Nelles Scores Winning Try for Canterbury and Named to New Zealand Barbarians Squad – A Look Back to 2012 and the National East v West Match

Cindy Nelles first showed up on our radar in 2012 when she started at #4 in the national women’s XVs East v West match in Langford. She played for the West and her lock partner that day was Maria Jaworski, the loose forwards on the West team were Kayla Mack, Barbara Mervin and Jen Kish, quite a bit of talent there. The East however had some talent in the backline including Ghislaine Landry, Magali Harvey, Bianca Farella, Britt Benn and Mandy Marchak. The East would prevail on that August day.

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Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw Next Week in Auckland: NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Adern Features with Former All Blacks Dr. Farah Palmer and Dan Carter: Canada Ranked #3

from World Rugby

– Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Melodie Robinson, Dr Farah Palmer and Dan Carter as RWC 2021 ball presenters

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Date set for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw: Canada in Band One with NZ and England

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 Women’s Rankings to be used for first time to determine draw bandings for direct qualifiers

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Women’s 2021 Rugby World Cup is One Year Away: Pool Matches on Sept 18, 23, 28 at Eden Park, Northland Events Centre and Waitakere Stadium: Canada Ranked 3rd in World

from World Rugby

Eden Park, a venue steeped in Rugby World Cup history having hosted the men’s finals in 1987 and the opening match and final in 2011, will break new ground as the host of the women’s edition of a Rugby World Cup for the first time.

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Quebec Rugby Gets World Rugby Attention with Initiative to Send 20 Players to France to Play Professionally

It was a great initiative that caught the eye of World Rugby. They published the article on their French website, we made a modest effort to translate it to English (article appended below).

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CANADA’S WORLD CUP LONG LIST ANNOUNCED FOR VANCOUVER ISLAND CAMP and USA MATCHES APRIL 15th and 19th

Rugby Canada media release
posted April 3 2014

LANGFORD, BC – Canada’s Women’s Fifteens head coach Francois Ratier has announced his long list of players selected for the upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign.

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