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Women in rugby Flying the flag for women’s rugby: Babalwa Latsha, the first African women’s player to go professional Springbok women’s captain Babalwa Latsha made history when she became the first African women’s rugby player to turn professional in January 2020. Here she shares her rugby journey and hopes for the growth and development of the women’s game.
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Regional Focus: North America ‘Captain America’ Blaine Scully on Cardiff Blues, the Eagles and Major League Rugby Blaine Scully – or ‘Captain America’, the nickname given to him by Cardiff Blues fans as he gained cult hero status at The Arms Park – only received a professional contract after a trial period at Leicester, but has since climbed to Challenge Cup success and captained his country at Rugby World Cup. Scully speaks to World Rugby about his career and rugby in the USA.
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Olympic Games Rugby at the Olympics: Creating sevens history at Rio 2016 Patricia Garcia, Jade Ulutule and Pierre Gilles Lakafia talk to World Rugby about Rio 2016 and their roles in the first men’s and women’s sevens matches to be played at an Olympic Games.
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MEDIA RELEASES International rugby set to resume in October as World Rugby Council approves temporary 2020 COVID-19 calendar An exciting programme of international matches is set to take place later this year after the World Rugby Council approved a temporary adjustment to Regulation 9 to accommodate the release of international players for revised 2020 windows.
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Regional focus: South America Coaching in South America takes the next step with new academy for women Sudamérica Rugby opens its first Female Coaching Academy with the goal to enable women to run teams at every level.
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Rugby history Constantin Henriquez: The story of the first black athlete to win Olympic gold The Franco-Haitian rugby player Constantin Henriquez became the first black athlete to win gold at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. Here is his story.
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Rugby Sevens Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 World Rugby and its partners are continuing to focus on planning for the 2021 Series and the build-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which are now less than one year away
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