International Rugby News
USA Rugby has presented the various community groups with a breakdown of dues and insurance costs for when everyone gets back to playing rugby.
The breakdown hasn’t been received with balloons and confetti by everyone, but hasn’t outraged the masses, either. The upshot is this:
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee have announced the revised competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games, including the rugby competition.
The Games, of course, were postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the Opening Ceremony now set for 23 July 2021.
Getting professional rugby time overseas remains a difficult proposition for American rugby players, and with travel restrictions and COVID-19 and everything else, it’s even tougher.
But, some players are either active or will be soon, especially in France.
After our short column on the strange nature of the new 50-22 law being trialed in Australia, we asked readers to chime in, and GRR readers are, as usual, being careful but skeptical.
GLENDALE, Colo. (USA Rugby Release) – USA Rugby has today announced it has opened the nomination process to accept applications for Independent Director seats on its Board of Directors, to be seated upon election.