The Women’s Rugby Seven Team NL travelled to PEI for the first in a series of Atlantic preparation competitions last weekend ahead of the 2022 Canada Games in Niagara, Ontario. 12-players were selected from the team’s long list of 18-players training to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canada Read more…
All Newfoundland and Labrador Rugby Clubs are looking for female players from 15 to 19 years of age to play in our Summer league starting soon. No experience is necessary, but there will be lots of activity and players need to bring water bottles, mouth guards, cleats and a good Read more…
We are pleased to announce that the Atlantic Super League Rugby will be back for the 2022. Reformed in 2018, the Super League created a crucial bridge between club, CRC, and National team play. Senior Men’s & Women’s teams representing the NS Keltics, PEI Abbies and New Brunswick Spruce as Read more…
The Newfoundland and Labrador Rugby Union (NLRU) would like to announce the selection of a 12-player roster for the first stop of a 3-event Trial Series to take place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, April 15-17th 2022. The event is part of a joint collaboration between the Provincial programs of Read more…
The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Newfoundland and Labrador Rugby Union shall take place on: Date: Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 Time: 7:30 pm The meeting will take place via Zoom Meetings and the associated information is seen below. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81942962411?pwd=RmRSSXpPWStUSHdjMnVmNkpwTVpMUT09 Meeting ID: 819 4296 2411 Passcode: 367018 One Read more…
The Atlantic Selects, Atlantic Canada’s renewed high performance Men’s Rugby team, announced today their 2nd ever match. The team was founded in the fall of 2021 to help rebuild high performance Rugby in Atlantic Canada, and travelled to Toronto in October to play the Toronto Arrows. On April 30, 2022, Read more…
The Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games will take place in Ontario’s Niagara region from August 6-21st 2022. Brock University will host the Rugby Sevens leg of the Games from August 6-13th. This will be the inaugural Rugby Sevens competition for the Canada Summer Games and the first-ever appearance of women’s Read more…
On a cold and windy day in Halifax Memorial Seahawks Rugby battled hard to win the Atlantic Men’s University Championship 32-17 over Dalhousie University led by agile #8 and captain Kieran Lacey. Memorial struggled with penalties early on that starved them of possession and the ability to extend a lead Read more…
In the first game, Memorial rugby has played in 24 years on the 30th anniversary of their last Goodyear cup victory, Memorial got off to a tremendous start with Tony Pomroy and Lucas Shortall at 9 and 10 running the game plan (arguably the best halfbacks in Canadian University rugby) Read more…
Dr. Noel Browne, our union’s founder and a long-time supporter of the union received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland on October 21, 2021. Congratulations to Dr. Browne and his family on this well-deserved degree.