Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Sir Bill Beaumont has recently been re-elected as chairman of the International Rugby Board. He has been in this position since 2016. Beaumont is a former captain of the England team, where he earned 34 caps. He played for England from 1975-82 and for the British and Irish Lions from 1977-80. Opportunities and Challenges for […] READ MORE
The USA Rugby Board of Directors and Congress voted to officially file Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a result of compounded and insurmountable financial constraints on March 30. This drastic action was believed to be forced onto the national organization by several factors. The latest being the Coronavirus pandemic. As the majority of World Rugby members […] READ MORE
The news broke on Monday morning of discussions regarding a Club World Cup in the place of the current European competitions. EPCR have since given a statement on the current state of affairs. Robert Rees brings you the latest on the proposal. Club World Cup proposal Much like football, there is a want from some […] READ MORE
The second wave of Canadian Sports has just begun with the three sports of cricket, rugby league, and rugby union getting professional sports teams or leagues in Canada. This all started with the Toronto Wolfpack, which was born in 2016, but began life as pro rugby league team in 2017. That team now leads a […] READ MORE
The current coronavirus pandemic certainly struck the world by surprise. The high infectivity and severity of this new influenza-like disease are forcing all governments to put a pause on both global and local events all around the world, due to the rapid worldwide spread of COVID19. It is said that we have not seen a […] READ MORE
This Rugby World Cup has not been as successful as many Canadian Rugby Union fans hoped. However all is not lost, there are positives aplenty for Rugby Canada, future RWC campaigns and the Toronto Arrows. The national team will still be welcomed home despite losing all its World Cup games as they did in 2015. […] READ MORE
Lamport Stadium, in Toronto, Canada, has a strange history. For most of its history the stadium has been largely unused. It has now become the ‘rugby central’ for the Americas. Eric Perez, founder of the Toronto Wolfpack gives a brief history of Lamport Stadium. “It started out as an insane asylum, and then it was […] READ MORE
The USA is arguably the most improved side during this four-year cycle. This is an ominous sign for other nations, as the USA Rugby World Cup campaign is showing how seriously the nation is now taking the sport. However, the USA finds itself in one of the toughest pools imaginable. Drawn against England, France, Argentina, […] READ MORE
Canada has a rich history in the Rugby World Cup and in World Rugby overall. However, they have been on a downward slide over the past decade or so and Japan 2019 stands at a crossroads for Kingsley Jones’ side. Continuing the series looking at the tier two nations, David Challis turns his attention to […] READ MORE
There are three sports in the second-wave of Canadian sports, and two of them involve the term “rugby”. The 13-man game of rugby league, and the long-established 15-man game. Each has a foothold, but the future of Canadian professional rugby union looks to have more optimism within the provinces and territories. Professionalization in these sports […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.