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eagles.rugby — USA Rugby and Rugby Canada have partnered for a four-year agreement establishing a fixed, recurring, high-performance calendar aimed at elevating North American competition in the men’s and women’s HP pathways to national senior teams.
Together, both unions will establish annual fixtures and collaborative training camps across Age Grade Pathways (men’s U19 and U20; women’s U20 and U21) to strengthen athlete and coach development, improve program alignment and create a clear progression toward international-level performance.
Both unions’ senior national teams will benefit from additional tests on both sides of the border, ensuring consistent competition is available annually.
“This partnership with Rugby Canada is an exciting step forward for USA Rugby,” said Tamara Sheppard, USA Rugby’s General Manager of High Performance. “It strengthens competition and collaboration across our senior 15s, 7s programs, and age grade rugby while giving our players more opportunities to grow and compete at a high level. We’re delighted to be building these opportunities with Rugby Canada.”
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Shawn Bullock, High-Performance Director at Rugby Canada added, “This agreement secures a consistent annual schedule for all levels of our high performance pathway. Adding joint age-grade programming and shared hosting ensures our players across all levels of our high-performance pathway receive consistent, high-level competition annually. We look forward to this next chapter of growth in partnership with USA Rugby.”
Further details regarding specific match dates, venues, training camps, and competition schedules will be announced in 2027.