Karlla Davis São Paulo (SP) – The Brazilian Rugby Union (“Confederação Brasileira de Rugby” or “CBRu”) is working on the long-term development and high performance program for its men’s and women’s national teams (XVs and 7s). With the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 hosting Rugby 7s for the first time, Brazil Rugby is aiming to … Read more
The 2013 season promises to be very busy for the Brazilian teams of male and female rugby sevens. After spending a period of intensive training in New Zealand, drawing on the expertise of professionals of the Crusaders Team, the generation 2013-2016 of the Olympic cycle starts with a full calendar in the first half of … Read more
Brazilian rugger Paula Ishibashi nominated as rugby athlete of the year: why is that a victory to us all? Last week the Brazilian Olympic Committee announced the winners of this year’s Athlete of the Year Award, which highlights the most prominent athlete in each sport that will be a part of the 2016 Olympic Games … Read more
Brooklyn Women’s Rugby is a hard-hitting social club geared towards every skill level. Our club is comprised an array of personalities from all different backgrounds — enthusiastic on working together as an ensamble. We made amazing strides in the past few year, and have watched our club grow with numbers and fans. Now that we … Read more
The “Oportunidades” section in our website was developed by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) in order to encourage and strengthen the exceeding growth of rugby across the Country. In this section, information about jobs and opportunities in Brazilian rugby will be made available. This service also seeks to connect foreigners who are interested in … Read more
Source: IRB In a great development for Rugby in South America, the first women’s Sevens circuit in the Region has been launched in Brazil. The “Super Sevens” gets underway in San Jose at the end of June and is designed to promote the shorter format of the sport ahead of the Olympic Games 2016 in … Read more
For the first time the State of Rio de Janeiro will have an arbitration group entirely feminine in a rugby match. The referees Cristiana Futuro, Esther Fonseca and Beatriz Magalhaes were in charge of the men’s game Rio Rugby “B” x Resende on May 19 this year. According to Henrique Platais, referee from Rio de … Read more
For the first time, the Brazilian Confederation of Rugby (CBRu) held in Rio de Janeiro the main Rugby Sevens tournament in the South America. Between days March 10th-11th, the stadium of the Gavia, the Club Regatas of Flamengo, Rio will receive the Sevens – South American Championship Rugby Sevens. The competition, which has direct supervision of … Read more
Hello everyone! My name is Karlla, I was recently included in the group of contributors of this blog. I’m here to talk about women’s rugby in the country that will host the Olympic Games of 2016: my country – Brazil! I was wondering how to start my activities, so I thought I’d start at the beginning, of how people approach me in tournaments, or when they find out I play rugby and I’m from Brazil. I understand, is not every day that is a Brazilian on a rugby field in New York. People always ask me these questions: … Read more