Rugby Americas North (RAN) is the

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in the North American continental region. Rugby Americas North operates under the authority of

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, and is one of six regional unions represented within it. Prior to 2016, the organisation was known as NACRA – the North America Caribbean Rugby Association. The preceding body before 2010 was NAWIRA – the North America and West Indies Rugby Association. The main objective of RAN is the promotion and development of rugby in North America and the Caribbean. The association unveiled a four-year plan during the 2011 Annual General Meeting to grow rugby within its membership unions through promotion, media output and competition.Learning More About NACRA
Rugby Canada,18 July 2012. World Rugby's 40-member executive council includes two seats for RAN representatives, two seats for Canada, and one for the United States. By contrast to RAN's five votes on the World Rugby executive council, European countries have 16 votes.

Competitions

RAN oversees regional competitions, such as regional qualifiers for Pan Am Games and Rugby World Cups including: Senior * RAN Sevens * RAN Women's Sevens * RAN Rugby Championship * RAN Women's Rugby Championship Youth * RAN Under-19 Championship

Governance

RAN is governed by a board of five executives. The United States, Canada and Mexico are fixed representatives, while the Caribbean countries elect two nations for delegation. In November 2021 RAN announced changes to its executive committee following its 2021 Annual General Meeting in Miami. George Nicholson was appointed as the new president and Dr. Araba Chintoh and Miguel Carner as vice presidents. Nicholson passed away in April 2024.

Player registration

As of 2010, there were 128,828 rugby players within North America: with the largest number of players from: # United States (88,151) # Canada (23,853) # Trinidad and Tobago (5,060) # Mexico (3,454) As of 2016, RAN reported 160,769 total registered players and 1,595,565 non-registered players. # USA – 119,682 # Canada – 27,512 # Mexico – 6,168 # Martinique – 3,500 # St. Vincent & The Grenadines – 1,806 # Jamaica – 1,518 # Trinidad & Tobago – 1,403 # Bermuda – 794 # Dominican Republic – 600 # Bahamas – 529 # Guyana – 522 # Barbados – 425 # Cayman – 410 # St. Lucia – 292 # Turks and Caicos – 200 # British Virgin Islands – 117 # Curacao – 104 As of the 2019 Rugby Americas North Review there were 134,300 participants reported, 69,500 males and 65,000 females.

Member unions

Rugby Americas North has 13 full members and 4 associate members and 2 recognized regional development unions: Regional unions (including former affiliates) without current RAN recognition: * Notes:

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. The governing body is the

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which has territorial committees for overseas departments and territories.

World Rugby Rankings

World Cup qualifying

Rugby Americas North nations participate in qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup every four years. Two Rugby Americas North nations –Canada and United States – have qualified to play in Rugby World Cups.

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