USA Rugby Forms Four-Year Partnership With Rugby Canada
The agreement sets a recurring high-performance calendar spanning men's and women's pathways to national senior teams.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Soccer
USA Rugby and Rugby Canada have entered a four-year high-performance partnership agreement. The deal is designed to strengthen competition across North American rugby pathways.
Why it matters
The agreement is aimed at elevating North American competition in high-performance pathways, giving athletes a fixed and recurring calendar of play. It also adds test fixtures for both countries' senior teams on both sides of the border.
The partnership runs for four years and covers men's and women's pathways through age-grade levels and national senior teams, but no match dates, venues or camp schedules have been released. Those specifics are expected to be announced in 2027.
The players
USA Rugby
USA Rugby is the national governing body for rugby union in the United States, overseeing the men's and women's national teams and their development pathways.
Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada is the national governing body for rugby union in Canada, responsible for the country's national senior teams and age-grade development programs.
The details
Both unions will establish annual fixtures and collaborative training camps across Age Grade Pathway levels. Additional test fixtures will be added for both National Senior Teams and their Rugby Canada counterparts on both sides of the border.
Timeline
November 10, 2026: USA Rugby and Rugby Canada announce the partnership agreement.
Four-year term: the partnership agreement runs for four years.
2027: Specific match dates, venues and schedules are to be announced.
Big Picture
The four-year pact between USA Rugby and Rugby Canada formalizes a bilateral framework between the two North American unions, extending their existing relationship into a structured, multi-year high-performance calendar. It is aimed at raising the level of competition available to athletes across both countries' pathways.
The agreement adds additional test fixtures for both National Senior Teams and their Rugby Canada counterparts on both sides of the border, giving fans more senior matches to follow. Age-grade fixtures and training camps will run annually, so the schedule will become clearer as 2027 announcements arrive.
The takeaway
A fixed four-year calendar gives players and fans a predictable path from age-grade rugby to senior national teams. Watch for the 2027 schedule announcement to see how the framework takes shape.
What happens next
Further details on specific match dates, venues, training camps and competition schedules will be announced in 2027.
Further reading
Explore more Soccer coverage for context on how national federations build international competition pathways.
