#Carlin Isles

It's a two-day spectacle, featuring flags, fast-paced rugby and a whole lot of costumes. Canada's annual celebration of sevens, rugby's faster-paced cousin, is set to return to BC Place for a fourth year this weekend. The Canada Sevens pits teams from 16 countries against each other in a two-day mini World Cup tournament expected to draw close to…

Isles known as fastest man in rugby Had hoped to also run 100m at Olympics Isles believes he can go below 10 seconds U.S. coach says Isles must choose his event Carlin Isles has always had to do things the hard way. From the age of eight, his life has been plagued by difficult decisions. The sprinter-turned-rugby player was hoping to join an elite…

Carlin Isles, the Olympic hopeful and second-year rugby player, scored three electrifying tries in this weekend's IRB Sevens World Series tournament in Las Vegas. Hs play helped the United States team take home the Shield consolation trophy in front of their home crowd in a 31-0 drubbing of Spain. If you're not familiar with Isles, please stop…

The Jamaican rugby sevens team has qualified for the World Cup The team has drawn comparisons with bobsledders of "Cool Runnings" Jamaica will also compete at April's Commonwealth Games It's not a nation normally associated with rugby, but then Jamaica wasn't known for bobsled before the 1988 Winter Olympics. Jamaica's rugby sevens team is blazing…