Nathan Hirayama is now Canada’s all-time leading scorer on the HSBC Sevens Series. The 29-year-old playmaker stepped past former teammate Phil Mack with his conversion of Luke McCloskey’s try against Kenya in Canada’s first match of the day. One more conversion and match-winning drop goal saw Hirayama finish with seven …
Read More »Japan clinch Core Status on Women’s 7s Circuit
Japan left no doubt as to who the top team was at the Women’s Qualifiers bracket of the Hong Kong 7s as they cruised to victory over South Africa to claim a core spot on the 2017-18 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series. Earlier wins over China and Italy led the way …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Guinness Pro 12 – Round 19
This season just hasn’t gone to plan for the majority of the Americas players in the Guinness Pro 12. Injuries and a lack of opportunities have restricted their impact to supporting roles at best, with only a couple commanding regular rotation in starting lineups. Blaine Scully is one of those …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Aviva Premiership – Week 19
Week 19 of the Aviva Premiership will be played this weekend. Matches will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Taking to the field for English clubs are to be a variety of players from the Americas. First up will be the Sale Sharks at home to the Worcester Warriors. …
Read More »Chile on track after Hong Kong Day One
Chile emerged unbeaten on Day One of the HBSC Sevens Series qualifiers in Hong Kong on Friday. The Sudamérica representatives are the best hope from the Americas to achieve core status for the 2017-18 HSBC circuit, but their path is far from certain. A dominant win over Sri Lanka saw …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Pro D2 – Week 27
The tension is rising with only four weeks left in the Pro D2 regular season, and two spots in the 2017-18 Top 14 up for grabs. Oyonnax is in pole position but could not do enough against Biarritz on Thursday to get the win. The 16-13 result would have been …
Read More »Records set to fall in Hong Kong
Nathan Hirayama will surpass former teammate Phil Mack as Canada’s all-time leading scorer with his first points in Hong Kong this weekend. The legendary halfback pairing are currently deadlocked at 973 points, with Hirayama looking a certainty to become Canada’s first 1000 point scorer on the HSBC Sevens Series, a …
Read More »Americas out of Hong Kong Women’s Qualifiers
All three Americas sides are out after Day One of the HSBC Women’s Qualifiers at the Hong Kong 7s. Jamaica, Argentina, and Colombia combined for just one win out of nine matches and consequently none of the trio will take part on Day Two. Japan have emerged as early favorites …
Read More »Anscombe speaks on Canada’s problems
Canada head honcho Mark Anscombe gave an honest assessment of the state of Canada’s men’s XVs program at the Annual General Meeting held in Toronto this past weekend. In his 30-minute presentation he made a number of observations and identified several issues that are currently hampering performance at the international …
Read More »Match Preview – Sharks vs Jaguares
The Sharks play host to Los Jaguares this weekend. The round 7 Super Rugby clash will see two of this season’s top sides in the South American conference playing in their first of two matches in 2017. The home side welcome back star Loose Head prop Tendai Mtawarira. The Zimbabwean …
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