Perry Baker has been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Las Vegas 7s. The Eagles rocket had a memorable tournament scoring five tries including two mesmeric efforts against Canada on day one. South African counterpart Seabelo Senatla, the tournament’s leading try scorer with 11, is also in …
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Fiji beat the odds to defeat Australia in an absorbing Cup final in Las Vegas to take the top spot at the HSBC Sevens Series event. While that might sound strange considering they entered the tournament as joint-leaders on the overall Series table, the players had to overcome the emotion …
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Brazil’s preparation to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a positive infield boost today as Brazil were Crowned Sul Americano Sevens Champions. In winning Brazil not only retained their title but did so for for the thirteenth consecutive year. Titled Aquece Rio, or Rio Warm-up, the two-day women’s Rugby Sevens tournament brought …
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Six countries from the Americas had their rankings on the line this weekend. In the Americas Rugby Championship both Chile vs Canada and Uruguay vs USA were for rankings points. In addition the Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifier of St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs Jamaica had points on the line. Uruguay’s …
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South Africa international Pedrie Wannenburg has signed a deal to play for Denver in the inaugural PRO Rugby season. While several American-based players have now been linked – including Chilean age-grade international Sebastián Kalm – the former Springbok no8 is the first overseas player confirmed to be joining the fledgling …
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Hosts USA rebounded from a crushing defeat to South Africa in their final pool match earn a spot in the Cup semi final on Day 2 of the HSBC Sevens Series event at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday. The 29-0 beating handed out by the Blitzbokke could …
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Uruguay claimed a major scalp with a 29-25 victory over the US Eagles at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. The result had no influence on the final standings with the USA just holding 2nd spot by a nose by …
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Canada pulverised a hapless Chilean side in Santiago on Saturday to end their Americas Rugby Championship on a high. Nine tries from seven different players contributed to a 64-13 score, Canada’s third-highest score total and points differential in their history, and the most since their 69-3 effort over Barbados in …
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The inaugural Americas Rugby Championship came to a close at the unofficial spiritual home of Brazilian rugby, São José dos Campos this evening. The Argentina XV wrapped-up the title by defeating Brazil 42-7. 10 minutes in Juan Pablo Estelles opened the scoring. His try came from an opportunistic box-kick from …
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Hosts Brazil and south-western neighbors Argentina went undefeated on day one of the Rio 2016 Rugby Sevens preparatory tournament. Brazil dominated all opponents, winning by 22 or more in all matches and conceding no points in the process. Combined with previous results the Brazilian women’s Rugby Sevens side have, remarkably, …
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