Denver will take it to the road in PRO Rugby Week 2, traveling to balmy San Francisco to take on their hosts at Boxer Stadium on Sunday. After surviving the frozen field at Infinity Park and coming out memorable extra time winners over Ohio by 16-13, Denver will be hoping the …
Read More »Landry named to Langford Dream Team
Top Canadian points scorer Ghislaine Landry has been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Langford 7s. Landry collected 21 points to move her to within just five of season leader Emilee Cherry. Also in the backs were England’s Danielle Waterman and a pair of New Zealanders, player of …
Read More »PRO Rugby Preview – Sacramento
As PRO Rugby sits just a couple days away from kicking off their historic first season, we close out the week by taking at look at Sacramento. With San Diego not opening up their season until next weekend, the team preview for the Southern Californians is being released next week …
Read More »Australia a step ahead in Atlanta
Australia proved their opening round loss to England was an aberration as they outclassed the rest of the field en route to their third consecutive HSBC Women’s Sevens Series tournament victory in Atlanta. After ending the USA’s dreams in the quarter final, they dispatched North America’s other hopes Canada before …
Read More »Eagles Sweep Pool in Hong Kong
The USA Eagles finished off a strong Day 2 at the Hong Kong 7s with a decisive win over Australia to finish Pool C play with a perfect 3-0 record. The clean sweep is only the second time in team history that they have finished the pool stage with a …
Read More »Hilterbrand on Bench for Waratahs
USA Eagle front rower James Hilterbrand has been named to the bench for the Waratahs in their Super Rugby clash against the Rebels this weekend. After long being linked to the USA, Hilterbrand made his debut for the Eagles during the Americas Rugby Championship when he came off the bench …
Read More »World Rugby confirms June internationals
World Rugby has confirmed the June fixtures for Tier 1 and 2 teams, with 25 games spread over the three-week international window. The Six Nations, SANZAAR, and Pacific Island teams are all present, along with the USA, Canada, Japan, Georgia, and Russia, the only team included in the series who did …
Read More »RWC 2019 Seeding to be Pushed back 12 months
Seeding for the twelve automatic qualified countries for Rugby World Cup 2019 is likely to be Pushed back 12 months, the Scotsman reported this morning. Rugby’s global event will be staged outside of a founding union member for the first time in history when Japan hosts the Rugby World Cup …
Read More »Former Wallaby signs for PRO Denver
Australian dual-international Timana Tahu has signed for the Denver PRO Rugby franchise. The long-time National Rugby League (NRL) star made a splash on the rugby union scene in 2008 when he signed a big money deal with the Australian Rugby Union and the Waratahs. After two Super Rugby seasons in …
Read More »Cubelli starts again for Brumbies
Tomás Cubelli is to start again for the Brumbies. The Buenos Aires scrum half has been named to start in the number 9 shirt for Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture against the Stormers in Cape Town, South Africa. In being selected to start Cubelli retains his monopoly on the Brumbies …
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