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Canada emerged champions in both the Men’s and Women’s brackets at the Rugby Americas North Sevens in Nassau. As expected the two World Sevens Series core teams dominated the tournament to earn their place at this year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens. Jamaica will also travel to Cape Town as runners-up …

Rugby ATL earned a dominant 30-17 road win over the San Diego Legion at the Sports Deck on Sunday. The Ratlers overwhelmed their opposites at the set piece and used their suffocating defense to frustrate the high-flying offense of their hosts. It was a tactical arm-wrestle for the opening quarter …

The Free Jacks survived a second half surge from Rugby New York to take a narrow 29-26 win at JFK Stadium on Sunday. It stretches New England’s lead at the top of the Eastern Conference table and also extends their winning streak to seven games. New York scored the first …

The Seattle Seawolves claimed a handsome 20-14 victory over the Utah Warriors at Zions Bank Stadium on Saturday evening. It was a closely-fought contest throughout that featured exhilarating action but also moments of confusion. There was controversy five minutes in as Riekert Hattingh was sent to sin bin after the …

Old Glory DC made it back-to-back wins as they romped to a 50-10 victory over the Dallas Jackals at Segra Field on Saturday. It set a new franchise mark for points scored, margin of victory, and tries scored with eight different players touching down. The home side flubbed three scoring …

Austin made it four wins in a row as they coasted to a 32-10 result over NOLA at The Gold Mine on Saturday. The Gilgronis maintain their first overall position while the Gold suffer their seventh consecutive home defeat dating back to last season. It didn’t take long for Austin …

The Houston SaberCats dealt a savage beating to the Toronto Arrows at AVEVA Stadium on Saturday evening. While the final score read 29-17 to the home side, three late tries masked what was an otherwise woeful performance from the visitors who trailed 29-0 well into the final quarter. Both teams …

Despite not sharing the same conference, Sunday’s match between San Diego and Rugby ATL at the Sports Deck most certainly has playoff implications. The Legion are holding on to the third spot in the West by a thread, while the Ratlers have both Toronto and New York breathing down their …

Two Eastern Conference heavyweights collide at JFK Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Rugby New York were second-best when they hosted the New England Free Jacks at the same venue in March. A similar result would open the door wide open for the Toronto Arrows in the postseason race. Since that day …