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Romantic notions of another shock result in Shizuoka at the Rugby World Cup were promptly put to bed as South Africa breezed to a 49-3 win over Italy on Friday. The Springboks won the collisions in the first half, and a red card early in the second put the game …

As the world continues to absorb the men’s World Cup in Japan, the new season of the World Sevens Series will begin at Infinity Park in Glendale this weekend. It’s the women who start things off as they play the first of a record eight events on the 2019-2020 circuit, …

Canada have lost a third member of their backs division at the Rugby World Cup. A concussion suffered by Taylor Paris near the end of the match against New Zealand will see the star winger returning to Castres, while Toronto Arrows flyer Kainoa Lloyd will now join the team in …

The 20th game of the Rugby World Cup took place in Oita on Wednesday evening as Canada faced off against two-time defending champions New Zealand. It was played under a closed roof at the Showa Denko Dome. Despite the extremely humid conditions, the two sides produced an entertaining spectacle for …

Major League Rugby unveiled its regular season schedule for the 2020 season late last month. Among the most notable features of the season are a series of games in February listed as venue ‘tbd’. Americas Rugby News has now confirmed that multiple fixtures are set to be hosted in Las …

It was a difficult day at the office for Canada as they were shut out 63-0 by New Zealand on a humid evening in Oita on Wednesday. They held on as long as they could in the first half, but with the All Blacks enjoying the vest majority of possession …

Kyle Breytenbach will continue to play Major League Rugby in Texas next season, but it won’t be in Austin. The versatile second or back row forward will pack his bags and head east to Houston where he call AVEVA Stadium home with the SaberCats. It’s a like-for-like replacement for retiring …

Peter Tiberio has brought the curtains down on his playing career. The 30-year-old outside back from Aurora, Illinois, will hang up the boots after two seasons of Major League Rugby with the Seattle Seawolves. The decision comes after concussion ruled him out of the second half of the 2019 season. …

South Africa have been forced to make a second change to their Rugby World Cup squad. Outside center Jesse Kriel has been ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury suffered against New Zealand in the opening weekend. He is replaced by the versatile Damian Willemse, who arrives from …

In the second of the North American double on Wednesday, Canada face New Zealand in a Pool B match at Oita. The Canadians are in tough as they are coming off a heavy defeat against Italy, while the All Blacks got the win over South Africa on the second day …