Canada

Canada have qualified for the medal semi-finals after a tense 15-5 quarter-final win over France. A Bianca Farella try late in the match gave the Canadians the lead and Ghislaine Landry’s run into the corner on full-time sealed their spot in the final four. Canada remained short of their best …

Brazil scored their first win of the Olympics with a 26-10 victory over Japan in the final round of pool play at Deodoro Stadium on Sunday. Two tries by Beatriz Muhlbauer led the way with singles from Paula Ishibashi and Amanda Araújo. The win won’t be enough to put Brazil …

The long wait is over at last – rugby is back in the Olympic Games. Today marked the return of the sport for the first time since 1924 and saw Rugby Sevens debuting. In action were the twelve competing women’s teams. The Americas made up four of these countries with …

The wait is over. Rugby is back in the Olympics, and it starts today. The women will kick things off with 12 teams battling it out for the gold. Australia enter as favorites having conquered the HSBC Sevens Series but Canada were crowned champions at the final event in Clermont-Ferrand …

Rugby makes its triumphant return to the Olympics tomorrow, with the women’s sevens starting things off. With so many events taking place over the next few days it might not be possible to watch the tournament in its entirety for some people, but as of right now it’s looking pretty …

Nick Blevins is back in Wolf Pack colors for the first time this season. The Canadian international has returned from PRO Rugby duties with the San Francisco Rush to lace up the boots again for his home-based regional side. Blevins heads up a squad that includes five further capped players …

It was a weekend to celebrate as PRO Rugby came to a triumphant close, and as such those players take the spotlight in this week’s selection. We did find a couple deserving participants in the URBA Top 14 who have been sandwiched in after their outstanding efforts for Hindú against SIC. …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Denver Stampede, PRO Rugby It is official, the inaugural PRO Rugby champions come from the Rocky Mountains. The Denver Stampede were crowned …

It was heartbreak in Obetz as the home town Ohio Aviators scored a last minute try to win a classic match at Memorial Field 32-25, but with the gap only seven points and the visitors already on four tries the result means the Denver Stampede are the PRO Rugby champions …

Memorial Park in Obetz will have the honor of hosting the final PRO Rugby match of season one, and as it happens the match to decide the inaugural champions. Denver have the slight advantage as they sit four points above Ohio in first place. As such two bonus points even …