Jamie Cudmore will be playing his rugby in France next year. Previously linked with Aviva Premiership club Gloucester and Welsh regional side Scarlets, the big second row – part of Canada’s coaching staff during the Americas Rugby Championship – will leave Clermont Auvergne in the off-season and head east not …
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Canadian captain John Moonlight scored the winning try with no time on the clock to send more than 30,000 screaming fans into rapture in a stunning finish to their Bowl final fixture against France at the historic inaugural Vancouver 7s on Sunday. Nathan Hirayama’s successful conversion gave the home team …
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The match from Santiago in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship can finally be seen for those who missed the original broadcast. Canada put up one of their biggest scores ever as they put Chile to the sword with nine tries in a 64-13 victory. The match report can …
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The pool draw for the 2016 Hong Kong 7s has been released, with 16 teams taking part in the main HSBC Sevens Series competition and another 12 set to compete for core status on the 2016-17 season. All but one team that took part in the wildly successful Vancouver tournament …
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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 PRO Rugby Signings All five of the PRO Rugby teams competing in the inaugural season have at least one foreign player signed on …
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A spectacular Vancouver 7s came to a close on Saturday with New Zealand victorious on the second North American stop on the HSBC Sevens Series. With 60,418 in attendance over two days – a new Canadian rugby record – the event can only be described as an overwhelming success, with …
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With there being no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 13 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order. There have, nonetheless, been alterations to …
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Canadian forward Ray Barkwill is to play PRO Rugby for Sacramento. In doing so he becomes the second international player, after Italian Mirco Bergamasco, to join the Californian capital’s PRO Rugby team. The Niagara Falls, Ontario native began playing rugby at Westlane Secondary School and Niagara Wasp RFC. He subsequently went …
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The Six Nations will be capturing most of the spotlight in Europe this weekend. Most, that is, but not all. The Top 14 will be rolling-on with week 18 seeing a host of matches involving players from the Americas. Kicking-off the round will be today’s only fixture with Toulouse playing host to …
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A number of players from the Americas will take to the field in week 16 of the Premiership this weekend. The round will have a special appeal as, for the first time in history, a match will be played outside of England. That fixture will be played in New Jersey. …
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