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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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World Rugby u20 Trophy fixtures announced

World Rugby has announced the fixture list for the 2016 u20 Trophy competition, to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, starting on April 19. Two sides from the Americas will be present, with Los Teritos representing Uruguay and the Junior All-Americans heading over from the USA after defeating Canada in Texas last …

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Rest in Peace Seru Rabeni

The sport of rugby was hit hard this morning by news that super-star Fijian center Seru Rabeni has past away. Aged just 37 Rabeni died at his home in Nausori, just outside the capital, Suva, on Tuesday morning. The Fiji Village website said the cause of death was unknown but quoted his …

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Baker makes Las Vegas Dream Team

Perry Baker has been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Las Vegas 7s. The Eagles rocket had a memorable tournament scoring five tries including two mesmeric efforts against Canada on day one. South African counterpart Seabelo Senatla, the tournament’s leading try scorer with 11, is also in …

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Fiji race clear in Las Vegas

Fiji beat the odds to defeat Australia in an absorbing Cup final in Las Vegas to take the top spot at the HSBC Sevens Series event. While that might sound strange considering they entered the tournament as joint-leaders on the overall Series table, the players had to overcome the emotion …

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Stars aligning for North American 7s leg

North American rugby fans are set to receive some world stars as the HSBC Sevens Series arrives in Las Vegas this coming weekend, and Vancouver the next. With the Olympics now less than six months away, some of the biggest names in the game are throwing their hat in to …

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