Ten players with Major League Rugby experience have been selected in the Manu Samoa squad for their July tests against Italy on July 5 and Spain on July 13. The squad includes just ten members of the 2023 World Cup group though some may return to contention ahead of August’s …
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Canada’s Senior Women made history with a 22-19 victory over the defending World Cup champion Black Ferns in Christchurch on Sunday. It’s the first time any Canadian test side has defeated New Zealand. For the women it’s ends a streak of 17 consecutive defeats dating back to 1991. In doing …
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Canada are looking to build on their lopsided first round victory over the USA when they collide with Australia in Sydney on Saturday in the second round of the Pacific Four. The Wallaroos have a new coach in former England international Jo Yapp and are currently ranked No5 in the …
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The Pacific Four moves to the Southern Hemisphere with the USA taking on New Zealand in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon local time, late Friday evening in North America. Canada were resounding winners over the Women’s Eagles in LA and now face the defending World Cup champions on their home soil. …
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A dominant first quarter display from New Zealand helped the Junior All Blacks to a big win over Los Pumitas on Tuesday. The round two match of the Rugby Championship u20 was a 43-20 victory for New Zealand. In round one New Zealand competed to a 13-13 draw against South …
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The inaugural Rugby Championship u20 competition will get underway on Thursday. The round one fixtures will be (a) New Zealand vs South Africa (b) Argentina vs Australia. The matches are being played on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. The kick-off times in Argentina will be 4:00am and 6:00am respectively. Matches …
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Argentina will play twelve rugby test matches in 2024. This is the same number as in 2021, 2022 and in 2023. As in the tears outside of Rugby World Cups the fixtures will come in three varieties: (i) July Internationals, (ii) Rugby Championship and (iii) November Internationals. July will begin …
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The USA Women’s Eagles won Silver at the Hong Kong Sevens. The North Americans fell to New Zealand in the final. The 36-7 win underlined what was an impressive campaign from the tournament winners. Michaela Blyde scored a hat-trick in the final for New Zealand. I gave the champions a …
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Dates and match venues for the inaugural u20 Rugby Championship have been confirmed. The 2024 u20 Rugby Championship will be played in May 2024 on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. The competition will feature the best u20 players from Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. Located in Bokarina, the …
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Argentina’s former Super Rugby franchise is close to making a return. Writing for the NZ Herald, Liam Napier notes that the 2019 Super Rugby runners-up are placed as potential replacements for the Melbourne Rebels beginning next year. The Melbourne Rebels are one of five Australian teams in Super Rugby Pacific. …
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