The USA Women’s Eagles were hammered by the New Zealand Black Ferns in Chicago today, falling to a 67-6 defeat. The world champions were impressive romping past a new-look USA side to a comprehensive victory. Played at Soldier Field, the home of NFL’s Chicago Bears the fixture was a part …
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The November Internationals begin for the Americas on Saturday. The first men’s test side from the Western Hemisphere to play the end of year series is the USA. The Eagles are up against a formidable opponent in the Māori All Blacks. USA Head Coach Gary Gold has named 13 players …
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Chilean prop Sergio de la Fuente scored the match-winning try to claim a national title in New Zealand. The try saw Thames Valley winning the 2018 Heartland Meads Championship Final. The competition involves twelve New Zealand provinces, and acts as the lower division behind the Mitre 10 Cup. Thames Valley …
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Two North American internationals helped Auckland complete a stunning come-from-behind victory to win New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup competition by 40-33 over Canterbury on Saturday. It was a thrilling finale at Eden Park that saw the home side recover from a 13-point halftime deficit to earn the win in a …
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Austin Elite have entered the Canadian market for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Loose forward Travis Larsen will head south to Texas to take part in the newest American professional competition, and he will find a familiar face when he gets there. Younger brother Josh has also signed up, …
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Nigel Owens will take the field in Chicago on November 3. The world’s most prominent rugby referee takes charge of Ireland’s match against Italy at Soldier Field, with former Harlequins scrumhalf Karl Dickson tabbed to run the rule over the USA’s match against the New Zealand Māori. One of the …
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Perry Baker has been nominated for the World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year award. It’s a plaudit familiar to the Eagles Sevens star – he won the award in 2017. Baker is one of three players nominated, the others Fijian playmaker Jerry Tuwai and Australia’s Ben O’Donnell, the …
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Two members of the USA Women’s Eagles side that finished in second place at the Glendale Sevens over the weekend have been selected to the official HSBC Dream Team for the tournament. Playing both in the forwards and in the midfield, Ilona Maher enjoyed a breakthrough tournament that included a …
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New Zealand were a step ahead of the rest at Infinity Park, wrapping up a perfect start to the 2018-19 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series with a dominant 33-7 win over the USA in the Cup Final. A hat trick from superstar Portia Woodman did the damage with the World Cup …
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Canadian forward Evan Olmstead, and USA Eagle Mike Sosene-Feagai and Auckland are into the Mitre 10 Cup Final. The two North American internationals helped the New Zealand province to victory over the Wellington Lions earlier today. Olmstead started the match on the flank for Auckland while Sosene-Feagai was on the …
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