New Zealand

A record crowd of 29,480 ventured to BC Place on Friday evening to watch the New Zealand Māori defeat Canada by 51-9. It sets a new attendance mark for a single rugby match in Canada, though the Vancouver stop on the HSBC Sevens Series retains its place as most-attended rugby …

With a record-breaking crowd anticipated at Vancouver’s BC Place, new Head Coach of Canada Kingsley Jones will officially begin his tenure in charge on Friday evening. He could not have asked for a more challenging opponent to mark the occasion with the Māori capable of knocking off just about any …

While HSBC Sevens Series core sides USA and Canada have opted to bring development sides to Avaya Stadium, Chile will send their strongest available side to the Silicon Valley 7s this weekend. Several players who might have otherwise traveled with the Cóndores XVs team on their November tour will instead …

A number of fringe players and two newcomers will get opportunities to impress at the Silicon Valley 7s as Mike Friday has named a mixed squad for the pre-season tourney. NYAC playmaker Chris Mattina and Columbus forward Joe Schroeder are the new names who will pull on an Eagles jersey …

Canada will now have two representatives in the historic first ever Women’s Barbarians match to be played at Thomond Park on November 10. Amanda Thornborough has been named in the squad to play Munster, joining World Cup teammate Kelly Russell in a squad boasting more than 1000 international caps among …

The RWC 2019 match schedule announcement is coming on Thursday. World Rugby will make the announcement live from Japan, the host nation of the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament. With Argentina and the USA already qualified either Canada or Uruguay to do so in February it is an extremely important …

The New Zealand Māori have added two players to their squad ahead of the first of their two-match Northern Hemisphere tour. Joining the squad are Manawatu prop Sean Paranihi and North Harbour outside back Shaun Stevenson. The pair are in contention for a spot in the match day 23 for …

Canadian captain Ghislaine Landry has been nominated for the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year award. The 29-year-old Toronto native is named alongside a pair of New Zealand standouts in Michaela Blyde and Ruby Tui. Monte Carlo will host the 2017 World Rugby Awards on November 26. Landry …

Canada have named 29 players to prepare for their friendly against the New Zealand Māori at BC Place on Friday, November 3. With Friday’s match falling outside the official World Rugby test window overseas are not obliged to release their players for international duty, however new Head Coach Kingsley Jones …

The New Zealand Māori have named their traveling squad for a two-match tour to Canada and France next month. Included in the list of 25 players are eight members of the side that faced the British & Irish Lions in June. Two more players will be added before the team …