Scotland put Canada to the sword with a one-sided 48-10 win at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Saturday evening. The visitors controlled the match from start to finish with seven tries in all including a hat-trick to replacement hooker George Turner. A late change saw Ben LeSage replace Doug Fraser …
Read More »Canada and USA into Paris Cup Quarters
For a second consecutive HSBC Sevens Series tournament both Canada and the USA have qualified for the Cup Quarter Finals. The North American sides each advanced from the pool stages with two wins out of three, the Eagles finishing their opening day undefeated with only a draw with England standing …
Read More »Final Men’s Squads for Paris 7s
The final round of the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series is at hand and the overall title is still up for grabs. Fiji currently enjoy a seven-point lead over South Africa which will be difficult but not impossible to overcome. Key personnel changes to both teams will make things interesting. It’s …
Read More »Match Preview – Canada vs Scotland
International rugby returns to Edmonton once again, just a year removed from Canada‘s match against Romania last June at Ellerslie Park. This time it’s a bigger fish in Scotland and a bigger bowl with Commonwealth Stadium hosting test rugby for the first time since 2006. The two sides last faced …
Read More »Fiji unstoppable in London as Americas teams improve
Fiji made it four consecutive HSBC Sevens Series tournament wins as they defeated all comers at the London Sevens. The Olympic champions were in imperious form from the start, breezing through the pool stages and finding no true challenge until meeting South Africa in the Cup Final. Despite the relatively …
Read More »u20 Championship Highlights – Argentina vs Scotland
Day two of the 2018 World Rugby U20’s Championship took place today in France. Coming off an opening defeat against England Argentina needed a win against Scotland to keep their hopes alive of advancing to the Semi Finals. Los Pumitas played good rugby against Scotland. In the opening half the …
Read More »Argentina u20 complete crucial win over Scotland
Los Pumitas remain alive in the World Rugby u20 Championship. This morning in Perpignan, France, Argentina completed a crucial win over Scotland. The 29-13 victory was by a comprehensive four tries to one. Argentina dominated the opening half. Yet it was in the second half in which Los Pumitas won …
Read More »U20 Championship Preview – Argentina vs Scotland
The second match day of the 2018 World Rugby U20’s sees Argentina vs Scotland on Sunday. Both sides lost their opening matches with Los Pumitas falling to England and Scotland being beaten at the death by Italy. The Argentina U20’s line-up features four changes. In the front-row Lucio Sordoni replaces …
Read More »Final Squads confirmed for London Sevens
The penultimate round of the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series takes place over two days in London beginning on Saturday. Three teams from the Americas will take part including two currently neck-and-neck for 5th place on the overall series rankings. Madison Hughes returns from injury to captain the Eagles who have …
Read More »Scotland and Wales hit with tour withdrawals
Both Scotland and Wales have today confirmed that they will be without experienced players ahead of their June tours to the Americas. Scotland will undertake an all-Americas tour facing each of Canada, USA, and Argentina while Wales will begin with a neutral-venue clash against South Africa in Washington DC before …
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