Argentina finished 5th at the Singapore 7’s. The result means that Los Pumas 7’s finished the regular Sevens season in top spot. Argentina recovered from a Quarter FI al loss against Ireland to defeat South Africa 14-10 in the 5th Place Final. Argentina’s final position at the Singapore event took …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week. UP Argentina Narrowly Beaten in Final in Singapore Argentina finished second at the Singapore Sevens. Los Pumas 7’s were narrowly beaten 19-17 …
Read More »Eagles name roster for Singapore and Vancouver 7s
Mike Friday has named his Men’s Eagles roster for the upcoming World Sevens Series events in Singapore and Vancouver. There are four changes to the squad, including the notable inclusions of Malacchi Esdale and Ben Broselle for the first time this season. Lucas Lacamp and Folau Niua are the other …
Read More »World Sevens Series returns with Spain to make hosting debut
A full-length World Sevens Series will return in November with ten men’s and seven women’s tournaments scheduled through May 2022. Most notable is the hosting debut of Spain, who welcome back-to-back tournaments in January to Málaga and Seville. As previously announced Dubai will also host events on successive weekends to …
Read More »Singapore and Cape Town 7s scrapped, Dubai starts new season
The pandemic has claimed two more stops on the World Sevens Series. Both the Singapore and Cape Town tournaments have now suffered the same fate as the Hong Kong Sevens, effectively bringing an end to the 2021 circuit in its entirety. The Canadian stops in Vancouver and Edmonton are the …
Read More »Fuailefau and Douglas reach 50 for Canada
Mike Fuailefau and Justin Douglas will reach career milestones at the Singapore Sevens this weekend. The Canadian duo will each play in their 50th HSBC Sevens Series event for Canada, following in the footsteps of current teammates Nathan Hirayama and Harry Jones among others. After playing for Canada’s u20 side …
Read More »Women’s circuit expands as 2019-20 Sevens Series confirmed
World Rugby has announced an expanded women’s circuit as part of the 2019-2020 HSBC Sevens Series. Currently at six tournaments, women’s events will grow to eight next season with six of those taking place alongside men’s events. Both of those marks are the highest ever seen on the circuit. In …
Read More »Fiji win Singapore to take Sevens Series lead
Fiji have jumped to the top of the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series standings after claiming victory in Singapore, their third consecutive tournament win and fourth in the last five stops. A late try pushed them past New Zealand in the Quarter Finals with only a conversion separating them from South …
Read More »Americas teams struggle in Singapore
It was not a good Day One for the three Americas teams at the Singapore Sevens. All have failed to reach the Cup Quarter Finals with only two wins spread between them, one of them Canada’s win over Argentina. After a promising start to the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series recent …
Read More »Canada names men’s team for Hong Kong and Commonwealth 7s
Damian McGrath has named 14 players in his Canadian team for the Hong Kong Sevens, Commonwealth Games, and Singapore Sevens, all to take place in April. All 13 members of the side that finished 14th in Vancouver have been retained with the addition of dual-international Andrew Coe to the traveling …
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