The four Americas entries in the Men’s bracket have been drawn in separate pools for this weekend’s Cape Town Sevens. Meanwhile North American rivals Canada and the USA will meet in the Women’s bracket, with Brazil again set to face challenging opposition. Australia, Great Britain, and Uganda await the Men’s …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Women’s Eagles’s Claim Bronze The USA’s quest for Olympic Qualification got off to a strong start as the Women’s …
Read More »Blitzboks win Men’s title in Dubai, USA finish 4th
South Africa moved to the top of the Men’s World Sevens standings with a convincing Cup Final win over Ireland in Dubai. The USA improved on their results in Hong Kong to finish in 4th, while Argentina weren’t far behind in 6th spot. After two events on the 11-stop circuit, …
Read More »Argentina and USA through to Dubai Men’s Quarters
Argentina and the USA have qualified for the Men’s Cup Quarter Finals after a highly competitive opening day at the Dubai Sevens. The Eagles were one of only two sides to advance unbeaten, while Los Pumas topped Pool B based on points differential after a three-way tie. Canada were competitive …
Read More »Big changes coming to World Sevens Series
World Rugby have today announced significant changes to the World Sevens Series that will come into effect for the 2023-2024 season. The most notable sees the men’s and women’s competitions becoming fully aligned in both participating teams and tournaments played. They are also set to receive equal participation fees, which …
Read More »Rugby Regional Progression, Regression and the World Cup
Rugby World Cup 2023 will be the tenth men’s Rugby World Cup. Sixteen teams competed in four pools of four at the inaugural tournament in 1987. It was expanded to twenty teams competing in five pools of four for RWC 1999. It changed to four pools of five for RWC …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Chile on top of the South American 7’s World Chile are the 2022 South American 7’s champions. Los Cóndores …
Read More »Chile win 2022 South American 7’s title in Costa Rica
Chile are the 2022 South American 7’s champions. Los Cóndores 7’s won the title by defeating Argentina 21-12 in the final. This was after a comprehensive 29-5 Semi Final victory over Paraguay. Brazil defeated Paraguay 29-12 to win the Bronze Final. The Costa Rica Sevens was a seven team tournament. …
Read More »Brazil qualify for 2023 Pan American Games
Brazil secured the 8th and final place at the Men’s Rugby Sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games. Brazil qualified on Saturday after beating Paraguay at the Costa Rica Sevens. Brazil will compete in Santiago 2023 alongside Argentina, Canada, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico, Uruguay, and the USA. Brazil defeated Venezuela 28-0, …
Read More »Felipe Arcos Pérez called into Uruguay squad for Dubai Sevens
Ivo Dugonjic has named his Teros squad for the Dubai Sevens. The 13-man traveling roster includes one addition. Felipe Arcos Pérez joins the squad after starting against all three of Uruguay’s opponents – Georgia, Romania, and Tonga – on their European tour. The team had traveled to Hong Kong with …
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