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Austin beat Utah in MLR slugfest

Austin Elite gave their Major League Rugby Semi Finals chances a significant boost by earning a bonus point win over the visiting Utah Warriors on Friday evening. The 41-33 result saw 10 tries in all scored, five from each side, with a frantic final quarter seeing 30 of the game’s …

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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 …

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Match Preview – Wales vs South Africa

The show will go on as promised. Despite speculation that the match was under jeopardy, Wales will play South Africa at Washington DC’s RFK Stadium on Saturday afternoon. As the match falls outside the official June test window neither side will be at full strength but both feature an array …

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Team of the Week

Another victory for the Jaguares certainly caught our eye and there was a full slate of Major League Rugby matches to consider. Then, of course, there were the big games in Europe, an English Premiership final and the Top 14 Semi Finals. Overall there was enough out there to put …

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Up and Under

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Seattle Seawolves Coming off an impressive performance against the Utah Warriors, the Seawolves turned it up a notch against the New …

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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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Warriors too strong for SaberCats

The Utah Warriors dealt a hammer blow to the Semi Final chances of the Houston SaberCats as they took a 36-30 win over their hosts at Dyer Stadium on Saturday. Both teams struggled with continuity in the Texas heat with shorts bursts of excitement surrounded by large periods of inactivity. …

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