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Team of the Week

European club rugby was back in full swing on the weekend with international players all returning to their employers. There are still a few Americas players not quite back in action but enough spread around to put together a very respectable choice team this week. Brazil were also wrapping up …

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Perry Baker to captain Eagles in Cape Town

Perry Baker will captain the USA Eagles 7s team in Cape Town this weekend. Regular skipper Madison Hughes will sit out the tournament to begin a two-month recovery and conditioning program with the coaching staff wary of an excessive workload over the 2016 calendar year. This will be the first …

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Americas Rankings – December 05 2016

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 05 2016 shows changes for a number of countries. In the South American C Championship the results have implications for all four. Guatemala’s 34-0 win over Panama sees Guatemala rocketing …

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Up and Under

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP CALIFORNIA CUP With PRO Rugby Season Two still a few months away, American fans on the west coast have a new …

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California Cup Round 1 Results

Round 1 of the newly-formed California Cup is in the history books. A sunny day in San Francisco Bay made for plenty of running rugby, with 25 tries in all spread across three games much to the delight of those in attendance. By the end of the afternoon two clubs …

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South Africa one step ahead in Dubai

Paul Ryan named South Africa as his favorites to set the pace on the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series and following the opening tournament in Dubai his predictions look spot-on. The Blitzbokke cruised through Day Two to lift the title, smashing both New Zealand and Wales before meeting Fiji in the …

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California Cup Round 1 Lineups

Three matches at SFGG’s Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island will kick-start the new California Cup competition on Saturday. Newcomers Life West face off with Belmont Shore in the curtain raiser, Olympic test their mettle against the ominous Old Mission Beach, and hosts Golden Gate welcome Old Aztecs to the …

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