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 Classifying Americas Rugby Markets, new and old, offer great hope for a future of greatly expanded international competition in our region. This …
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The Ontario Blues left no doubts as to who the best team in the 2016 Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship as they claimed their fifth MacTier Cup title in six years with an emphatic 50-21 victory over the BC Bears at Fletcher’s Fields on Sunday. It didn’t quite match the sweltering …
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Robbie Povey’s penalty kick in stoppage time gave the Wolf Pack an improbable win over the Atlantic Rock in St. John’s on Sunday afternoon. The result gives the visitors a temporary lead in the hunt for the MacTier Cup but leaves its fate entirely in the hands of the Ontario …
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Some wild results from the 2016 Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship have made the final day one of the most anticipated in recent memory. While previous years have seen the title come down to a one-off match, three teams are within striking range of the MacTier Cup this time around so …
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The 2016 Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship will go right down to the wire thanks to victories by the Blues and the Rock on Thursday evening. While the winner of the game in St. John’s will lay the first claim on the MacTier Cup, Ontario will have the final say with …
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The stage is set for the last day of the 2016 Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship with the title very much up for grabs and three possible winners. Starting off Sunday’s entertainment is a tilt between the defending champions and the upstarts as the Wolf Pack take on the Rock in …
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The Blues exacted their revenge against the Wolf Pack by pitching a shutout at Fletcher’s Fields in an 18-0 win on Thursday evening. A smothering defense gave away little to the visitors, and complete dominance at the breakdown saw the Blues reach double digits in stolen possession. An extended feeling-out …
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The Atlantic Rock completely stuffed the BC Bears with a 20-6 victory on home turf to set up an exciting finale in St. John’s on Sunday. Defense was the name of the day as the Bears simply could not find the gaps and were met with twos and threes at …
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The highly anticipated rematch of the 2015 Canadian Rugby Championship final takes place at Fletcher’s Fields on Thursday evening. After an opening round loss to the Atlantic Rock, the Blues must stop the undefeated defending champions if they hope to regain the MacTier Cup. If the Wolf Pack win it …
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The final rounds of an abrupt Canadian Rugby Championship season are upon us, with each team set to play two games in a span of four days. Swilers Rugby Park in St. John’s will host the first as the BC Bears travel as far east as they can get to …
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