Exeter Chiefs have claimed their first ever women’s title as they thrashed Harlequins 57-12 on Saturday to lift the Allianz Cup. Five USA Eagles featured for the winners, four of them starters, with four Canadian internationals featuring as replacements. Co-captain Kate Zackary led by example with two tries, a mark …
Read More »Final Rosters for Rugby Americas North 7s
The Rugby Americas North Sevens begins tomorrow in Nassau, Bahamas. Along with the prestige of the tournament itself, there are qualifying spots on offer for both the Commonwealth Games and September’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Following the withdrawals of both St. Vincent & The Grenadines and the …
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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 Argentina victorious in Vancouver Los Pumas weren’t just the best Americas team at the World Sevens Series event in …
Read More »Canada’s top 40 players preparing for World Cup
Canada’s top women’s players are currently participating in a 10-day training camp at Langford, under the watchful eye of new coach Kévin Rouet. The camp includes 40 players as selections are whittled down ahead of this fall’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Among the selections are 15 European-based players …
Read More »Premier Rugby Sevens expands to three events in 2022
Premier Rugby Sevens is expanding to three events this year. The professional competition announced on Thursday that it will hold tournaments in San Jose, Washington DC, and Austin in July. It builds on their pilot event held this past October in Memphis. Eight teams will compete at the events, four …
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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 Selknam knock-over the undefeated Jaguares XV Some thought it would not happen. They were proven wrong this evening in …
Read More »Highlights: USA Falcons vs WPL Selects
The USA Falcons were 44-5 winners over the Women’s Premier League Selects at the Colorado School of Mines on Saturday. It featured the best of the USA’s domestic talent vying for potential spots on this year’s Rugby World Cup roster. A live stream was not provided but highlights from the …
Read More »Independent review highly critical of Rugby Canada
An independent review of Rugby Canada’s High Performance program has been completed and released publicly. Initiated in November of 2020 following disappointing showings at the Olympics and the failure of the Senior Men’s team to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023, the review is highly critical and blunt in its …
Read More »USA Rugby aiming to host back-to-back World Cups
USA Rugby has is officially in the race to host not one, but two Rugby World Cups. Having already been confirmed as an exclusive dialogue partner with World Rugby for the men’s event in 2031, the USA RWC Bid Committee is now in discussion to host the women’s event in …
Read More »Fiorino out, Rouet in as Head Coach of Canada Women
Rugby Canada has cut Sandro Fiorino as Head Coach of Canada’s National Women’s XV’s team. The organization has offered little explanation, though the decision comes in the midst of a High Performance review that was first announced last May and was initially meant to be completed in November of 2021. …
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