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The Americas came away empty handed in Wellington, with all three sides failing to capture silverware in a weekend of mixed fortunes. Tournament hosts New Zealand were unstoppable as they blasted their way to a trio of victories on day two, including a classic Cup final against South Africa that …

Argentina and the USA have both qualified for the Cup knock-outs after each finished in second spot in their pools on day one of the Wellington 7s. While upsets were hard to come by, there were a few scares, with Samoa unlucky to finish at the bottom of the highly …

It’s been a busy couple weeks on the news front for Canadian rugby fans with the imminent arrival of the new Americas Rugby Championship and there’s plenty to absorb, so let’s try and summarise things quickly. Also don’t forget the HSBC World Sevens Series starts up again this weekend after …

Former Canada sevens head coach Geraint John has been promoted by the Welsh Rugby Union to Head of Rugby Performance. The new position is one of two created by the departure of previous Head of Rugby Josh Lewsey resigned in January. Its primary focus is to oversee professional and semi-professional …

This year is moving quickly already, so it’s time we wrapped up last year’s awards. Let’s fire it up again with our picks for Try of the Year. Inevitably the majority come from the World Cup, but there is room for a little sevens, especially some magic from the first …

Liam Middleton has been forced to make three changes to his Canada 7s team that heads to New Zealand for the next leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Nanyak Dala, Justin Douglas, and Mike Fuailefau drop out from the team that took part in Cape Town. In their place …

Brett Thompson has replaced Maka Unufe in the USA Men’s Eagles 7s traveling squad headed for the South Pacific. Unufe’s status is described simply as ‘unavailable’. Thompson was not in the initial group named to take part in the Wellington and Sydney stops on the HSBC Sevens Series, having missed …

USA 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has named his 13-man travelling squad for the second leg of the HSBC World Series. The Eagles head to Wellington, New Zealand for their next stop and then follow with Sydney, Australia. The USA enters the New Year tied for third place in the …

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 Chile and Brazil 7s A memorable first day in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar saw both Chile and Brazil qualifying …

Two spots were taken for the world’s premier annual Rugby Sevens event today as Brazil and Chile sealed qualification for the Hong Kong Sevens. The two South American countries earned the right to compete in Hong Kong this year by finishing as the top two in the Sevens tournament in …