BC Rugby has announced the hiring of John Tait as their new Technical Director. It’s the first rugby post for the 48-year-old since his controversial departure from Rugby Canada earlier this year. Tait was forced to resign as Head Coach of Canada’s Senior Women’s Sevens side after a complaint with …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Coastal Cup kicks off with High Performance dreams A new competition kicked off this past weekend in Canadian province, …
Read More »South Africa claim Series sweep at Edmonton 7s
South Africa made it a clean sweep of the shortened 2021 World Sevens Series as they completed a perfect run in Edmonton to take their second tournament in as many weeks. Great Britain were their opponents in the Cup Final this time but the Blitzboks were simply too strong with …
Read More »Germany stuns Great Britain, USA unbeaten in Edmonton
Germany produced the upset of the tournament with a stunning 19-10 win over Great Britain on the opening day of the Edmonton Sevens. South Africa continue to set the pace while the USA enjoyed an unbeaten start with three wins to top Pool B. The physicality of Damian McGrath’s Wolfpack …
Read More »Final Rosters confirmed for Edmonton 7s
Final rosters for the first ever World Sevens Series event in Edmonton have been confirmed. The tournament takes place over Saturday and Sunday with 12 Men’s teams competing in three pools. A round-robin exhibition format will be used for the four Women’s teams. A number of changes have been made …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Chile upset Argentina XV History was made on Wednesday. Chile 25-24 win was not their first over a second …
Read More »South Africa claim dominant Vancouver 7s title
South Africa cruised to a dominant Cup Final victory at the World Sevens Series event in Vancouver on Sunday. The 38-5 win over Kenya capped an unbeaten run through the tournament with the Blitzboks running up a points total of 238 for and only 43 against. The USA were the …
Read More »Final Rosters confirmed for Vancouver 7s
Final rosters for the return of the World Sevens Series in Vancouver have been confirmed. The tournament takes place over Saturday and Sunday with 12 Men’s teams competing in three pools. A round-robin exhibition format will be used for the four Women’s teams. There are two late changes to the …
Read More »Justin Douglas retires from rugby at age 27
Another Canada Sevens starter has called it quits following the Olympic Games. Justin Douglas follows Conor Trainor, Nate Hirayama, and Connor Braid into retirement, though his decision comes as a surprise. Douglas is just 27 years old and in his athletic prime but says the time is right to change …
Read More »Mexico added to Canada Sevens tourneys
Mexico are a late addition to the World Sevens Series events in Canada over the next two weekends. Las Serpientes will enter both Women’s and Men’s teams in Vancouver and Edmonton, taking the place of France who dropped out due to complications in vaccination protocols. The Women’s side will compete …
Read More »