The Americas will be sandwiched together in one pool as the draw for the Sydney 7s has been made. Canada will headline Pool D after their excellent 4th place finish in Wellington, with Argentina, the USA, and Russia completing the pool. Ranked 12th, Canada trail 9th-ranked Argentina by only four …
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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 Canada 7s An outstanding day one from Canada at the Wellington 7s saw them producing their best opening-day effort at an HSBC …
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Canadian heavyweight Adam Zaruba has been selected to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Wellington 7s. The 120kg (265lbs) giant enjoyed his finest tournament to date, the 19th in his career since making his debut in October 2014. A superb individual performance against Scotland in the opening match put …
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South Africa proved to be well ahead of the pack in Wellington as they cruised to a 26-5 win over Fiji in the Cup Final early Sunday morning. It was the second time the two had met in the tournament, with the Fijians falling 31-12 in the pool stages on …
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Canada were the toast of Day One in Wellington as they produced their best opening-day effort at an HSBC Sevens Series tournament in three years. Head coach Damian McGrath could not have asked for a better start to 2017 as his charges emerged with a perfect three-from-three to top Pool …
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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 Georgia are Coming The Lelos are coming to the Americas. The Georgian Rugby Union has confirmed that their proposed tour to Canada, …
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Changes have been made to Los Pumas 7’s for the Wellington and Sydney 7’s. With Los Jaguares and the Argentina XV both in camp the team have been modified for the two Oceania legs of the HSBC World Sevens Series. The Wellington 7’s will kick-off on January 28. Los Jaguares …
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Madison Hughes has returned to captain the USA Eagles 7’s. He is one of three high profile returning players, the others being Carlin Isles and Brett Thompson. The trio will play for their country at the upcoming HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 in Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. In the absence …
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The Vancouver 7’s is officially sold out, Rugby Canada has announced. All 66,000 tickets for the second-annual Canadian leg of the HCBC Sevens Series have been purchased. The two day event will take place on March 11th and 12th at BC Place Stadium. The inaugural event in 2016 was a …
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After stepping away from international rugby to focus on academics at the University of Victoria before the season, Lucas Hammond has made an about-face and is a surprise inclusion Damian McGrath’s 13-man Canada team to take part on the Oceania leg of the HSBC Sevens Series. Another surprise is the …
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