Tag Archives: World Sevens Series

Canada wins Bronze Medal at Olympics

Canada’s women’s sevens side has achieved their goal with a dominant 33-10 win over Great Britain to win the Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Rio. The performance marked a complete turnaround in fortunes from a day earlier, when they had stumbled to a 22-0 defeat against the Brits …

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Women’s Eagles finish 5th in Rio

The USA overcame a slow start against France to come away 19-5 winners at Deodoro Stadium on Monday, in doing so finishing in 5th overall at the Olympic Games. A try by Camille Grassineau had the French up by seven points to nil at the break, but whatever coach Richie …

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Australia and New Zealand to play for Gold

The top two sides on the HSBC Sevens Series standings have qualified for the Gold Medal final at the Olympic Games. Australia looked confident and composed with a near-faultless performance against Canada in the first semi-final, winning 17-5 and keeping their favorites tag for the final. New Zealand stormed past …

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Canada into Semis after Nervous Win

Canada have qualified for the medal semi-finals after a tense 15-5 quarter-final win over France. A Bianca Farella try late in the match gave the Canadians the lead and Ghislaine Landry’s run into the corner on full-time sealed their spot in the final four. Canada remained short of their best …

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Brazil defeat Japan as Canada flounder

Brazil scored their first win of the Olympics with a 26-10 victory over Japan in the final round of pool play at Deodoro Stadium on Sunday. Two tries by Beatriz Muhlbauer led the way with singles from Paula Ishibashi and Amanda Araújo. The win won’t be enough to put Brazil …

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Olympic Women’s 7s Preview

The wait is over. Rugby is back in the Olympics, and it starts today. The women will kick things off with 12 teams battling it out for the gold. Australia enter as favorites having conquered the HSBC Sevens Series but Canada were crowned champions at the final event in Clermont-Ferrand …

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Early Casualties ahead of Olympic 7s

Great Britain and New Zealand have already been forced to make changes to their main roster for the Olympic Games before a ball has even been kicked. The news comes just days before the historic first appearance of sevens in the world’s biggest athletic spectacle. Alex Davis has been ruled …

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Up and Under

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 Denver Stampede, PRO Rugby It is official, the inaugural PRO Rugby champions come from the Rocky Mountains. The Denver Stampede were crowned …

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