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Brazil Rises to 7th in the Americas

Brazil’s impressive home victory over Colombia on Saturday sees the Tupis rising in the World and Americas Rankings. The Portuguese speaking country’s 44-0 win over Colombia sees Brazil rising from 9th to 7th in the Americas, to trade places with Colombia, and from 45th to 42nd in the world. It …

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Brazil falls to 9th in Americas

Following a 2-0 series loss against Germany Brazil’s World Ranking has suffered with the world’s fifth largest country falling to 45th in the world. The new ranking sees Brazil falling behind both Trinidad & Tobago and Colombia to be 9th in the Americas. Prior to facing Germany Brazil was already ranked …

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Colombia Rise to 8th in Americas

Completing the South American B Championship undefeated has seen Colombia rise to 44th place in the official World Rugby World Rankings. This sees Los Tucanes ranked just five places below Brazil, their opponents in the South American A play-off in which the winner will play in the 2016 South American …

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World Rugby Unveil Changes to RWC Qualification

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The governing body of rugby, World Rugby has unveiled an altered qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2019 which will be held in Japan. Revealed are where the 8 qualifying countries will come from with some continental regions having advantages over others. The 8 qualifying teams will join the 12 …

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Denver wins SEREVI Rugbytown 7s

One of the emerging sub-international 7s tournaments of the past few years has been the SEREVI Rugbytown 7s held at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado. The tournament, which just completed it’s 4th year of competition, is ever improving in the quality of teams that are in the field and has produced …

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RugbyTown 7s Brings International Flair

The England National team isn’t the only International side making a visit to Glendale, Colorado this Summer. The 4th Annual SEREVI RugbyTown Sevens kicks off in just over three weeks at Infinity Park. The tournament is one of the highlighted sevens tournaments on the American rugby calendar. This year, 17 …

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NACRA Day 2: USA Men & Women onto Rio

After a weekend of playing in the hot North Carolina sun, the two hottest teams at the North American Caribbean Rugby Association Sevens Championships claimed championships. The USA Men and Women both booked their places in the 2016 Rio Olympics with convincing efforts on Day 2 of the tournament. Both …

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NACRA Day 1: USA & Canada Dominate

On a sweltering June day in North Carolina, Canada and the USA (both men and women) laid down their markers on the rest of the NACRA Sevens Championship field. The three sides came into the tournament as heavy favorites and they did little to dispel those predictions as the three teams combined …

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Revised NACRA Sevens Schedule

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St. Vincent has dropped out of the men’s bracket at the last minute minute. As a result all of their planned fixtures are now byes, and the 9th place match has been cancelled. See the revised schedule below. All times are local (EST). All matches, on both fields, will be …

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NACRA Pools & Schedule Set

This weekend, 18 teams from across the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will compete for two coveted places in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ten men’s teams and eight women’s teams are set to do battle at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina this coming weekend. Of the teams …

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