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Major League Rugby will be well represented when New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship kicks off next weekend. An impressive 45 players who took part in the 2023 season will be suiting in the competition that runs through October, with another 17 former MLR players involved. The largest contingent, perhaps predictably, …

Canada’s u23 Women’s side arrives in Boston to take on their USA counterparts in the first of a two-match series dubbed the ‘Border Battle’ on Wednesday evening. Both will be played at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the home of the Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks. The American side …

Pete Smith is no longer Head Coach of the Toronto Arrows. The Australian’s tenure has come to a close after two tumultuous seasons in charge and five all told with the Arrows, the first three as an Assistant Coach under the club’s first Head Coach Chris Silverthorn. Smith’s first year …

Allister Coetzee has named a 35-man Namibia squad for their tour of South American. The Welwitschias will play the Argentina XV on July 29 and Uruguay on August 5, both in Montevideo, before taking on Chile on August 12 in Valparaíso. All matches will be played under the World Rugby …

The sixth season of Major League Rugby is in the books, with 101 games played and a new champion crowned. Despite a record-setting campaign from the San Diego Legion, it was the New England Free Jacks who emerged victorious in a captivating final attended by over 10,000 in Chicago. In …

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Canada cruised to a one-sided 45-7 win over Australia to wrap up the Pacific Four at TD Place in Ottawa on Friday night. Player of the Match Tyson Beukeboom celebrated her 60th test cap with three tries in an all-action performance to lead the way for the Maple Leafs. It …

New Zealand overcame an early red card and a 17-5 halftime deficit to defeat the USA 39-17 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa on Friday. The victory gives the Black Ferns a clean sweep in the Pacific Four, and formally casts the Eagles into the second tier of the year-end …

Second place in the Pacific Four is up for grabs for the winner of the tournament finale at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa on Friday evening. Canada will take on Australia in a match that will also determine seeding heading into the year-end WXV tournament. The Canadians held their own …

The Pacific Four wraps up on Friday with a double-header at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa. Opening the afternoon is the USA Eagles against the world champion New Zealand Black Ferns. Rich Ashfield opted to field an inexperienced side against Australia on Saturday and the result was a dominant victory …