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Team of the Week

It was a full weekend with tons of rugby to get through, but we’ve done it and come up with a decent team. We had to look through a multitude of candidates from the Top 14 semis, PRO Rugby, the Nations Cup, and of the course the June internationals. After …

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Brazil Women’s Sevens Compete in Seattle

Brazil’s Women’s Rugby Sevens team are set to compete in their final pre-Olympic Games competition, doing so in Seattle. Over the next two days Brazil will compete against teams from Canada and the USA. Both Canada and the USA are to compete with two teams while Brazil will do so …

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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 Canada XVs Having come unstuck against Japan one week earlier Canada turned things around in style to annihilate Russia in Calgary on Saturday. …

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Spain crowned Kings of Monaco

Spain are in Sevens Heaven after they shocked the rugby world with a monumental performance on Day Two in Monaco, defeating heavily favored Samoa in a nail-biting final to lift the Cup in Monaco and earn the final spot at the Olympic Games. A last-second try to 32-year-old veteran Ignacio …

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Americas Rankings – June 19 2016

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – June 19 2016 see rises and falls for a number of countries. Argentina’s 30-19 win over France sees Argentina obtaining a slight gain to rise from 82.59 to a new ranking of 82.87 points. …

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Canada, Chile out of Olympic race

Canada and Chile have both crashed out of the Olympic race in the quarter-finals of the repechage tournament in Monaco. For both it’s a bitter pill to swallow, particularly so for Canada who were tipped by many to claim the golden ticket heading into the weekend. It was Russia who …

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San Francisco down Breakers in San Diego

San Francisco got their revenge on Saturday as they upset the San Diego Breakers on their home turf at Torero Stadium. Three tries and nine points from the boot of skipper Volney Rouse were enough to see the Rush through, despite a late charge from the Breakers to force a …

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Canada rout Russia in Calgary

Canada had little difficulty getting past the visiting Russian side as they dominated the scoreboard with a final tally of 46-21. While head coach Mark Anscombe will not be pleased to concede 21 points to a team that lacked any real creativity on attack, he will also note that two …

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Upsets mark Day One in Monaco

Tournament favorites Canada and Samoa each tasted defeat on the first day of the Olympic repechage qualifying tournament in Monaco on Saturday. Canada lost to surprise package Germany in their final match of the day, with the underdogs controlling possession and looking the better side. Samoa were upset by Ireland, …

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PRO Week 10 – San Diego vs San Francisco

San Francisco will end a two-week break and officially start their account under the ‘Rush’ moniker when they face the San Diego Breakers at Torero Stadium on Saturday. San Francisco ended the first half of their season on a high, earning their first franchise victory over Ohio, and will be …

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