Head coach Jeff Williams has named 39 players to take part in a final Canada u20 selection camp to take place from January 22 until January 30. The group has been reduced from 57 originally named, with only one player – Vancouver Rowing Club scrumhalf Trevor Caton – added from …
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The Canadian national senior men’s team will making a stop in Dublin during their annual end-of-year European tour. The match against Ireland will take place on November 12 at the Aviva Stadium during the first week of the international test window. Two further matches have yet to be announced. Canada …
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Former Rugby Canada president and national senior men’s head coach Dr. Pat Parfrey has been chosen to represent Canada on the newly expanded World Rugby Council. World Rugby recently announced a reform to their governance, handing voting rights to a number of Tier 2 nations. Chris LeFevre was Canada’s previous representative …
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Top USA referee Leah Berard and Canadian duo Rose LaBrèche and Sherry Trumbull have been appointed to the World Rugby referee panel for the upcoming Women’s Six Nations tournament. Berard and Trumbull have been given two matches each, while LaBrèche will make her Six Nations bow on February 28 as Wales …
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It was not a great weekend for Canadian rugby. Losses were taken on all fronts – the men’s and women’s 7s, and the women’s Maple Leafs XVs. The scorelines only tell part of the story, it’s the performances themselves that we need to talk about. GREEN MAPLE LEAFS The Maple …
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Some truly exceptional performances this week, but also a few duds. We’ve just about put together a solid team, but could use some improvement from the Americas contingent heading towards the new year. 1 – Matías Agüero (Leicester) Italian international but born and raised in Argentina. Got the nod ahead of …
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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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The 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 Guatemala Never is it clearer that progress has been made when a team defeats a side considered to be better. Not …
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At last we come to the end of our comparison of Americas depth in terms of professionalism. We’ve looked at the forwards (front row / second row / back row), the halfbacks, and the midfield. Today it’s the speedsters who take centre stage – the outside backs. The South Americans …
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The HSBC World Sevens series continues on the weekend at the spectacular Cape Town Stadium in South Africa. Only one team of the 16 did not take part in Dubai, with Zimbabwe taking the place of Japan. Americas pace-setters USA look to continue their fine form as they find themselves …
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