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A dominant set piece led Japan to a comfortable 57-12 victory over Canada on Saturday. While the Brave Blossoms weren’t quite at their clinical best, they had more than enough to cruise past a depleted Maple Leafs side in Niigata. The Canadians were missing several of their top players, including …

Joe Taufete’e will travel with the USA Eagles to Japan for the Pacific Nations Cup. The 34-year-old hooker is one of 31 players selected by Head Coach Scott Lawrence for the two-test series that opens against Japan in Osaka on September 12, followed by a match opposite Fiji or Canada …

Canada coach Steve Meehan has selected 32 players in his Senior Men’s squad that will depart for a three-match tour in Japan. The team will take on the Brave Blossoms in Niigata on September 5 before competing in a truncated Pacific Nations Cup tournament against Fiji and potentially the USA. …

World Rugby have confirmed that Japan will host a two-week Pacific Nations Cup tournament in September. Four teams will take part – Canada, Fiji, and the USA the others – and it will be contested in a straight knockout format. It’s a significant step back from 2025, when six teams …

The Nations Championship begins in July 2026. The competition sees the regular July November International windows being replaced with tournament matches. Twelve teams will be divided into two groups: the Six Nations and the Rest of the World. They are England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in one group …

A last-gasp try from Lucas Lacamp gave the Men’s Eagles a stunning 17-14 win over Fiji in the 5th place final at the Bordeaux Sevens on Sunday. The result earned the USA 8th place on the overall championship table, just one point ahead of Kenya, and secured their return to …

Trinidad & Tobago vs Mexico will be streamed live here on Saturday. So too will Barbados vs Guyana. Additional international competition sees Turks & Caicos vs Bahamas. Saturday also sees Chile u17 taking-on Cuyo. Men’s and Women’s u17’s and u19’s teams are in action in Brazil over the long weekend. …

Pittsburgh’s bid to host Rugby World Cup matches in 2031 may have received a boost after J. Kenneth Moritz and John H. Tippins of the Pittsburgh-based firm Stonewood Capital Management have invested in RFU Championship club the Cornish Pirates. URC club Zebre Parma have signed Patricio Baronio on a two-year …

The first ever New York stop on the World Sevens Series saw two closely contested Cup Finals on Sunday. In the first, South Africa clinched top spot for the men heading into the championship with a 10-7 victory over their closest rival Fiji. On the women’s side, New Zealand edged …

Canada’s Tyler Ardron is in talks about going Biarritz from Castres. Puma Pedro Delgado has signed a new deal with the Harlequins. The mountainous Chilean city of Chillán will construct a first rugby field. Benjamín Urdapilleta scored 13 points for Perpignan who claimed a key win over Pau as the …