France

Sergio Parisse leads Italy who have made three changes to face France. The teams will battle it out at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will skipper Italy from no 8. He will join six of the same forwards who started against England. The one change to …

Four Americas teams will take part in the Vancouver 7s, and in a unique turn of events the four have been drawn in separate pools. Hosts Canada will look to build on their improved form as they have landed in Pool D along with New Zealand, Scotland, and Russia. Bronze …

South Africa have done it again. For the fourth time in five HSBC Sevens Series tournaments the Blitzbokke took the top spot with a 19-12 win over Fiji in the Cup Final. The route wasn’t easy as they had to overcome a fierce challenge from the Eagles in the Semi …

A dramatic come-from-behind victory over Argentina the Cup Quarter Finals of the Las Vegas 7s have seen the home town favorites USA qualify for the Cup Semis on Day Three. Trailing 19-0 just moments into the second half, Maka Unufe sparked a remarkable comeback by scoring two of his own …

New Zealand overcame a stern challenge from the Women’s Eagles in the Cup Semi Finals on their way to a dominant Cup Final win over Australia at the HSBC Sevens Series event in Las Vegas on Saturday. The victory stretches New Zealand’s overall table lead to six points above the …

The US Eagles are off to a flying start at the Las Vegas 7s. Dominant wins against Samoa and Chile have seen them qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals after Day One with one pool game to spare. A Danny Barrett hat-trick led the way against Samoa while Sudamérica qualifiers …

Canada picked up where they left off in Sydney as they emerged from Day One in Las Vegas with a perfect 3-0 record. An impressive win over Russia opened the tournament and they coasted past Argentina and France, the latter they’ll meet again in the Cup Quarter Finals on Day …

All men’s rosters have now been submitted for the HSBC Sevens Series event in Las Vegas this weekend. Three days of exciting international sevens action begins on Friday with a 4:09pm Pacific, 7:09pm Eastern, kickoff for the first round of pool play. Each team has now declared their final 12 …

The women’s rosters have been finalized for the 2017 Las Vegas 7s, and in its inaugural season as a fully-fledged stop on the HSBC Sevens Series the tournament will be hosting a number of the world’s top players this weekend. Six out of seven named to the Women’s Dream Team …

The host nation for Rugby World Cup 2023 will be determined this year. In the running are three unions – France, Ireland and South Africa. All have hosted in some capacity in the past. Should the French bid be successful it would make 2023 the biggest ever Rugby World Cup. …