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Australia and South Africa claimed Gold Medals in the finals of the rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games. Both teams defeated Fiji in their respectively finals. Australia were 22-12 winners in the women’s final, and South Africa took the men’s final by 31-7. The two sides will be considered favorites …

Canada will have a chance to win Bronze at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday when their women’s team takes on New Zealand. The men’s bracket did not yield success for the two Americas entries, with both Canada and Jamaica falling into consolation ranking matches. A scorching five-try performance from Krissy …

Canada’s women’s team split their two matches on the opening day of the Rugby Sevens event at the Commonwealth Games. In the men’s bracket, Canada finished Day One with an identical record while Jamaica struggled with two heavy defeats. Favorites New Zealand were too much for the Canadians in the …

Canada emerged champions in both the Men’s and Women’s brackets at the Rugby Americas North Sevens in Nassau. As expected the two World Sevens Series core teams dominated the tournament to earn their place at this year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens. Jamaica will also travel to Cape Town as runners-up …

The Rugby Americas North Sevens begins tomorrow in Nassau, Bahamas. Along with the prestige of the tournament itself, there are qualifying spots on offer for both the Commonwealth Games and September’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Following the withdrawals of both St. Vincent & The Grenadines and the …

The 2022 Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7’s qualifiers will be played in the Bahamas in April. The two day event will take place at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas on April 23-24. The full list of competing teams, pools and tournament structure is forthcoming. The tournament …

Make it six straight World Sevens Series men’s titles for South Africa. The Blitzboks proved a class apart once again as they dominated Ireland and then Australia to claim their fourth Cup Final victory of the season. Los Pumas settled for a 3rd place finish, with the USA taking 5th …

Argentina will once again represent the Americas in the Cup Semi Final round. Los Pumas topped Pool B and edged France in the Quarter Final at the Seville Sevens, with Australia now standing in the way of a second consecutive Cup Final. Two tries each from skipper Santiago Álvarez and …

South Africa will look to make it six tournament wins in a row this weekend as the World Sevens Series heads to Seville. The Blitzboks have won all three events to start the 2022 season but will have to carry on without injured captain Siviwe Soyizwapi. It’s another odd number …