Wales

It’s been an extraordinarily eventful couple of weeks in the rugby world and as such we’ve collected a number of interesting stories from other online publications that are worth a gander. Professional rugby in New York, concerns in BC, American rugby, Pumas exiles, Canadian players, French interests in America, refereeing, …

Puma Tomás Baravalle scored in a losing effort against the Cardiff Blues on Friday evening. Playing for Benetton Treviso the Argentine hooker went over for a late try as the Italian side fell to a 31-25 defeat against the Welsh region. The Cardiff Blues outscored Benetton Treviso by four tries …

The pools for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens have been confirmed. A total of 28 teams will take part in seven pools split between the main draw and the HSBC Sevens Series core qualifier competition. Six teams from the Americas will be participating, three in each category. The three-day tournament …

Fiji left no doubt as to who was the top team at the Vancouver Sevens after a thoroughly convincing 31-12 win over Kenya in the Cup Final. It closed a perfect tournament for the irrepressible Fijians who coasted past Argentina in the Quarter Finals and edged HSBC Sevens Series leaders …

A last-gasp win over Canada was just enough to see the USA through to the Cup Quarter Finals at the HSBC Sevens Series event in Vancouver on Saturday. John Moonlight tied the game after two Perry Baker scores had put the Eagles in front. With time up the Eagles won …

The final rosters for the Vancouver Sevens have been declared. Another weekend featuring some of the world’s biggest names looms though there are a few stars who did not survive Las Vegas. New Zealand have suffered a blow with skipper Tim Mikkelson and Vilimoni Koroi ruled out, but fortunately they …

Sergio Parisse will lead Italy vs Wales this weekend, earning his 133rd cap in the process. The Argentine born-and-raised no 8 is a record holder already and quickly approaching even more milestones. Italy’s match this weekend is a rare Sunday outing in Cardiff. The Azzurri face the Welsh at the …

Americas teams will be seeing plenty of each other in Vancouver this weekend as three of the four teams have been drawn together in Pool A. Uruguay, hosts Canada, and Las Vegas winners USA are joined by Australia in a group that should get plenty of attention from the fans …

Four Americas players have been rewarded with official HSBC Dream Team selections following a wonderful Las Vegas tournament that saw the USA defeat Argentina in the Cup Final. Eagles captain Ben Pinkelman is joined by teammates Danny Barrett and Perry Baker, with Matías Osadczuk the lone representative of Argentina. Pinkelman …

A magnificent performance by the US Eagles on Day Three of the Las Vegas Sevens saw them winning their first ever HSBC Sevens Series stop on home soil. It’s just the second ever HSBC circuit victory for the team, nearly three years removed from their first at London in May …