Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP USA Men’s SevensFor the first time in their history the Men’s Eagles are on top of the world. They were defeated by …
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World Rugby referee boss Alain Rolland has confirmed that the 14 senior match officials set to run the rule over the Six Nations Championship will serve as the short-list for final World Cup selection. The list will be trimmed to 12 who will ultimately stand in the middle for the …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Canada Qualifies For RWC 2019 After falling to the USA last year and Uruguay in February it is finally mission accomplished …
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Ireland took home three major awards at the 2018 World Rugby Awards event in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The Six Nations Grand Slam champions earned Team of the Year honors, with flyhalf Jonathan Sexton named Men’s Player of the Year and Joe Schmidt taking home Coach of the Year. Jessy …
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Nigel Owens will take the field in Chicago on November 3. The world’s most prominent rugby referee takes charge of Ireland’s match against Italy at Soldier Field, with former Harlequins scrumhalf Karl Dickson tabbed to run the rule over the USA’s match against the New Zealand Māori. One of the …
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World Rugby is not taking any chances with the World Cup Repechage after the Rugby Europe fiasco in Brussels. Assigned to the last-chance qualification tournament are World Rugby’s most experienced test referees, all of whom officiated at the 2015 World Cup. Canada has drawn Wayne Barnes for their opening round …
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The Americas will have two referees on the senior match officials panels for the 2018-19 HSBC Sevens Series, one each on the men’s and women’s circuits. Argentina’s Damián Schneider returns on the men’s panel while the USA’s Emily Hsieh has been awarded her first major international appointment. Schneider, 26, will …
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The honor of refereeing the first ever Major League Rugby Final has been awarded to Scott Green. A senior match official with the Texas Rugby Referee Association for several years, he achieved USA Rugby National Panel recognition in 2013. Green has refereed six regular season games, most recently taking charge …
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Here’s another collection of articles from around the worldwide web, covering all sorts of topics. We’ve included a few this week about other sports – are there lessons to be learned from the development of Gaelic football, hockey, and elsewhere? Other pieces touch on Major League Rugby, retirements, eligibility, inevitability, …
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World Rugby has confirmed 19 match officials to take control of the upcoming Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. A total of 84 matches will be played during the three-day even that kicks off on July 20. Included on the men’s tournament panel are two referees from the Americas. …
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