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Until recently Women’s Rugby was a non-priority for World Rugby. Rugby Sevens in the Olympics and changing social norms are part of the reason as to why this is no longer the case. For young women, teenage girls and children this represents opportunities that previous generations were not afforded. In …

Ray Barkwill scored five test tries for Canada; the first of these was truly memorable. It came with the hooker featuring as a replacement for his country against Fiji in the 2013 Pacific Nations Cup. The match was played at Twin Elm Park in Ottawa. The North Americans played well …

World Rugby has, with immediate effect, altered Law 8.2(a). The change means that it will no longer be possible to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector. Such tries have not been overly common, but they have occurred from time to tim, including at in multiple …

Canadian prop Rod Snow ran in against Namibia in RWC 1999. His try saw him catching out flanker Sean Furter with a dummy pass. The try was part of what was Canada’s most impressive scoreline in a Rugby World Cup match. Canada scored 72 points against the Africans. Fly half …

Brazil made history in 2017. For the first time ever Os Tupis won a test match in Europe. Brazil wrote history by defeating Belgium 23-19 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. The win came despite Belgium having started the strongest, appearing to be on their way to victory. Belgium …

Los Teros’ Santiago Arata scored one of the greatest solo tries during the RWC 2015-2019 cycle. It came in a home match against Spain during the 2017 Nations Cup in Montevideo. The Uruguayan scrum-half scored what was an 80 meter individual try. The score was from a restart. The no 9 …

Canada’s first ever RWC match was against Tonga. It was a day three match of RWC 1987 and it took place at McLean Park in Napier. The North Americans put on a memorable performance as they were comprehensive winners in the historic encounter. Prior to RWC 1987 there had been …

Canadian hard man Dan Baugh finished off a wonderful team try against the USA in 2002. The match was no ordinary fixture, rather, it was a RWC 2003 qualifier. Canada had home advantage against the Eagles at Markham’s Fletcher’s Fields. Baugh scored the try by being in the right place …

Ballymore at Brisbane, Australia, was the setting for the USA Eagles’ first ever RWC match. The game was a Pool 1 fixture against Japan in RWC 1987. With Australia and England also in the group, both the competition teams on the day were in a must-win encounter. In the build-up …

World Rugby Hall of Famer Felipe Contepomi claimed a 25-point-haul against Wales in 2001. He did so by scoring a full-house – a try, conversion, penalty and a drop-goal. He outscored Wales on his own by 9 points in the contest. Argentina’s remaining five points went to winger Gonzalo Camardón. …