Tag Archives: Women’s Rugby

Canada couldn’t quite take the title against a rampant Australia, but they did defeat New Zealand for the first time in their history to make their third Cup final appearance in the last four stops of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series. The strong showing shoots them into a tie with …

All three Americas sides at the São Paulo stop on the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series will play in the Cup quarter-finals on day two after an exciting day one at the Arena Barueri. Canada and the USA both qualified by virtue of finishing second in their respective pools with two …

With the participation of four countries from the Americas – Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and Trinidad & Tobago the international Rugby Sevens competition, the Rainforest Rugby Sevens took place today in Costa Rica. Ahead of the tournament Costa Rica Rugby Federation director Francisco Sequeira said “The Rainforest Rugby Sevens is the most …

John Tait has named his team for the next round of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series, set to take place starting Saturday in São Paulo, Brazil. The second tournament of the season also gives the athletes a chance to have a look at the country that will be hosting the …

USA Women’s Eagles head coach Pete Steinberg has named 49 players in his player pool for 2016, with less than half named – 21 in total – having previous experience at test level. The group includes 16 players still eligible for u20 rugby and only seven returnees from the 2014 …

The Chilean Women’s Rugby Sevens players have begun training. They are doing so to prepare for the South American tournament Aquece Rio (Rio de Janeiro warm-up) which is to take place on March 5-6 in the 2016 Olympic Games host city. Competing at the Aquece Rio will be the leading women’s teams …

Brazil’s women’s Rugby Sevens roster has been named and is training for the upcoming international competition. The Arena Barueri in Greater São Paulo is to be the setting this coming weekend for the latest edition of World Rugby’s women’s Rugby Sevens stop. Head Coach Chris Neill has finalized his roster …

The Argentine Women’s Sevens are in Training. A roster of sixteen female athletes are coming together from throughout the country to being preparations tomorrow for Olympic Games repechage qualification. They are to do so at La Plata Rugby Club, where they will remain until Friday February 19, doing so under the orders of …

An intensive training regime has Las Albirrojas preparing for international competition. Twenty players are together in Asunción training hard for the opportunity of representing their country next month at the international competition in neighboring Brazil. Rio de Janeiro will be the setting for a two-day event played over March 6-7 …

Head coach Jules McCoy has named a new-look Women’s Eagles 7s team to travel to Brazil for the next stop of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series which takes place on February 20 at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo. Six changes in all are made to the squad that placed …