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The USA and hosts Canada have named their rosters for this weekend’s World Sevens Series event in Langford. It’s the fifth of six women’s tournaments this season and the first since the back-to-back events in Spain at the end of January. Canada are currently in 8th spot overall and trail …

Rugby Canada have announced the hiring of Nathan Bombrys as their new Chief Executive Officer. The 47-year-old is currently employed by Scottish Rugby as Head of International Commercial Projects and will formally take charge this summer, though Rugby Canada have not clarified a start date. Bombrys is originally from Michigan …

Fixtures for the upcoming Pacific Four tournament have now been confirmed. Canada and the USA will compete in a round-robin format against New Zealand and Australia with games taking place between June 6 and 18. All games will be hosted by New Zealand in preparation for the World Cup. Canada …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Joe Biden offers support for USA World Cup Bid U.S. President Joe Biden has officially declared his support for …

Exeter Chiefs have claimed their first ever women’s title as they thrashed Harlequins 57-12 on Saturday to lift the Allianz Cup. Five USA Eagles featured for the winners, four of them starters, with four Canadian internationals featuring as replacements. Co-captain Kate Zackary led by example with two tries, a mark …

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 …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Argentina victorious in Vancouver Los Pumas weren’t just the best Americas team at the World Sevens Series event in …

Canada’s top women’s players are currently participating in a 10-day training camp at Langford, under the watchful eye of new coach Kévin Rouet. The camp includes 40 players as selections are whittled down ahead of this fall’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Among the selections are 15 European-based players …

Premier Rugby Sevens is expanding to three events this year. The professional competition announced on Thursday that it will hold tournaments in San Jose, Washington DC, and Austin in July. It builds on their pilot event held this past October in Memphis. Eight teams will compete at the events, four …

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