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 Magnificent Uruguay Qualify for World Cup Los Teros recorded a 34-15 win over the USA at Estadio Charrúa to …
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The inaugural Premier Rugby Sevens tournament saw 18 matches completed on Saturday in Memphis, with two teams crowned champions. Experts captured the Men’s title with Loonies taking the Women’s draw. USA Eagles stars Perry Baker and Alev Kelter were the respective winning captains. Experts proved a class apart in their …
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Premier Rugby Sevens is all set for its first event in Memphis on Saturday. The one-day pilot launches what is hoped will develop into a professional sevens circuit in 2022. Noting pay scales equally applied to both men and women and a unique team approach, the organization has already received …
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Kate Zackary has been named Premier 15s Player of the Month. The US Eagles captain is co-captaining Exeter Chiefs in what is her second campaign with the team. Since dropping their season opener to Bristol, Exeter have won three straight including an upset road win over defending champions Harlequins. During …
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BC Rugby has announced the hiring of John Tait as their new Technical Director. It’s the first rugby post for the 48-year-old since his controversial departure from Rugby Canada earlier this year. Tait was forced to resign as Head Coach of Canada’s Senior Women’s Sevens side after a complaint with …
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South Africa made it a clean sweep of the shortened 2021 World Sevens Series as they completed a perfect run in Edmonton to take their second tournament in as many weeks. Great Britain were their opponents in the Cup Final this time but the Blitzboks were simply too strong with …
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Germany produced the upset of the tournament with a stunning 19-10 win over Great Britain on the opening day of the Edmonton Sevens. South Africa continue to set the pace while the USA enjoyed an unbeaten start with three wins to top Pool B. The physicality of Damian McGrath’s Wolfpack …
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Isadora Cerullo is the first international Olympian to join Premier Rugby Sevens. The Premier Rugby Sevens is a new USA-based Rugby Sevens league. It will be launched on October 09 in Memphis, Tennessee. It will be live via FS2 from 4pm-6pm Eastern. The Brazilian 2016 and 2021 Olympian is the …
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Maya Learned is the latest North American international to make the move across to England’s Premier 15s. The USA Eagles prop has signed on with Gloucester-Hartpury for the remainder of the season in the build-up to next year’s World Cup in New Zealand. Learned, 25, was a High School and …
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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 Chile upset Argentina XV History was made on Wednesday. Chile 25-24 win was not their first over a second …
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