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from Rugby Canada: Canada’s National Women’s Sevens Rugby Team have defended their crown at the 2012 Amsterdam Sevens; after beating the United States in a thrilling Grand Final, on Sunday. After winning the same tournament convincingly in 2011, the Canadians knew the road was likely to be more difficult this time around.  This year’s competition [...]

from USA Rugby: AMSTERDAM – The USA Women’s Eagle Sevens made a dazzling run to the Cup Final of the Amsterdam Sevens this weekend.  England, Australia, South Africa and Wales are among the teams that fell to a very sharp Eagles’ outfit, but it was their archrival Canada that stormed back in the championship game [...]

today is day 3 in holland. this is the most beautiful country i’ve been to. everything is so green and lush! i guess since the country is below sea level there is plenty of water to go around. unfortunately, we missed the high tulip season by 2 weeks. i’ve seen pictures of what the land [...]

from USA Rugby: USA v. Australia – Cup Quarterfinals The USA got a second crack at Australia after losing to the reigning world champions on day one of the London Sevens. However, the Aussies shot out of the gate and the USA couldn’t find an answer for them. The USA defense played tough and were [...]

View the pools, brackets and full results here. Watch the IRB Highlight video here, the embed isn’t working for some reason?! from IRBSevens.com: England’s greater power and precision proved too much for first time Cup finalists the Netherlands as the hosts eased to a 34-7 victory in the IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup at Twickenham. [...]

View the London 7s Pools, Schedule & Rosters here. from IRB.com: Women’s Rugby will take another significant step towards the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with the hosting of a key IRB workshop in London this week focussing on High Performance. With the Women’s Game having experienced a stellar year on and off the field and [...]

LONDON! we’re here! let me start by saying that i am deliriously tired! i can barely hold my head up, so this might not be the best blog entry..not that the others are all that stellar ; ) so we took off on tuesday  morning, after a long week of camp. we had a short [...]

The teams and pools have been set for Amsterdam Sevens with 12 International Women’s sides participating. This is the strongest lineup of women’s team the touranment has seen in a long time with Australia (current World Cup 7s winners), Canada (won all but one major tournament in 2011-2012) and England (IRB Challenge Cup holders). The tournament [...]

View the rosters, pools, schedule and results from London 7s here. from USA Rugby: CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The Women’s Eagle Sevens squad that will take on Pool C opponents Australia, China, and France at the London Sevens on May 12-13 has been named by head coach Ric Suggitt.All eight residents under full-time training contracts with [...]

THE ULTIMATE RUGBY WEEKEND 16 TEAMS, 38 MATCHES, 1 AMAZING WEEKEND IF YOU LOVE RUGBY & MUSIC, YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS COLLEGE RUGBY The CRC is the premier college rugby tournament in the country, and serves as a national platform for America’s future Olympians.Broadcast live on NBC, the tournament features 16 of the [...]