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Plenty of player movement happening for Americans. Carlin Isles has left Glasgow but Brett Thompson is moving to Edinburgh to take his place in Scotland.
All-American Mike Lawrenson has had an impressive summer and now it's earned him a contract with Counties Manukau in the ITM Cup.
The Eagles 7s announced that Chris Brown would be the team's assistant coach. Pat Clifton is spot on in that it looks like Mike Friday will still get the job.
One player no longer headed to Chula Vista is Preston Bryant, who elected to go back to school.
Alex Goff looks at the tireless work All-Americans head coach Salty Thompson puts into his selections.
Take the jump to read more.
He also spoke with center Calvin Whiting and women's All-American Rosie Russell.
The Women Eagles fought hard but narrowly lost to England 17-13 on Sunday. Despite the loss the Eagles will be boosted from their tour of the UK. Also, all donations to the team are currently being matched.
Rugby Wrap Up looks at where Tom Billups and Dan Lyle are now.
Club/College:
The Varsity Cup made a big move last week by adding Arkansas State.
Seattle's Pate Tuilevuka thinks his team has what it takes to win the World Club 7s.
The Florida High Performance All-Star team had a very successful summer. Here is a recap of their efforts.
The Stars Rugby 7s competed hard at the Stampede 7s. The men finished second while one of the women's teams did the same. The other women's team took fourth. More on this later.
The Life West Gladiators were the surprise DIII team this last year. Check out this interview with Viki Hudson from the club.
Rugby is taking off at Fort Hood in Texas as more soldiers are playing.
Ignatius in Ohio followed up on their 15s championship with a 7s championship.
Former Arizona State player Tim Buchanan made his Super Rugby debut over the weekend.
World:
Another busy weekend around the world. Stay tuned for our World Rugby Weekend Review.
Nick Cummins is doing the right thing for his family and in doing so may miss the World Cup.
The fixtures for the Premiership and the Top 14 came out over the weekend.
Patrick Johnston reports on Canadian women's head coach Francois Ratier and his team's preparation for the World Cup.
The Maori All Blacks will be touring Asia this November with two matches against Japan and one against the Asia-Pacific Barbarians in Singapore.
After being the long-shot heading into the last day of World Cup qualifying in Africa, Namibia surprisingly once again qualified for the World Cup.
Australia and New Zealand have named some big players in the Commonwealth Games teams.
Ben Smith has been hospitalized with an infection in his leg.
In other player movement, James O'Connor and Gerhard Vosloo have joined Toulon, Semesa Rokoduguni has extended at Bath, Fotu Auelua has re-signed with the Brumbies, and the Blues have retained Ihaia West.
Planet Rugby has their weekly look at who's hot and who's not.
National Teams:
Plenty of player movement happening for Americans. Carlin Isles has left Glasgow but Brett Thompson is moving to Edinburgh to take his place in Scotland.
All-American Mike Lawrenson has had an impressive summer and now it's earned him a contract with Counties Manukau in the ITM Cup.
The Eagles 7s announced that Chris Brown would be the team's assistant coach. Pat Clifton is spot on in that it looks like Mike Friday will still get the job.
One player no longer headed to Chula Vista is Preston Bryant, who elected to go back to school.
Alex Goff looks at the tireless work All-Americans head coach Salty Thompson puts into his selections.
Take the jump to read more.
He also spoke with center Calvin Whiting and women's All-American Rosie Russell.
The Women Eagles fought hard but narrowly lost to England 17-13 on Sunday. Despite the loss the Eagles will be boosted from their tour of the UK. Also, all donations to the team are currently being matched.
Rugby Wrap Up looks at where Tom Billups and Dan Lyle are now.
Club/College:
The Varsity Cup made a big move last week by adding Arkansas State.
Seattle's Pate Tuilevuka thinks his team has what it takes to win the World Club 7s.
The Florida High Performance All-Star team had a very successful summer. Here is a recap of their efforts.
The Stars Rugby 7s competed hard at the Stampede 7s. The men finished second while one of the women's teams did the same. The other women's team took fourth. More on this later.
The Life West Gladiators were the surprise DIII team this last year. Check out this interview with Viki Hudson from the club.
Rugby is taking off at Fort Hood in Texas as more soldiers are playing.
Ignatius in Ohio followed up on their 15s championship with a 7s championship.
Former Arizona State player Tim Buchanan made his Super Rugby debut over the weekend.
World:
Another busy weekend around the world. Stay tuned for our World Rugby Weekend Review.
Nick Cummins is doing the right thing for his family and in doing so may miss the World Cup.
The fixtures for the Premiership and the Top 14 came out over the weekend.
Patrick Johnston reports on Canadian women's head coach Francois Ratier and his team's preparation for the World Cup.
The Maori All Blacks will be touring Asia this November with two matches against Japan and one against the Asia-Pacific Barbarians in Singapore.
After being the long-shot heading into the last day of World Cup qualifying in Africa, Namibia surprisingly once again qualified for the World Cup.
Australia and New Zealand have named some big players in the Commonwealth Games teams.
Ben Smith has been hospitalized with an infection in his leg.
In other player movement, James O'Connor and Gerhard Vosloo have joined Toulon, Semesa Rokoduguni has extended at Bath, Fotu Auelua has re-signed with the Brumbies, and the Blues have retained Ihaia West.
Planet Rugby has their weekly look at who's hot and who's not.