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Canterbury has launch the Elements competition for your chance to win a free set of jerseys.
National Teams:
Players have been selected for the ARC camp in Seattle. It's a mixture of veterans and young players. The team plays a scrimmage against Seattle tonight.
We were out at the camp and got audio with Mike Tolkin before the first practice.
HSBC featured Carlin Isles in this video comparing him to other fast athletes.
Alex Goff says prop is an area of need for the Eagles during the ARC and beyond.
Take the jump to read more.
Club/College:
In ARP action NYAC beat Boston and Life beat Boston Irish Wolfhounds. Full report to come.
This Is Texas Rugby's Grant Cole breaks down the weekend's results from the Lonestar State.
Deven Oswiany was the latest player profiled on the Stars Rugby 7s site.
South Carolina continues to roll after beating Florida on the road. In other scores Texas beat Baylor, Oklahoma beat Texas A&M, Maryland beat Virginia Tech, James Madison beat Old Dominion, Vassar topped Union, and West Virginia and St. Joe's won in the Keystone.
Meanwhile, Lindenwood beat the Glendale Raptors who were missing a few of their key players.
World:
It was a good weekend for the home teams in The Rugby Championship as both South Africa and Argentina won. We'll have more in our World Rugby Weekend Review.
The latest IRB rankings see England move to third and Australia fourth. Argentina also move back into the top ten.
Yet another report is suggesting Japan will get the last Super Rugby spot ahead of Singapore.
The trophies for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have been unveiled.
Canterbury has launch the Elements competition for your chance to win a free set of jerseys.
National Teams:
We were out at the camp and got audio with Mike Tolkin before the first practice.
HSBC featured Carlin Isles in this video comparing him to other fast athletes.
Alex Goff says prop is an area of need for the Eagles during the ARC and beyond.
Take the jump to read more.
Club/College:
In ARP action NYAC beat Boston and Life beat Boston Irish Wolfhounds. Full report to come.
This Is Texas Rugby's Grant Cole breaks down the weekend's results from the Lonestar State.
Deven Oswiany was the latest player profiled on the Stars Rugby 7s site.
South Carolina continues to roll after beating Florida on the road. In other scores Texas beat Baylor, Oklahoma beat Texas A&M, Maryland beat Virginia Tech, James Madison beat Old Dominion, Vassar topped Union, and West Virginia and St. Joe's won in the Keystone.
Meanwhile, Lindenwood beat the Glendale Raptors who were missing a few of their key players.
World:
It was a good weekend for the home teams in The Rugby Championship as both South Africa and Argentina won. We'll have more in our World Rugby Weekend Review.
The latest IRB rankings see England move to third and Australia fourth. Argentina also move back into the top ten.
Yet another report is suggesting Japan will get the last Super Rugby spot ahead of Singapore.
The trophies for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have been unveiled.