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The National Rugby League’s Grand Final — one of the biggest club rugby events in the world — has a new host in Sydney on short notice. The move comes as the event’s future is being discussed, with the Super Bowl held up as a potential example of what Australia’s National Rugby League should be […]
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The sport of rugby continues to build momentum as it heads toward the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and the announcement of the schedule for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 season only furthers the sport’s increasing popularity. The 2023 schedule provides the chance for the top four men’s and women’s teams in the […]
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Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will replace Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as the host of the European Professional Club Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals in May 2023 with tickets already on sale. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium had been scheduled to host the matches but EPCR said that the late conclusion to the 2022-23 Premier League season has […]
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The United States will host the Rugby World Cup in 2031 and Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2033, with World Rugby planting a flag in the ground for the sport stateside in cooperation with a resurgent USA Rugby. The announcement was made by World Rugby during its executive board meeting in Dublin. USA Rugby had […]
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The United States will host the Rugby World Cup in 2031 and Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2033, planting a flag in the ground for the sport stateside by World Rugby, the international federation in charge of the event. The announcement also completes a remarkable comeback for USA Rugby, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
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USA Rugby’s World Cup Bid Committee has submitted its final materials to World Rugby to complete its bid to host the 2031 Men’s Rugby World Cup and 2033 Women’s Rugby World Cup, including a letter from President Joe Biden voicing strong support for the bid on behalf of the United States. “We are honored and […]
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Premier Rugby Sevens will expand in 2022 from one tournament to three with events on July 9 at San Jose’s PayPal Park, July 16 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., and July 30 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. As the first league of its kind with men’s and women’s teams competing with equal pay, […]
Continue ReadingUSA Rugby and the USA Rugby World Cup Bid Committee are praising the introduction of a congressional resolution expressing support for the United States’ bid to host the 2029 Women’s Rugby World Cup and 2031 Men’s Rugby World Cup. The bipartisan resolution was introduced by Congressional Rugby Caucus co-chairs Alex Mooney (WV-2) and Eleanor Holmes […]
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World Rugby and USA Rugby have postponed the upcoming U.S. leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the LA Sevens, from early March until August 27–28 because of the pandemic. With an adjustment to the HSBC Vancouver Sevens the move means that Los Angeles will serve as the Grand Finale of the Men’s Series. […]
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The Tropical 7s rugby event has announced that its 2022 tournament will be hosted in Tampa, Florida, at the Tournament SportsPlex of Tampa Bay. The event will be staged April 15–16, 2022. The Tampa sports complex opened in 2018 and includes 15 full-size pitches, each with its own LED lighting and live stream capability. The […]
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