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Rugby SVNS 2025

Los Angeles to Host 2025 HSBC Sevens Rugby World Championship

Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, will host the HSBC Sevens 2025 world championship May 3–4, ending a season that kicks off November 30, 2024 in Dubai. The schedule includes seven global destinations and culminates at what is scheduled to be the home for rugby in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. The tour includes […]

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College-Rugby

CRAA Fall Classic Heads to Spartanburg

The Collegiate Rugby Association of America’s 2024 Fall Classic schedule of matches will be held at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in December. The event will take place December 7-8 at the Louis P. Howell Athletic Complex with seven matches over the two days. “We’re proud to partner with CRAA […]

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USA Rugby Premier Rugby Sevens

USA Rugby and Premier Rugby Sevens Partner for Event

The USA women’s and men’s national rugby teams will compete in the 2024 PR7s All-Star Tournament at Providence Park in Portland on November 16. The competition will feature many Olympians from the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, including multiple bronze medalists from the USA women’s team. The tournament marks the first rugby competition on home soil […]

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USA Rugby Venatour

USA Rugby, Venatour Renew Partnership

USA Rugby and Venatour, an international sports tour operator based in the United Kingdom, have renewed their partnership ahead of the Rugby World Cups in 2031 and 2033 in the United States. Venatour will an additional office in Denver to provide service to USA Rugby members, allowing communication on the same time zones and in-person […]

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Old Trafford Rugby
Old Trafford has hosted many major rugby events over the years, including the 2022 Rugby League World Cup final match between Australia and Samoa. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Super League Grand Final Rugby Staying at Old Trafford

Rugby League Commercial and Manchester United have announced a three-year agreement that will keep Old Trafford as the home of the Super League Grand Final until at least 2027. Other than the Covid-affected 2020 season, Old Trafford has hosted every Grand Final since its inception in 1998. It also hosted the Rugby League Premiership final […]

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Women’s Elite Rugby

Women’s Elite Rugby Adds Teams in New York, San Francisco and Twin Cities

Women’s Elite Rugby has announced New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Twin Cities will be joining Boston, Chicago and Denver as the first six markets in the United States to host a professional women’s rugby team when the inaugural season gets underway in March 2025. Team names and stadium details for all […]

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Alex Sedrick
American Alex Sedrick reacts after scoring the winning try during the women's bronze medal Rugby Sevens match against Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The US won the match 14-12 after Sedrick's winning try with no time left. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

USA Rugby Gets $4 Million Donation From Michele Kang After Bronze Medal Win

PARIS — Immediately after a dramatic win in the bronze-medal match against Australia at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, one of the superstars for the U.S. women’s Eagles, Ilona Maher, said she hoped “we get more money and funding for the women’s game. We deserve it. We need more girls in the US trying rugby and […]

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Olympic Fencing
American Lee Keifer won her second Olympic women's foil gold medal in a row by beating teammate Lauren Scruggs at Grand Palais on Sunday night in the 2024 Games in Paris. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris’ Iconic Olympic Venues Praised by Athletes, NGB Leaders

PARIS — Whether the idea of beach volleyball at the base of the Eiffel Tower, fencing in the Grand Palais or swimming inside a rugby stadium, the venues being utilized for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games have drawn raves from U.S. national governing body executives and buzz among athletes. Few venues have garnered more social […]

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NRL Las Vegas 2025

Rugby League Las Vegas Festival 2025 Set for March 1

Australia’s National Rugby League has announced its plans for the Rugby League Las Vegas Festival 2025, which will include more games, teams, nations and opportunities for traveling supporters than ever before. The four-game schedule will be played at Allegiant Stadium on March 1, 2025, and will be the NRL’s second trip to Sin City in […]

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Major League Rugby San Diego

San Diego to Host 2024 Major League Rugby Championship

Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego will host the 2024 Major League Rugby championship match on August 4, one year after the San Diego Legion advanced to the final match before losing to New England. The Free Jacks beat the Legion in last year’s Major League Rugby final, 25-24, at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, the […]

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