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World Rugby confirmed that the first two of three Challenger tournaments will be hosted in the Mother City on the weekends of 1-2 and 7-8 March, with 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams – all of ...

The Sub-Junior National Rugby Sevens Championships 2024 will kick off on February 11th, 2025, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, introducing contact rugby for U15 players. A total of 21 teams will ...

A tough looking men’s pool A sees Germany paired with Japan and Georgia. In pool B Chile will face Tonga and Portugal. Rugby sevens heavyweights Samoa line up in pool C together with Uganda and Brazil ...

Leicester Tigers lock Ollie Chessum has returned to England's 2025 Guinness ... a fan now’ but when you are still in the mix and in contention you watch it with a rugby brain and it can be hard to ...

The game of rugby 7s will make its historic debut as a medal-winning sport at the upcoming Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA), scheduled to take place at the University of Jos ...

Ollie Lawrence is racing against time to solve England’s Calcutta Cup conundrum – how to stop Finn Russell. England centre Lawrence and Scotland fly-half Russell are team-mates at Bath but are ...

for what I am sure will be a great game of rugby." England: 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell; 1 Ellis ...

Ollie Watkins is happy to stay at Aston Villa, manager Unai Emery said on Friday, after British media reported that Villa had rejected Arsenal's bid for the striker. The coach had earlier said he ...