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Canada makes no changes in championship match against the English Saxons

Rugby Canada: Canada has made no changes to the starting fifteen that beat France A 33-27 on Saturday to advance to its first ever Churchill Cup final on Saturday vs the England Saxons.

Showing confidence in the huge display made by the team against the French Kieran Crowley has only named two changes to the replacements [...]

CANADA SCORES THRILLING VICTORY OVER FRANCE

Rugby Canada: Canada has recorded an historic 33-27 win over France A to book a first ever trip to the Churchill Cup Championship finals next week in New Jersey.

In a game that saw multiple lead changes throughout the hard fought 80 minute battle at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, the Canadians scored a key [...]

Canada takes rugby hardware

22-17 victory over the United States gives Canada London Sevens bowl championship

LONDON — The Associated Press

Canada captured the bowl championship at the rugby union’s London Sevens with victories over Portugal and the United States on Sunday.

The Canadians defeated the U.S. 22-17 in the bowl semifinals, then edged Portugal in a thrilling 19-17 victory.

Portugal [...]

Rugby: Canada dumps France

Sevens squad falls to South Africa, Fiji but hands Les Bleus 26-7 shocker in London

TWICKENHAM, England — The Canadian Press Published on Saturday, May. 22, 2010 6:50PM EDT Last updated on Saturday, May. 22, 2010 9:51PM EDT

Nathan Hirayama led the way with two second-half tries as Canada rebounded after dropping its first two games [...]

UVic Vikes 2010 Rounsefell Cup Champions

UVic Media Release posted May 15 2010

VICTORIA – The UVic Vikes men’s rugby team is 2010 Rounsefell Cup champions. The Vikes earned the distinction of provincial champs by knocking off Meraloma 31-27 in Saturday’s title match at Wallace Field.

With 1,200 fans packing Wallace Field for the CDI BC Premier championship game, the Vikes failed to [...]

Rugby unions sign lucrative five-year TV deal

Wed Apr 21, 11:07 PM

WELLINGTON (AFP) – Rugby unions in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have secured a 35 percent increase in broadcasting income with a five-year deal worth 437 million US dollars, officials said Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT

The 2011-2015 deal with Supersport in South Africa, Fox Sports in Australia and Sky Television in New Zealand [...]

CANADA OVER WALES TO TAKE BOWL FINAL

Rugby Canada Reporting:

Canada has beaten Wales 35-19 to win the Bowl Championship at the Hong Kong Sevens – considered the pinnacle tournament of the International Rugby Board Series outside of World Cup years.

Canada built a 28-0 first half lead over the Welsh with tries coming from debutant Thyssen de Goede, Chauncey O’Toole, Ciaran Hearn [...]

Rugby: Australia dumps Canada

Canadians defeat China 12-7 but drops 36-12 decision to Commonwealth rivals during Hong Kong Sevens tournament

HONG KONG — The Associated Press Published on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 9:29PM EDT

Canada gained a split of its two games Saturday at the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament.

The Canadians defeated China 12-7 to set up a showdown with [...]

Canada beats Tonga 12-10 in rugby sevens opener

HONG KONG — The Canadian Press Published on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 1:11PM EDT

Phil Mack and Nathan Hirayama scored tries to lead Canada past Tonga 12-10 in its opening match of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby event Friday.

Canada built a 12-5 lead on the tries from Mack and Hirayama but Tonga made it interesting [...]

After Olympic bobsled gold, Moyse transitions back to rugby

By Marc Weber, Canwest Olympic Team, Canwest News ServiceWHISTLER, B.C. – There’s no rest for the driven.

Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., who pushed Kaillie Humphries to Olympic gold in women’s bobsleigh Wednesday, has now set her sights on the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England this August.

Moyse, 31, was among the best women’s rugby [...]