Emirates Invitational 7s 2021 – Tournament #2

Canada Men and Women Make Finals of Emirates Invitational 7s Week 2: Women Lose to France; Men Lose to Argentina

A better result for the men in the 2nd tournament. Canada beat France 29-10 on Day 2 to make the final. They lost to Argentina 26-19 in the final. Argentina won both men’s tournaments in Dubai.

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Player Updates – April 2021

Lachlan Kratz Signs with NOLA (New Orleans) Gold of the MLR: A Look at His Career from Island U14 Championship to Canada U20

Lachlan Kratz has signed with the NOLA GOLD for the season. He joins fellow Canadians, Eric Howard and Kyle Baillie.

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MLR Week Three 2021

MLR Week 3 Wrapup: Toronto Notch First Win; Atlanta Top the East; Utah Suffer First Loss; Austin Win Texas Derby

Toronto notched their first win which made a number of Canadian fans happy. They outclassed the Old Glory DC side with former UBC player, Ben LeSage, having a strong match for the Arrows.

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Emirates Invitational 7s 2021

Canada Women Win Gold with Victory Over USA: Men Win Plate Final Over Chile

After watching the first matches on Day 2 where Canada’s women lost to France and the men to Kenya, there was a little bit of trepidation about the programs progress over the break. However by the end of the day with the women winning Gold and the men winning the Plate, it looked as if things were on course and as they were before COVID hit.

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Olympic 7s Updates – April 2021

Olympic 7s on Track for July 26-31: Warmup Tournaments in Dubai and LA Proceeding, Paris Postponed

from World Rugby

– Fourteen international teams competing in Dubai on 2-3 and 8-9 April
– Combined event confirmed in Los Angeles over weekend of 25-27 June
– HSBC Paris Sevens – Marcoussis event postponed
– World Rugby providing US$4 million funding for rugby sevens programmes and high-performance preparation events ahead of the Olympic Games
– Welfare and safety of players, officials and wider society remains top consideration

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MLR Week Two 2021

MLR 2021 Week Two Wrapup: LA Continue to Dominate – Fraser Hurst “Canadian Player of the Week”

The new franchise, LA Giltinis, featuring Matt Giteau, Adam Ashley-Cooper and DTH continue to roll with an impressive 57-36 shellacking of defending champions, Seattle Seawolves. LA already have a +46 point differential with only 2 weeks gone. DTH wasn’t in the lineup this weekend, carrying a shoulder injury but wasn’t required as LA dominated. Seattle are 0-2 and one of the 3 winless teams in the competition. LA and Seattle both have a bye next week.

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MLR 2021 – Week 2

MLR Week Two: Four Games on Saturday, Three Live Streamed on The Rugby Network Starting at 1pm PT

There are four games on Saturday and three of them will be streamed live without cost on therugbynetwork.com. The only match Canadian viewers won’t be able to watch on the The Rugby Network is the Toronto Arrows @ Utah match which requires a TSN subscription to watch it online on tsn.ca.

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Rugby Science

Study Identifies New Method to Diagnose Concussion Using Saliva: Salivary Concussion Test Being Commercialized

from MedicalXpress.com

A University of Birmingham-led study of top-flight UK rugby players—carried out in collaboration with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby, and Marker Diagnostics—has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion using saliva, paving the way for the first non-invasive clinical test for concussion for use in sport and other settings.

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Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame 2020

Winston Stanley Named 2020 Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee Along with Leslie Cripps, Josée Lacasse, Moira Shiels and 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Team

The profiles of the 2020 Inductees are highlighted below in the Rugby Canada media release but we’ll add some notes on those we’ve had the pleasure to meet and sometimes work alongside as part of the BC rugby community.

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