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

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– 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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World Rugby Announces Global Competition in Women’s XVs to Start in 2023: Canada in Pool with NZ, Australia, USA

World Rugby will start a global competition in 2023 for women’s XVs. The competition will be played in a September/October time frame.

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World Rugby Executive Committee Formally Postpones Rugby World Cup 2021: New Dates TBA, WR Announces £2 Million Funding Package for Qualified and Qualifying Teams

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World Rugby has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering a spectacular Rugby World Cup tournament in New Zealand in 2022 after its Executive Committee formally ratified the recommendation to postpone Rugby World Cup 2021.

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Two Canada Representatives Selected for World Rugby Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarship Programme – Meaghan Howat and Annabel Kehoe

Congratulations to the two Canada-based recipients of the World Rugby Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarship.

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World Rugby Recommends Postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand Until 2022

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World Rugby has made the difficult decision to recommend the postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021, scheduled to be hosted in New Zealand between 18 September-16 October, until next year. The recommendation will be considered by the Rugby World Cup Board and World Rugby Executive Committee on 8 and 9 March respectively.

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Schedule Announced for Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand: Canada Kick Off September 18th vs Asia 1

World Rugby came out with a bold statement in support of the RWC 2021 in New Zealand, vowing to set new match attendance records. This against a backdrop of COVID worries around the world and the NZ Prime Minister stating the “New Zealand’s borders are likely to remain closed for much of the year as health officials assess global vaccine roll-outs”.

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RWC 2023 Pools Announced – Canada Now Has Plan A, B or C to Make the Tournament

Canada has never missed qualifying for a Rugby World Cup, they just squeezed into the last one in Japan when they went to the repechage and found two top European sides had been disqualified due to player ineligibility. Germany had suddenly found themselves the top European side (Europe 3) in the repechage so Canada just had to dispatch Germany, Kenya and Hong Kong to make the World Cup. They were fortunate, that was Plan C. Canada has always gone Plan A before that.

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Stats and Notes for Three Internationals This Weekend: Scotland v Georgia, Ireland v Italy, France v Wales

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SCOTLAND v GEORGIA – MURRAYFIELD – KO 19:30 FRIDAY

Head to head:
Played 4 – Scotland leads 4-0
Points for: Scotland 138 / Georgia 41
Average score: Scotland 34-10 Georgia
First met: 14 September, 2011 – RWC 2011 – Scotland 15-6 Georgia – Invercargill, New Zealand
Last met: 6 September, 2019 – Scotland 36-9 Georgia – Murrayfield, Edinburgh

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World Rugby Announces 12 Interim Committees: Canada Represented in Community Rugby (1), Finance (1) and High Performance (2)

World Rugby announced 12 interim committees. They will initially serve for one year pending the completion of an independent governance review.

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World Rugby Appoints Former Ireland Coach, Joe Schmidt, as Director of Rugby and High Performance

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World Rugby has announced the appointment of Joe Schmidt as the organisation’s Director of Rugby and High Performance.

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