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The 2013 RBS Six Nations are right around the corner and it appears to be an important moment for English rugby. In early December, a group of 22 English rugby players walked into Twickenham Stadium and soundly defeated a New Zealand All Black team that hadn’t lost in its past 20 matches. It was rightly hailed as one of the greatest victories by any England squad in the long history of the Rugby...
Published: January 11, 2013
In 2012, the International Rugby Board (IRB) inaugurated its first ever Women’s Sevens World Series, with events in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam. On February 1, the series will arrive in the USA for the second of its four events—and the first of its kind to be held in Texas. The new Women’s World Series is seen as a crucial platform for the development of the sport, which...
Published: January 10, 2013
Sex helps sell sports. But when the topic of sex leaves the world of racy beer commercials and sideline cheerleaders, to touch the lives of individual women pursuing their sporting dreams, things get a little more personal and the debate gets a good deal more fierce. Enter the Canadian women’s rugby team, one of the world’s very best. Shortly after the introduction of Rugby Sevens to the...
Published: January 8, 2013
In early December, the pool draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup took place in London, following the IRB’s November international test window. The results of those November matches helped determine which of rugby’s elite nations would win a place in one of the top two bands of the draw by virtue of their standing in the IRB world rankings. Positions such as these are historically coveted,...