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LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada will have home-field advantage for this summer's Rugby Americas North Sevens, which se...

Teams finishing in the top four of the overall standings World Rugby Sevens Series this season automatically qualify for Paris 2024. The tournament is scheduled for Aug. Rugby Americas North (RAN) is the governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region and serves as one of World Rugby’s six regional unions.

Canada will have home-field advantage for this summer's Rugby Americas North Sevens, which serves as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic ...

"RAN is excited to be staging the 2023 senior men's and women's sevens event at Starlight Stadium in Langford," RAN president George Nicholson said in a statement. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. The Canadian men went on to finish eighth in Japan while the women, bronze medallists at the 2016 Rio Olympics, placed ninth. pre-qualify, in which case the top team from the regional qualifier goes through to a final qualification tournament. New Zealand currently leads the men's World Series standings, ahead of Argentina, France, Fiji and Australia. Teams finishing in the top four of the overall standings World Rugby Sevens Series this season automatically qualify for Paris 2024.

Rugby Canada successfully bid to host the men's and women's event at Starlight Stadium.

Place in Vancouver earlier this month – while the men’s team finished 15th. More recently, the women’s team finished sixth in the Vancouver sevens – held for the first time at B.C. “I think that’s one of the reasons we’re here in Langford, we’ll have the best chance to win, no question about that,” Rees said.

The road to Paris will run through Starlight Stadium on Aug. 19-20. The Langford facility will host the North American and Caribbean rugby sevens qualifying ...

The toughest challengers in the qualifier are expected to be Mexico and Jamaica. team to get to the 2024 Olympics. Canada won the North American and Caribbean qualifier in the Cayman Islands for the Tokyo Olympics. This will be the first time the Canadian women’s sevens team has had to go through the North American and Caribbean qualifier. That means the Langford men’s qualifier will likely come down to a final between the Americans and World Series No. The men’s and women’s champion teams in the qualifier will advance to Paris 2024. 9 in the World Series standings heading into this weekend’s Hong Kong Sevens and not likely to qualify via that route this time. The Canadian men did not qualify for Rio 2016, falling short in both the regional and then last-chance world qualifier held in Monaco. Rees said tickets for the North American and Caribbean qualifiers will go on sale in mid-April at rugby.ca. But the latter did not feature the U.S., which had qualified directly for Tokyo by placing in the World Series top-four. I can already feel the buzz and hear the chants,” said Saanich South MLA Lana Popham, the B.C. The Langford facility will host the North American and Caribbean rugby sevens qualifying tournaments for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Both of Canada's sevens teams are back in action this weekend for the first time since HSBC Canada Sevens, taking to the pitch at Hong Kong Stadium for the ...

Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team started their campaign in Hong Kong against Argentina, the winners of HSBC Canada Sevens. A close second half saw Argentina manage to score one final try in the tenth minute to take the win 17-7. The final try of the game was scored by Taejah Thompson, her first ever HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series try, giving Canada the 22-5 win. Hong Kong China scored their sole try of the game in the tenth minute, but Krissy Scurfield helped take back control of the game, sprinting down the sideline and cutting into the middle to score between the posts. Playing in her first tournament since Cape Town Sevens in December, Julia Greenshields scored first, taking the option off the scrum to break through Hong Kong China’s defence. The first day of competition saw teams competing in wet conditions as pool play kicked off.

HONG KONG - The Canadian men lost their opening match at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Friday, beaten 17...

Argentina is coming off a win at the Canada Sevens in Vancouver. The Canadian men, who came into the tournament in 14th place after seven of 11 stops on the World Series, find themselves in a tough Pool A with No. 2 Argentina, No.

Tse scores sides first try as Hong Kong make debuts in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Here's everything you need to know about an historic event at the traditional home of rugby sevens. Day one results – women. France 38 – Japan 7. United States ...

Waaka scored the first-ever hat-trick at a women’s World Series leg in Hong Kong. The Black Ferns Sevens have dominated this year’s women’s World Series. It was quite a long time ago,” Waaka told RugbyPass. There was a bit of rain on Friday but it wasn’t going to keep the fans away - Waaka scored the first-ever hat-trick on the women’s World Series in Hong Kong History was made on the opening day as the women’s World Series made its debut at Hong Kong Stadium – for the first time ever, the women’s series made a stop at the legendary venue.

New Zealand Rugby has officially launched All Blacks Performance Labs, an executive coaching programme with the ambitious goal of unlocking the ...

All Blacks Performance Labs has been developed in conjunction with NZR’s Executive Coaching partner, Propel Performance Group. Simon Curran, Propel Performance Group Co-founder, says the combination of Propel Performance Group’s methodology with the high performing talent from the wider All Blacks environment is what sets this executive coaching experience apart. “The All Blacks Performance Lab experiences have been designed alongside the team at Propel Performance Group to fit a variety of needs, from long-term coaching journeys for senior leaders to full day high performing team workshops for large organisations.”