England prop Joe Marler has labelled New Zealand’s Haka as “ridiculous” and “inappropriate” ahead of the first autumn international on Saturday, before deleting his X account Daily Express :: Sport Feed
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U Sports pipeline providing Olympic medal-worthy talent to national women’s rugby program
Carissa Norsten’s University of Victoria women’s rugby squad is one of eight headed to UPEI for the national 15s championship, which begins Wednesday with live coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. CBC | Sports News
Read More »No rugby, field hockey, badminton, triathlon or cricket at leaner 2026 Commonwealth Games
Scotland conceived rugby sevens in the 1880s yet it will not feature in the scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow. Other sports dropped include field hockey, triathlon, badminton, Twenty20 cricket, squash and diving. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s women’s rugby team edged by England for WXV 1 title in Vancouver
Canada’s women’s rugby team appeared poised to do the impossible Saturday — beat England. Midway through the second half of their WXV 1 final, Canada’s Alex Tessier slipped through England’s line, darted up the field and slid in to touch. She then sent a kick soaring through the uprights to put Canada up 12-7. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s women’s rugby team beats Ireland to improve to 2-0 at WXV 1 tournament in B.C.
The Canadian women’s rugby team started quickly and then dug in defensively to beat Ireland 21-8 at the WXV 1 tournament on Saturday at Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women move up to No. 2 behind England in World Rugby rankings after win over France
Canada has climbed into second place in World Rugby’s women’s rankings, thanks to its 46-24 weekend win over No. 4 France at the WXV tournament. CBC | Sports News
Read More »World’s best women’s rugby squads primed to play in WXV 1 tournament in Vancouver
Tyson Beukeboom doesn’t remember exactly where she was the moment her friends won Olympic silver at the Paris Games this summer. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian men’s rugby team defeated by Tonga, go winless at Pacific Nations Cup tournament
Tonga ran in three first-half tries and relied on some stingy second-half defence to defeat Canada 30-17 in the fifth-place match Saturday at the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic rugby player defends herself against ‘fat-shaming’ trolls
Ilona Maher, 27, is part of the USA rugby team who are competing at the Olympic games in Paris this week – but the athlete has been forced to hit back at online trolls. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Read More »Watch Canada vs. Australia in the Olympic women’s rugby 7s semifinals
Canada faces Australia in the semifinals of the Olympic women’s rugby sevens tournament on Tuesday. The Canadians advanced to the final four by defeating host France 19-14 in Monday’s quarterfinals. CBC | Sports News
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