Rugby

CAPE TOWN — Australia, fresh off a fifth straight title in Dubai, downed Canada 26-10 in pool play at the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday to advance to the semifinals. The unbeaten Australian women will face the U.S.

The Canadian men's road back to the elite HSBC SVNS series lies through South Africa and Poland. World Rugby released the schedule for its second-tier HSBC Challenger Series on Thursday.

Rugby Canada is looking for a new men's coach after seven years with Kingsley Jones at the helm. Canada is currently ranked 23rd in the world rankings, sandwiched between Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

BRISTOL, England (AP) — Hardly in need of an introduction, U.S. women’s rugby player Ilona Maher will get one anyway when her new team in England presents the Olympic bronze medalist to fans.

Canada's women have been drawn in Pool A with Australia and Brazil at this weekend's Cape Town Sevens with a new format further adding to their challenge. The South Africa event is the second of seven stops on the 2025 HSBC SVNS season.

DUBAI — A Canadian comeback fell just short Sunday in a 24-22 loss to Japan in the women's seventh-place game at the Emirates Dubai Sevens.

DUBAI — Canada's women defeated Brazil but lost to Japan and New Zealand on Day 1 of the Emirates Dubai Sevens, the opening event of World Rugby's 2025 HSBC SVNS series.

MONACO — Canadians Alex Tessier, Sophie de Goede and Laetitia Royer have been named to World Rugby's Women’s 15s Dream Team of the Year. Canada sevens captain Olivia Apps, meanwhile, was selected to World Rugby's Women’s Sevens Dream Team.

LONDON (AP) — Barely a month after quitting international rugby , former England prop Joe Marler has brought forward his retirement plans and will end his time in the sport completely this week.

ARIMA — Canada thumped Trinidad and Tobago 38-0 to win the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens on Sunday and qualify for World Rugby's second-tier Challenger Series.