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RugbyPass TV to broadcast Premier Rugby Sevens All-Star Tournament

Players of Team United States celebrate after the Women's Bronze Final rugby 7 match between USA and Australia on day four of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Ho/ISI Photos/Getty Images)

RugbyPass TV has been announced as a broadcast partner for the Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) All-Star Tournament this weekend. Ahead of the 2025 HSBC SVNS Series opener in Dubai later this month, fans can watch women’s Olympic medallists Canada and the USA take the field.

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Canadian and international audiences can watch the coverage on RugbyPass TV free on Sunday, November 17. The historic event at Providence Park will get underway for those attending at 1:00 pm PT, with the broadcast set to start an hour later at 2:00 pm PT.

Earlier this month it was announced that the Canadian Women’s Sevens side would join the PR7s All-Star Tournament. That unveiling set the stage for an intriguing North American battle against rivals the USA, who also took their place on the Olympic podium in Paris.

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Two of the three Olympic medal-winning women’s sides from those Games will go clash on the field of rugby battle two weeks before the SVNS Series. They both claimed their best-ever finish at an Olympics, with Canada placing second and the USA claiming bronze in dramatic fashion.

Those two teams, as well as the U.S. Men’s side, will take on opposing forces from the PR7s All-Stars which include past Olympics, legends of rugby sevens, and other players at the top of their game. This event at the home of the MLS club Portland Timbers is not to be missed.

“Expanding the global reach of American rugby is central to our mission, and we’re thrilled to bring the PR7s All-Star Tournament to audiences around the world,” Owen Scannell, CEO and founder of Premier Rugby Sevens, said in a statement.

“The PR7s All-Star Tournaments offers fans the chance to witness the energy and intensity of rugby sevens at its highest level. We look forward to connecting viewers with these extraordinary athletes and inspiring the next generation of rugby fans.”

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The USA charged into the Olympic semi-finals with a 17-7 win over Great Britain at Stade de France. But, after falling to eventual gold medallists New Zealand, they had one more opportunity to make history in the bronze match against Australia.

SVNS Series champions Australia were left stunned by Canada in the semi-finals but they looked to end their campaign on a high. They appeared to have likely done enough when a late try put them ahead, but Alex ‘Spiff’ Sedrick thought differently.

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Sedrick got the ball five metres out from the USA’s try line, beat about three defenders, and then raced away all the way to the house for a try that levelled the scores. The American also converted the try to make the score 14-12 in the USA’s favour with time up on the clock.

That was the USA’s first-ever Olympic medal in rugby sevens.

Later on, Canada fell agonisingly short of gold after losing to New Zealand in a contest for the tournament’s top prize. They had beaten SVNS Series heavyweights France and Australia to make the big dance, and they came close to another upset against the New Zealanders.

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Both Canada and the USA etched their names into history as two of the three best Olympic women’s teams in rugby sevens. They’ll be eager to carry the positives from the Games into the SVNS Series, which makes the PR7s All-Star Tournament an important event for them both.

“This year’s PR7s All-Star Tournament is a must-watch, especially after the thrilling performances by the U.S. and Canadian teams in the Olympics, Tom Rendell, Head of Product at RugbyPass TV, explained.

“We’re excited to bring fans the chance to witness these elite athletes once again as they showcase the intensity and skill that make rugby sevens so captivating.”

Those who attend the PR7s All-Star Tournament live in person or watch the event on broadcasts including the one on RugbyPass TV will watch 14-minute fast-paced games in a tournament-style competition.

Broadcast schedule (Pacific Time):

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. – FS2 (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, including Canada)
4:30 p.m. to 5:35 p.m. – PR7s YouTube (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, including Canada)

Schedule of games (Pacific Time):

1:04 p.m. – Men’s Match: U.S. National Team vs. PR7s All-Stars
Airing at 2:00 p.m. PT on FS2 (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada)

1:30 p.m. – Women’s Match: Canadian National Team vs. PR7s All-Stars
Airing at 2:30 p.m. PT on FS2 (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada)

2:05 p.m. – Men’s Regional Match: Oregon Rugby Sports Union (ORSU), no broadcast

2:35 p.m. – Women’s College Match: University of Oregon vs. Oregon State University, no broadcast

3:04 p.m. – Men’s Match: U.S. National Team vs. PR7s All-Stars
FS2 (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada), live

3:31 p.m. – Women’s Match: PR7s All Stars vs. USA National Team
FS2 (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada), live

4:05 p.m. – Women’s Youth Selects Match: Pacific Northwest Loggers vs. TOA Idaho, no broadcast

4:31 p.m. – Men’s Match: U.S. National Team vs. PR7s All-Stars
PR7s YouTube (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada), live

5:01 p.m. – Women’s Match: U.S. National Team vs. Canadian National Team
PR7s YouTube (U.S.) and Rugby Pass TV (international, inc. Canada), live

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JW 2 hours ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ok, managed to read the full article..

... New Zealand’s has only 14 and the professional season is all over within four months. In France, club governance is the responsibility of an independent organisation [the Ligue Nationale de Rugby or LNR] which is entirely separate from the host union [the Fédération Française de Rugby or FFR]. Down south New Zealand Rugby runs the provincial and the national game.

That is the National Provincial Championship, a competition of 14 representative union based teams run through the SH international window and only semi professional (paid only during it's running). It is run by NZR and goes for two and a half months.


Super Rugby is a competition involving 12 fully professional teams, of which 5 are of New Zealand eligibility, and another joint administered team of Pacific Island eligibility, with NZR involvement. It was a 18 week competition this year, so involved (randomly chosen I believe) extra return fixtures (2 or 3 home and away derbys), and is run by Super Rugby Pacific's own independent Board (or organisation). The teams may or may not be independently run and owned (note, this does not necessarily mean what you think of as 'privately owned').


LNR was setup by FFR and the French Government to administer the professional game in France. In New Zealand, the Players Association and Super Rugby franchises agreed last month to not setup their own governance structure for professional rugby and re-aligned themselves with New Zealand Rugby. They had been proposing to do something like the English model, I'm not sure how closely that would have been aligned to the French system but it did not sound like it would have French union executive representation on it like the LNR does.

In the shaky isles the professional pyramid tapers to a point with the almighty All Blacks. In France the feeling for country is no more important than the sense of fierce local identity spawned at myriad clubs concentrated in the southwest. Progress is achieved by a nonchalant shrug and the wide sweep of nuanced negotiation, rather than driven from the top by a single intense focus.

Yes, it is pretty much a 'representative' selection system at every level, but these union's are having to fight for their existence against the regime that is NZR, and are currently going through their own battle, just as France has recently as I understand it. A single focus, ala the French game, might not be the best outcome for rugby as a whole.


For pure theatre, it is a wonderful article so far. I prefer 'Ntamack New Zealand 2022' though.

The young Crusader still struggles to solve the puzzle posed by the shorter, more compact tight-heads at this level but he had no problem at all with Colombe.

It was interesting to listen to Manny during an interview on Maul or Nothing, he citied that after a bit of banter with the All Black's he no longer wanted one of their jersey's after the game. One of those talks was an eye to eye chat with Tamaiti Williams, there appear to be nothing between the lock and prop, just a lot of give and take. I thought TW angled in and caused Taylor to pop a few times, and that NZ were lucky to be rewarded.

f you have a forward of 6ft 8ins and 145kg, and he is not at all disturbed by a dysfunctional set-piece, you are in business.

He talked about the clarity of the leadership that helped alleviate any need for anxiety at the predicaments unfolding before him. The same cannot be said for New Zealand when they had 5 minutes left to retrieve a match winning penalty, I don't believe. Did the team in black have much of a plan at any point in the game? I don't really call an autonomous 10 vehicle they had as innovative. I think Razor needs to go back to the dealer and get a new game driver on that one.

Vaa’i is no match for his power on the ground. Even in reverse, Meafou is like a tractor motoring backwards in low gear, trampling all in its path.

Vaa'i actually stops him in his tracks. He gets what could have been a dubious 'tackle' on him?

A high-level offence will often try to identify and exploit big forwards who can be slower to reload, and therefore vulnerable to two quick plays run at them consecutively.

Yes he was just standing on his haunches wasn't he? He mentioned that in the interview, saying that not only did you just get up and back into the line to find the opposition was already set and running at you they also hit harder than anything he'd experienced in the Top 14. He was referring to New Zealands ultra-physical, burst-based Super style of course, which he was more than a bit surprised about. I don't blame him for being caught out.


He still sent the obstruction back to the repair yard though!

What wouldn’t the New Zealand rugby public give to see the likes of Mauvaka and Meafou up front..

Common now Nick, don't go there! Meafou showed his Toulouse shirt and promptly got his citizenship, New Zealand can't have him, surely?!?


As I have said before with these subjects, really enjoy your enthusiasm for their contribution on the field and I'd love to see more of their shapes running out for Vern Cotter and the like styled teams.

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