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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 3 hours ago
Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

I rated Lowe well enough to be an AB. Remember we were picking the likes of George Bridge above such players so theres no disputing a lot of bad decisions have been made by those last two coaches. Does a team like the ABs need a finicky winger who you have to adapt and change a lot of your style with to get benefit from? No, not really. But he still would have been a basic improvement on players like even Savea at the tail of his career, Bridge, and could even have converted into the answer of replacing Beauden at the back. Instead we persisted with NMS, Naholo, Havili, Reece, all players we would have cared even less about losing and all because Rieko had Lowe's number 11 jersey nailed down.


He was of course only 23 when he decided to leave, it was back in the beggining of the period they had started retaining players (from 2018 onwards I think, they came out saying theyre going to be more aggressive at some point). So he might, all of them, only just missed out.


The main point that Ed made is that situations like Lowe's, Aki's, JGP's, aren't going to happen in future. That's a bit of a "NZ" only problem, because those players need to reach such a high standard to be chosen by the All Blacks, were as a country like Ireland wants them a lot earlier like that. This is basically the 'ready in 3 years' concept Ireland relied on, versus the '5 years and they've left' concept' were that player is now ready to be chosen by the All Blacks (given a contract to play Super, ala SBW, and hopefully Manu).


The 'mercenary' thing that will take longer to expire, and which I was referring to, is the grandparents rule. The new kids coming through now aren't going to have as many gp born overseas, so the amount of players that can leave with a prospect of International rugby offer are going to drop dramatically at some point. All these kiwi fellas playing for a PI, is going to stop sadly.


The new era problem that will replace those old concerns is now French and Japanese clubs (doing the same as NRL teams have done for decades by) picking kids out of school. The problem here is not so much a national identity one, than it is a farm system where 9 in 10 players are left with nothing. A stunted education and no support in a foreign country (well they'll get kicked out of those countries were they don't in Australia).


It's the same sort of situation were NZ would be the big guy, but there weren't many downsides with it. The only one I can think was brought up but a poster on this site, I can't recall who it was, but he seemed to know a lot of kids coming from the Islands weren't really given the capability to fly back home during school xms holidays etc. That is probably something that should be fixed by the union. Otherwise getting someone like Fakatava over here for his last year of school definitely results in NZ being able to pick the cherries off the top but it also allows that player to develop and be able to represent Tonga and under age and possibly even later in his career. Where as a kid being taken from NZ is arguably going to be worse off in every respect other than perhaps money. Not going to develop as a person, not going to develop as a player as much, so I have a lotof sympathy for NZs case that I don't include them in that group but I certainly see where you're coming from and it encourages other countries to think they can do the same while not realising they're making a much worse experience/situation.

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