Source: World Rugby

Full Pacific Four Series schedule

World Rugby, in partnership with USA Rugby and TEG Rugby Live, has officially announced the full schedule for the Pacific Four Series 2026, the sixth edition of the annual intercontinental elite women’s rugby competition featuring Australia, Canada, New Zealand and USA. Five of the six matches in the 2026 edition will be hosted in the United States, with Sacramento (Heart Health Park),

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Pacific Four Series Update

We now know the dates and fixtures, though venues remain to be finalised. The Fixtures: 11 April USA v New Zealand Canada v Australia 17 April USA v Australia Canada v NZ 25 April USA v Canada Australia v NZ The majority of matches are due to take place in the States. One or two

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One-way traffic for Black Ferns

New Zealand v USA Pacific Four, Round Three The Eagles made a promising start, winning penalties and territory, to cause the big crowd to delay their celebrations. By the end the scales had tipped wildly the other way, sending the Black Ferns and their fans into raptures. Mackenzie Hawkins’ early touch kicks lacked accuracy, but

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Source: Rugby Canada

Who will beat Canada in the World Cup final?

Australia v Canada That might be a tiny bit of a hopeful punt, but Canada’s all-round play takes a lot of stopping. The Wallaroos found them too hot to handle. The game could hardly have started worse for the hosts. They let Alex Tessier’s kick-off bounce back into Krissy Scurfield’s hands. Canada were caught holding

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New Zealand v USA

Pacific Four, Round Three When the Black Ferns term this a ‘must-win’ game, they don’t mean it’s high time they downed the Eagles’ colours. No, they intend winning the Pac-4 trophy that Canada claimed last year. Black Ferns Allan Bunting is able to experiment again. He has named four uncapped players, including two more switching

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Source: Rugby Canada

Australia v Canada

Pacific Four, Round Three Jo Yapp has published her team to face Canada in the last round of the Pacific Four series (see lists below). The good news is that Georgina Friedrichs is fit to play, despite receiving what a disciplinary committee deemed “glancing blows” to the head from an American boot, but which the

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Source: Rugby Canada

Drama to the 83rd Minute – New Zealand v Canada

Pacific Four, Round Two, Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch This was another game to build to a unforgettable climax after the hooter. Few could have imagined the outcome. The organisers of the Pac-4 have not yet taken the plunge and made this fixture the final act of a three-part drama. That is the pattern in the

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Source: USA Rugby

Distasteful end to a game – Australia v USA

Pacific 4, Round Two GIO Stadium, Canberra For once, we must start at the end of the match. It was bad. Alev Kelter had made many errors, with and without the ball. Aimee Barrett-Theron had offered words of caution, but when she was held in contact, Kelter trod on a prone opponent’s head more than

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Source: Rugby USA

Australia v USA

Pacific 4, Round Two GIO Stadium, Canberra This is the match between the also-rans. That’s the harsh verdict, but history confirms it. The beauty of the meeting is to see which squad is making the better progress. Last year the Eagles won 32-25 in Melbourne, so the Wallaroos have to show that was a momentary

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