Source: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Spain book their place at Rio

Using their male counterparts’ emotional victory in Monaco last week as inspiration, Spain’s women upset the odds to book their place in the Olympic Games 2016, edging out a fancied Russia team in a thrilling final in Dublin on Sunday. In lynchpin Patricia Garcia, Spain have a play-maker of genuine quality and her two tries

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Source: INPHO Colm O'Neill

Pools announced for Olympic Games rugby sevens repechage events

Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco have drawn the pools for the men’s and women’s Olympic Games rugby sevens repechage events at the magnificent Hotel Hermitage of Monte Carlo. With excitement building ahead of rugby’s return to the Olympic stage after an absence of 92 years, the repechage events will take

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Source: World Rugby

Rugby Sets Up Home on Rio’s iconic Copacabana Beach

World Rugby and the Brazilian Rugby Confederation (CBRu) have inaugurated Brazil’s first ever semi-permanent beach rugby pitch on the iconic Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. As part of World Rugby’s Olympic Day celebrations, children and young people from local social projects, schools and clubs were invited to the opening of the pitch, which will

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