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How things stand ahead of WXV 2 and WXV 3 final rounds

With champions to be crowned and promotion and relegation to be decided, we run through the permutations facing the teams in Cape Town and Dubai. The curtain will come down on the inaugural WXV 2 and WXV 3 tournaments as the third and final rounds are played in Cape Town and Dubai on Friday and

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WXV 3 Matches – Don’t feel despondent

The first-day results: Colombia 13 Fiji 67; Ireland 109 Kazakhstan 0 These runaway victories simply had to be expected. We have seen similar margins at many a World Cup of the past, and they involved far fewer nations than the eighteen contesting this brand-new WXV. The disparities were shown most clearly in that second game.

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WXV 3 set for lift-off in Dubai

Colombia, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Ireland and Spain have arrived in the UAE with their sights set on becoming the first winners of WXV 3. Fiji and Colombia will bring the curtain up on what promises to be an enthralling opening weekend of WXV 3 2023 at The Sevens Stadium on Friday. And with qualification for

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