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‘Growing the audience for rugby’: PR7s seeks to seed game in America

theguardian.com

In May, World Rugby announced that the US will host the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2031 and the women two years later. The news started the clock on a decade-long project to establish rugby union as an American sport.

Four months on, on the eve of a women’s World Cup in New Zealand, to say all is not well in US rugby would be like saying all is not dry in the ocean.

In 15s, the men’s Eagles have not yet qualified for France 2023 while the women beat Scotland in a World Cup warm-up but then shipped 52 points to England.

At home, Major League Rugby, the men’s pro league, faces uncertainty over teams in LA and Austin, both disqualified amid board-level dispute last season.

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