‍📺 HOW TO WATCH RUGBY TODAY

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‍RUGBY WORLD CUP‍

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‍🏉 Japan vs. Samoa

‍⏰ 3 PM ET

📰 Match Preview (World Rugby)

💻 Peacock TV

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📰 HEADLINES

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COLLEGE RUGBY

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Women's D-I: Top 20 Coaches Poll (National Collegiate Rugby)

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‍Top 5:

1. Michigan
2. Virginia Tech
3. Notre Dame College
4. Virginia
5. Southern Nazarene

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Women's D-II: Top 20 Coaches Poll (National Collegiate Rugby)

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‍Top 5:

1. UW - Eau Claire
2. Vassar
3. Roger Williams
4. Grand Valley State
5. Cincinnati

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Women's Small College: Top 20 Coaches Poll (National Collegiate Rugby)

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‍Top 5:

1. Endicott
2. Northern Michigan
3. Lee
4. SUNY Cortland
5. St. Bonaventure

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MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY

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Player Movement:

• Toronto Arrows: Re-signed Canadian international prop Tyler Rowland.

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RUGBY WORLD CUP

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Uruguay: Uruguay Secure Bonus Point Win over Defiant Namibia at World Cup (Americas Rugby News)

• Takeaway: Uruguay trailed 14-0 about 12 minutes into the match, but battled back to secure the bonus-point win and earn their 4th win at a RWC.

• Namibia: Namibia will have to wait until 2027 to earn their first win at the tournament as their 2023 RWC campaign is over (before some teams have even played their third game).

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USA RUGBY

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Retirements: Cody Melphy & Calvin Whiting Hang Up the Boots

• Cody Melphy: A member of the USA Men's Sevens squad, Melphy represented the U.S. at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

• Calvin Whiting: A member of the Utah Warriors since 2019, Whiting earned his first cap with the Men's Eagles in 2017.

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🏆 2023 RWC

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DAILY UPDATES‍

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New Zealand: Sam Whitelock on Bench for Must-Win Rugby World Cup Match (BBC Sport)

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‍South Africa: Andre Pollard Returns at 10 - South Africa Announce Return to Tonga (World Rugby)

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🏉 COLLEGE RUGBY

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‍MEN'S HEADLINES‍

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D1A: Men D1A College Rankings Week 4 (Goff Rugby Report)

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‍Small Colleges: How SUNY New Paltz Rugby Rescued Itself (Goff Rugby Report)

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‍WOMEN'S HEADLINES‍

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NCR: NCR Releases Regional Pools & Nationals Schedule (The Rugby Breakdown)