👉 NEED TO KNOW TODAY

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Barbarians Women: Three USA Women's Eagles (Cheta Emba, Jojo Kitlinski, and Alycia Washington) to start against South Africa tomorrow. It'll be Washington's final international appearance.

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‍Major League Rugby: Tune into this week's episode of MLR Weekly as host Matt McCarthy had an interesting conversation with Marty Power, a member of the Houston SaberCats ownership group. The duo chatted about average attendance numbers, TV production expenses, etc.  

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‍Pacific Nations Cup: Tonga hosted Fiji last night (the game ended too late for the final score to be included here) and Japan hosts USA tomorrow morning (6:05 AM ET on Peacock TV).

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‍World Rugby: The election for the next World Rugby chairman will take place in November, and Andrea Rinaldo is the first Italian candidate for the position.

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📺 HOW TO WATCH RUGBY TODAY

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COLLEGE RUGBY

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‍‍🏉 Quinnipiac vs. Harvard (W)

‍⏰ 7 PM ET

💻 ESPN+‍

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‍KOREA 7s‍

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‍🏉 Day 1

‍⏰ 8:50 PM ET

💻 RugbyPass TV

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‍📰 HEADLINES

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USA RUGBY‍

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‍Men's Eagles: USA Men's Eagles land in Tokyo for second round of Asahi Dry Pacific Nations Cup (USA Rugby)

• Takeaway: Head Coach Scott Lawrence named a match-day 23 that includes scrumhalf Ruben de Haas, who returns from a knee injury suffered in 2022.

• Last Meeting: Japan won 34-20 in the 2019 Pacific Nations Cup.

• Kick Off: 6:05 AM ET tomorrow on Peacock TV.

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🏉 QUICK HITS

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Argentina: Julián Montoya reaches 100 Test caps (Americas Rugby News)

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‍College Rugby: Liberty, HOA, MAC Kick off, but Non-Conference Games Still Carry Heft (Goff Rugby Report)

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‍Red Roses: Maddie Feaunati to make first England start in France Test (BBC Sport)