👉 NEED TO KNOW TODAY

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Australia: Ahead 20-3 in the first half, Australia conceded nine tries and lost 67-27 to Argentina, suffering their biggest Test defeat.

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‍MLR: The Seattle Seawolves signed USA Men's Sevens alum Malacchi Esdale.

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‍Pacific Nations Cup: The USA Men's Eagles will play Fiji in the first semifinal match on Saturday, while Canada plays Tonga in the 5th Place Playoff.

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‍The Rugby Championship: The Rugby Championship will not continue in its current annual format after South Africa and New Zealand broke away to form a new series titled "The Greatest Rugby Rivalry."

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‍WPL: The CO Gray Wolves will meet the Berkeley All Blues in the WPL Championship on Saturday.

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‍📰 HEADLINES

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MEN'S COLLEGE RUGBY

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‍‍Mid American Conference: Bowling Green over Cincinnati, and More from the MAC (Goff Rugby Report)

• Takeaway: Bowling Green beat Cincinnati, Ohio beat Dayton, and Louisville beat Pitt on the opening weekend of games in the Mid American Conference.

• Liberty Conference: Liberty Kicks off D1 Season (Goff Rugby Report)

• Non-Conference Action: Scores and Notes from Preseason Cross-Conference Warmups (Goff Rugby Report)

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‍WOMEN'S COLLEGE RUGBY‍

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‍NIRA: Another Tie! Bobcats and Crimson Deadlocked (Goff Rugby Report)

• Takeaway: Quinnipiac tied Harvard, the defending NIRA D-I champions, on Friday night.

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‍INTERNATIONAL RESULTS‍

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‍Men's Internationals:

• 🇧🇷 Brazil 26 - 64 Argentina XV 🇦🇷
  • Match Report

Pacific Nations Cup:

• 🇹🇴 Tonga 19 - 50 Fiji 🇫🇯
  • Match Report
• 🇯🇵 Japan 41 - 24 USA 🇺🇸
  • Match Report

The Rugby Championship:

• 🇿🇦 South Africa 18 - 12 New Zealand 🇳🇿
  • Match Report
• 🇦🇷 Argentina 67 - 27 Australia 🇦🇺
  • Match Report

Women's Internationals:

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 40 - 14 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
  • Match Report
• 🇿🇦 South Africa 59 - 17 Barbarians 🏉
  • Match Report
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 38 - 19 France 🇫🇷
  • Match Report

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‍MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY‍

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‍Seattle Seawolves: Seattle Signs Wing Malacchi Esdale (Seattle Seawolves)

• Takeaway: The Seattle Seawolves have signed USA Men's Sevens alum Malacchi Esdale to play on the wing. This isn't Esdale's first action in MLR - he played with Houston in 2018.

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‍USA RUGBY‍

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‍Men's Eagles: USA Men's Eagles take away big lessons from loss against Japan (USA Rugby)

• Takeaway: Wing Nate Augspurger, in his 45th appearance for the Men's Eagles, scored a try in the 58th minute to bring the U.S. within seven points of Japan, but the Brave Blossoms pulled away for a 41-24 win.

• PNC Pool B: The USA Men's Eagles finished second in Pool B and will face Fiji, the first-place team in Pool A, in the semifinals.

• Next Match: Saturday, September 14, 6:05 AM ET on Peacock.  

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‍WPL

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‍‍Legacy Cup Semifinals:

• NYC 5 - 33 CO Gray Wolves
• Berkeley 43 - 21 Life West

Championship:

• 🏉 CO Gray Wolves vs. Berkeley
• 📆 Saturday, September 14
• ⏰ 2PM ET
• 📺 RugbyPass TV

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🏉 QUICK HITS

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Black Ferns: 'My mouth is watering' - Black Ferns wing Tui on England Challenge (BBC Sport)

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‍Premiership Rugby: After the NFL, the States and France, Christian Wade is Back (Premiership Rugby)

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‍Top 14: Racing 92 terminate Siya Kolisi's contract (RugbyPass)