📰 HEADLINES

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USA RUGBY

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Women's Eagles: Sione Fukofuka Appointed as USA Women's Eagles  (USA Rugby)

• Takeaway: USA Rugby appointed Sione Fukofula as the new head coach of the USA Women's Eagles.

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Coaching Resume:

• Wallaroos, assistant coach
• Queensland Reds, assistant coach
• Canterbury College, director of rugby

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MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY

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Chicago Hounds: Hounds Add Veteran Fullback Adriaan Carelse (Chicago Hounds)

• Takeaway: The Chicago Hounds signed flyhalf/fullback Adriaan Carelse, who played with Rugby ATL in 2021, the Dallas Jackals in 2022, and the Seattle Seawolves (via a trade) halfway through the 2023 season.

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Dallas Jackals: Dallas Signed Connor Winchester (Dallas Jackals)

• Takeaway: The Dallas Jackals signed flyhalf/fullback Connor Winchester, who joins MLR from Australia's Shute Shield, for the 2024 MLR season.

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Old Glory DC: OGDC Re-Signed Collin Grosse (Old Glory DC)

• Takeaway: Old Glory DC re-signed 2022 MLR Draft pick Collin Grosse for the 2024 MLR season.

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Toronto Arrows: Toronto Re-Signed Lucas Rumball (Toronto Arrows)

• Takeaway: The Toronto Arrows re-signed Canadian international flanker Lucas Rumball for the 2024 MLR season.

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Utah Warriors: Utah Signed Alesana Pohla (Utah Warriors)

• Takeaway: The Utah Warriors signed center Alesana Pohla, who joins the MLR from the Shute Shield, for the 2024 MLR season.

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RUGBY SEVENS

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Dubai: Emirates Dubai 7s Pools and Schedule Announced to Kick Off HSBC SVNS  2024 (SVNS)

• 📆 December 2-3, 2023
• 🏉 Full match schedule

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‍Men's Pool C:

• 🇫🇯 Fiji
• 🇫🇷 France
• 🇬🇧 Great Britain
• 🇺🇸 USA

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Women's Pool C:

• 🇺🇸 USA
• 🇫🇷 France
• 🇨🇦 Canada
• 🇪🇸 Spain

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🏉 COLLEGE RUGBY

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

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‍Top 5:

1. Brown
2. Notre Dame College (+1)
3. St. Bonaventure (-1)
4. Indiana
5. Siena

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‍Men's DI-AA: Top 20 Coaches Poll (National Collegiate Rugby)

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‍Top 5:

1. Kentucky
2. Virginia Tech (+1)
3. Bowling Green (-1)
4. Boston College (+2)
5. Tennessee (-1)

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

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‍Top 5:

1. Northern Iowa (+1)
2. IUP (+1)
3. Maine (+2)
4. Georgetown
5. Norwich (-4)

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

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‍Top 5:

1. Babson
2. Cal Poly Humboldt (+1)
3. Wayne State (-1)
4. Endicott (+1)
5. VMI (+2)