Monday's Rugby News 30/5/22

There was a thrilling finish to the Super Rugby Pacific Round Robins. The weekend saw upsets and great rugby. G&GR will catch up on the Sevens in London and review finals rugby around the world.

Moana Pasifika beat Brumbies 32-22. Drua scored one of the best rugby tries of all time. Force beat Hurricanes 27-21. Waratahs beat Blues 20-17. The Tarts are going back to Sydney. They will play against Brumies in Canberra on Saturday. The Blues need to win the competition from here to go 16-16. It's a fitting farewell to a number of Super Rugby greats and their coach. There are a few results that didn't go as expected. Most of them were competitive. Chiefs beat Reds 34-35.

Blues will win against Highlanders in Auckland. Chiefs will beat Tarts in Hamilton. Crusaders will defeat Reds. Brumbies will lose to the Canes.

Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua finished their seasons without making it to the play-offs. Rebels are unfit, entitled and poorly coached. Force's season went to shit when Tim Sampson was fired. The Rebels will be struggling to compete for some time. Coach Foote has signed on for two more seasons. The team will lose players to overseas teams. They will have to fill the boots of departing players. This article was originally published in Rugby News 30/5/22. It has been updated to reflect the changes in the team and the current state of the game.

Panasonic Wild Knights beat Suntory Sungoliath 18-12 at Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. It was the former Wallabies coach Robbie Deans”s fifth title with the Wild Knight's.

La Rochelle beat Leinster 24-21 in the Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille. Ronan O'Gara's side will be the 13th team to be crowned champions.

Australia lost the opening match of the London Sevens to the Kiwis. They won against Canada and France. Australia will play the DDFs in the Cup Quarter Final at 2020 Sunday night.

Amber McLachlan has been selected as a part of a nine-woman referee team to officiate at the Women's Rugby World Cup in NZ in October/November 2022. Tyler Miller has also been chosen as an Assistant Referee.