Rugby is again being approved by the administrative body for high school sports in Nova Scotia after the organization instituted a short-lived ban last spring over safety concerns.

Featherstone Rovers beat Leigh Centurions 34-18 in rugby league play Sunday to advance to a promotion playoff semifinal against York City Knights.

Forward Justin Blanchet will miss the Rugby World Cup after suffering an injury in Canada's final warmup game for the tournament that starts Sept. 20 in Japan.

Canada will have its hands full in Pool B at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, going up against powerhouses South Africa and New Zealand. TSN's Bryan Thiel looks ahead to the tournament with Canada's first match on Friday against Italy.

Canada saw an early 12-point lead slowly whittled away as the United States scraped out a 20-15 victory Saturday night in the final match for both teams prior to the Rugby World Cup.

The Toronto Wolfpack downed Leigh Centurions 46-12 Saturday to run their winning streak to 21 games as they wrapped up regular-season play in the Betfred Championship.

Tyler Ardron captains a Canadian side with few surprises for the Rugby World Cup kicking off next month in Japan. Ardron, a powerful back-rower who plays his club rugby in New Zealand for the Chiefs, also captained Canada at the 2015 tournament but only saw action in two matches due to injury.

Peter Nelson is no stranger to playing Leinster. The Irish-born back saw plenty of the four-time European champions during his time with Ulster on the Guinness Pro 14 rugby circuit. But last Saturday's matchup with the Irish powerhouse was something new for the 26-year-old Nelson. He was wearing Canadian colours.

Matty Russell had three tries as the Toronto Wolfpack extended their win streak to 19 games with a 46-0 win over the Rochdale Hornets on Saturday afternoon.

Bob Hunter has overseen the growth of B.C. Place Stadium, Rogers Centre, Scotiabank Arena and BMO Field. Now he is looking to help take the Toronto Wolfpack to the next level.

Gareth O'Brien had three tries and added five conversions as the Toronto Wolfpack routed the visiting York City Knights 56-6 in rugby league action Saturday.

Toronto Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims has announced plans to retire at the end of the season.

Canada will be host one of just two stand-alone women's events on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020.

Captain Tyler Ardron and star winger DTH van der Merwe return to the lineup for Canada's final Pacific Nations Cup rugby game against Tonga on Thursday.

The Toronto Wolfpack reeled off 17 unanswered points in the second half to run their winning streak to 17 games with a 25-20 comeback victory over the Bradford Bulls in rugby league play Sunday.

Canada's men's rugby team fell 38-13 to Fiji on Saturday in their second test match at the Pacific Nations Cup. Kainoa Lloyd had the lone try for the Canadians. He scored off a turnover just before halftime.

Canada's rugby sevens teams opened the Pan American Games with convincing victories on Friday. The Canadian women crushed Mexico 54-0, while Canada's men beat Uruguay 31-0. Each team won gold last time out in Toronto in 2015.