Episode 260: Home, SVNS Home

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Rugby Canada's 2025 Hall of Fame class includes Kayla McAlister, Glenn Ennis, Nathan Hirayama, and Rose LaBeriche.

The catch-up starts with sevens. Shu Hardy, Jeff Robinson, and Edward Pye go back through the Sevens Division Two event in Nairobi and explain the new six-team setup. Canada did not give itself much room. Losses to Kenya, Germany, the USA, Belgium, and Uruguay leave the men's side sixth, with two more rounds still to come in Uruguay. The format gives those missed wins extra bite, since six teams are chasing four world championship places. The conversation then gets practical. Double headers at stadia sound useful because shared events could bring bigger crowds, if the scheduling works. California, Kansas City, and SeatGeek Stadium all get treated as choices with some rugby sense behind them. Kansas City has Canada-USA Pac-4 history, and SeatGeek Stadium has Chicago Hounds and Major League Rugby credibility. The Canadian view never drifts far away. Even while talking through American venues, the panel keeps coming back to access, Canadian supporters, and the Great Lakes rivalry. The optimism is careful: strong crowds and a good tournament would help, but logistics do not magically fix the sport. Rugby Canada's 2025 Hall of Fame announcement wraps the main rugby section in the provided transcript. The episode moves through builder, player, and match official categories, names the new class, and gives them their due without getting syrupy. It sounds like supporters following the scores, schedules, stadiums, and back-office choices because all of it affects whether Canadian rugby can build anything lasting.

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Canada's sevens week is laid out plainly, then the episode expands into the sport's next steps and the people behind them.

Canada's sevens week is treated with a steady hand. The men's run in Nairobi is traced through losses to Kenya, Germany, the USA, Belgium, and Uruguay, which leaves them sixth in a six-team field where only the top four move on.

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