In XVs news, Sweden barely beat Portugal 7-5 in a warmup match over the weekend. This is fascinating result because Sweden was last year’s Europe Trophy winner gaining promotion to the next tier, the Championship while Portugal is leading this year’s Trophy tournament.

Looking at domestic play around the world, Saracens are leading the Allianz Premier after two rounds, Colorno leads Italy’s Excellence Championship after two rounds, Stirling County continues to top the table for Scotland’s Tennent’s Premiership, Majadahonda leads Spain’s Iberdrola league and the Uganda Cup begins their semi-finals this weekend.

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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Nov 21-27 saw China win the Asia 7s Series while Papua New Guinea won Oceania 7s. Both teams now qualify for next year’s World Rugby Challenger Series.