The finalists are set at the Bingham Cup in Brisbane after a huge Saturday of knockout rugby narrowed the field across all four competitions.
After two days of pool matches, day three brought the quarter-finals and semi-finals, with the Bingham Cup, Amanda Mark Cup, Hoagland Cup and Challenger competitions now all heading towards their Sunday deciders.
Here’s how the penultimate day unfolded.
Amanda Mark Cup
Image: Ottawa WolvesOttawa Wolves are back in the Amanda Mark Cup final, where they will face Ireland’s Emerald Warriors on Sunday.
The Canadians, who won the competition in 2022 before finishing runners-up at the most recent tournament in 2024, booked their place with a 12-5 semi-final win over Village Lions/Mudturtles.
Emerald Warriors came through a much tighter semi-final, edging Nashville Stone Lions 12-10 to reach the decider.
For the Australian sides, Melbourne Chargers Women and Brisbane Hustlers Women put up strong fights but both went down in the quarter-finals.
Amanda Mark Cup results
Semi-final results
Emerald Warriors 12–10 Nashville Stone Lions
Ottawa Wolves 12–5 Village Lions/Mudturtles
Quarter-final results
Ottawa Wolves 22–5 Melbourne Chargers Women
Village Lions/Mudturtles 17–5 Emerald Warriors
Nashville Stone Lions 17–10 Brisbane Hustlers Women
Amanda Mark Cup final — Sunday
2:20 pm Emerald Warriors v Ottawa Wolves — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 1
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Bingham Cup
The Bingham Cup final will bring together two of the competition’s most successful clubs, with Kings Cross Steelers and Sydney Convicts both surviving tight semi-final battles.
Kings Cross Steelers from the UK edged past hosts Brisbane Hustlers 8-5, while Sydney Convicts came through another close contest against San Francisco Fog, winning 22-17 in extra time.
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Sydney Convicts took to Instagram saying:
“A nail biting extra time finisher against our brothers at the San Francisco Fog. An epic game and absolute credit to the Fog for one of the toughest games of rugby we’ve ever fought through.”
For Brisbane, it was a heartbreaking end after one of their strongest performances of the tournament earlier in the day, when they beat defending champions Les Gaillards 38-0 in the quarter-finals.
The team took to Instagram after the result:
“A devastating loss for our Hustler Black Squad tonight. Falling short of the Kings Cross Steelers by just 3 points,” they said.
“A hard fought game that was down to the wire. A big congratulations to Kings Cross as they progress into the Bingham Cup final against Sydney.”
Hustlers after their quarter-final winThe other Australian sides were eliminated at the same stage, with the First Nations Lorikeets going down to Kings Cross Steelers and Melbourne Chargers Gold beaten by San Francisco Fog.
It sets up a heavyweight final between two clubs with plenty of Bingham history.
Sydney have won the Bingham Cup five times and were runners-up to Les Gaillards in Rome two years ago.
Kings Cross won their first Bingham Cup in Ottawa in 2022, having previously finished runners-up in 2002 and 2008.
Bingham Cup results
Semi-final results
Kings Cross Steelers 1XV 8–5 Brisbane Hustlers 1
Sydney Convicts 1 22–17 San Francisco Fog 1
Quarter-final results
Kings Cross Steelers 1XV 62–0 First Nations Lorikeets
Brisbane Hustlers 1 38–0 Les Gaillards
San Francisco Fog 1 26–5 Melbourne Chargers Gold
Sydney Convicts 1 12–0 Seattle Quake 1
Other Saturday results
Sydney Convicts 3 18–0 Gotham Knights
Los Angeles Rebellion 15–14 NZ Falcons
Vancouver Rogues 59–0 Kings Cross Steelers 2nd XV
Philadelphia Gryphons Men 24–17 Perth Rams Black
Gotham Knights 20–0 NZ Falcons
Perth Rams Black 35–0 Kings Cross Steelers 2nd XV
Sydney Convicts 3 27–5 Los Angeles Rebellion
Vancouver Rogues 33–7 Philadelphia Gryphons Men
Les Gaillards 31–7 First Nations Lorikeets
Seattle Quake 1 29–0 Melbourne Chargers Gold
Sunday fixtures
9:00am Gotham Knights v Perth Rams Black — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 3
9:50am Sydney Convicts 3 v Vancouver Rogues — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 2
10:40am Les Gaillards v Seattle Quake 1 — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 2
Bingham Cup final
3:30pm Kings Cross Steelers 1XV v Sydney Convicts 1 — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 1
Hoagland Cup
Image: Chicago Dragons RedBristol Bisons and Chicago Dragons Red will meet in Sunday’s Hoagland Cup final after coming through the knockout rounds.
Bristol edged Sydney Convicts 2 14-10 in the semi-final, while Chicago beat Baltimore Flamingos 26-7.
Sydney Convicts 2 had dropped down from the Bingham tier and reached the semi-finals with a 20-7 quarter-final win over Boston Ironsides.
The tier movement also saw four Challenger sides step up into the Hoagland draw, while Brisbane Hustlers 2 remain in contention for silverware after reaching Sunday’s Hoagland Shield final.
Hoagland Cup results
Semi-final results
Bristol Bisons 14–10 Sydney Convicts 2
Chicago Dragons Red 26–7 Baltimore Flamingos
Quarter-final results
Chicago Dragons Red 24–5 Columbus Coyotes RFC
Sydney Convicts 2 20–7 Boston Ironsides
Bristol Bisons 17–12 Washington Scandals RFC
Baltimore Flamingos 14–0 San Diego Armada
Other Saturday results
San Francisco Fog 2 17–0 Brisbane Hustlers 2
Manchester Village Spartans 22–5 Melbourne Chargers Red
Appalachian Thundercatz 29–5 Seattle Quake 2
Knights of Muddy Barons 15–14 Amsterdam Lowlanders
Columbus Coyotes RFC 22–0 San Diego Armada
Washington Scandals RFC 24–14 Boston Ironsides
Brisbane Hustlers 2 29–0 Melbourne Chargers Red
Amsterdam Lowlanders 29–0 Seattle Quake 2
Manchester Village Spartans 12–5 San Francisco Fog 2
Appalachian Thundercatz 31–0 Knights of Muddy Barons
Hoagland Cup final
1:20pm Bristol Bisons v Chicago Dragons Red — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 1
Challenger Cup
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The Challenger Cup will have Australian representation in Sunday’s final, with the combined Adelaide-Tokyo Brats-Sharks side taking on Crescent City Rougaroux.
Adelaide-Tokyo beat Dallas Lost Souls 19-5 in the quarter-final before shutting out Sydney Convicts 4 12-0 in the semi-final.
Crescent City also reached the decider without conceding a point, beating Armada Wolves 10-0 before a 12-0 semi-final win over Atlanta Bucks RFC.
Perth Rams White also finished Saturday strongly, beating Melbourne Chargers Purple 22-5 and San Francisco Fog 3 5-0 in the placement matches.
Challenger Cup results
Semi-final results
Adelaide-Tokyo Brats-Sharks 12–0 Sydney Convicts 4
Crescent City Rougaroux 12–0 Atlanta Bucks RFC
Quarter-final results
Sydney Convicts 4 12–0 Space Otters
Adelaide-Tokyo Brats-Sharks 19–5 Dallas Lost Souls
Atlanta Bucks RFC 19–0 Chicago Dragons Blue
Crescent City Rougaroux 10–0 Armada Wolves
Other Saturday results
Perth Rams White 22–5 Melbourne Chargers Purple
San Francisco Fog 3 21–0 Melbourne Chargers Purple
Dallas Lost Souls 54–5 Space Otters
Armada Wolves 47–5 Chicago Dragons Blue
Perth Rams White 5–0 San Francisco Fog 3
Challenger Cup final
12:20pm Adelaide-Tokyo Brats-Sharks v Crescent City Rougaroux — Norths Brisbane Rugby Club 1
The Bingham Cup Brisbane 2026 concludes on Sunday, with the Challenger Cup, Hoagland Cup, Amanda Mark Cup and Bingham Cup champions all to be crowned at Norths Brisbane Rugby Club.
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