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Posted 19 days ago
England will face Tonga in the quarter finals of the Hertz Sevens in Wellington after cruising through today’s pool stages.
They beat the USA 29-0 and the Cook Islands 27-12 before resting players in the final game and suffering a 14-10 reverse against South Africa.
The played three, won two record means the Blitzbokke will face HSBC Sevens World Series leaders Fiji…
Posted 28 days ago
New Zealand Sevens Coach Gordon Tietjens has named four new caps in his 2012 national contracted squad of 15 who are preparing for next weekend’s Hertz Sevens tournament in Wellington.
Wellington’s 18-year-old Ardie Savea, the younger brother of Hurricane and former New Zealand Sevens player Julian Savea, has been named in Tietjens’ squad for the first time. Savea was nominated for…
Posted 33 days ago
Scotland 7s head coach, Graham Shiel, has made four changes to the squad which will travel to Wellington and Las Vegas next week, in the next two legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
Hamish Watson, Sean Kennedy and Byron McGuigan all come into the side with the chance to earn their first World Series and Scotland 7s caps. The fourth…
Posted 35 days ago
RUGBY WORLD: What do you love about playing sevens?
Dan Norton: Playing in the sun is one of the perks of the job. You get your hands on the ball more and, especially for a winger, you get to have a lot of freedom of expression.
RW: What’s your favourite sevens destination?
DN: Hong Kong is surreal but great. The…
Posted 75 days ago
England will face Fiji in tomorrow’s quarter finals of the South Africa Sevens after overpowering Argentina 19-0 in their final pool match in Port Elizabeth.
They had begun the day with a 26-7 win against the USA only to suffer a setback when they went down 24-14 to Samoa
But they regained their composure to beat the Pumas with two tries from…
Posted 75 days ago
Scottish Rugby has announced that the world famous HSBC Sevens World Series is coming to Glasgow.
The event, seen in more than 140 countries worldwide and with a following of over 200 million, will be held at Scotstoun Stadium on the weekend of 5 and 6 of May in 2012.
The move of the event from its traditional home in Edinburgh will…
Posted 76 days ago
All 16 national teams have declared their final squads to compete at the Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens, round three of the HSBC Sevens World Series on 9-10 December.
Having missed the action in Dubai last weekend, IRB Sevens Player of the Year Cecil Afrika has recovered from a rib injury to take his place in the team for hosts…
Posted 76 days ago
England have named the same squad that lifted the Dubai Sevens title last weekend for the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens in Port Elizabeth that kicks off tomorrow.
Head coach Ben Ryan keeps faith with the 12-man group with forward Chris Brightwell the 13th man who can be called on if England suffer any injuries during the tournament.
Half-back John Brake is still…
Posted 76 days ago
England face USA, Samoa and Argentina on Friday’s first day of the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens in Port Elizabeth
WELL, it certainly wasn’t a short trip across to Port Elizabeth! An early rise on Sunday led to all the teams enduring 17 hours of travel to get to our final resting point in the Eastern Cape.
For us, it was a little…
Posted 83 days ago
Wales will be looking to build on their success from last weekend’s efforts in Australia when they kick off proceedings in the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens tomorrow.
Paul John’s men made the quarter finals of the Cup competition before being knocked out by eventual champions Fiji in the opening event of the HSBC Sevens World Series on the Gold Coast…
