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Posted 558 days ago
England Sevens have named an experienced squad, including the majority of the players who lifted the first silverware of the 2010-11 season, for the start of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Australia.
Eight of the 2010 Dubai title winners are in the 12-man group heading for the new opening venue of the expanded global event on the Gold Coast on…
Posted 573 days ago
ENGLAND will warm-up for the start of the HSBC Sevens World Series by taking on their Northern Hemisphere rivals in Spain next week.
Head coach Ben Ryan has named a 14-man squad for the uncapped six-team tournament in Elche on Tuesday, November 1, where England face France, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and Wales. Eleven of England’s full-time sevens squad take part. The…
Posted 631 days ago
ENGLAND SEVENS today named their squad for the 2011-12 season, increasing the number of full-time players available to head coach Ben Ryan and confirming significant names in their additional ‘core’ group.
England will have 12 fully contracted players – four more than last season – with forward Chris Brightwell, playmaker Christian Lewis-Pratt and centre Rob Vickerman the newcomers.
The players promoted who…
Posted 643 days ago
Twickenham Stadium will stage the climax to this season’s expanded HSBC Sevens World Series.
The 2011 Emirates Airline London Sevens attracted a world record weekend attendance of 100,094 as the penultimate event in the global calendar.
Next year, London will stage the final leg over the weekend May 12-13 at the end of a nine-event series that includes a new tournament in…
Posted 673 days ago
The International Rugby Board (IRB) and Australian Rugby Union (ARU) have together announced that the Gold Coast will become the new home for the Australian leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series for the next four years, and will kick off the 2011/12 World Series.
The first International Sevens Gold Coast tournament will be staged at the Skilled Stadium on Queensland’s…
Posted 736 days ago
Steffon Armitage will make his England Sevens debut in this weekend’s Emirates Airline London Sevens.
The London Irish flanker’s call-up is the only change to the squad as England continue their chase for a first ever HSBC Sevens World Series title at Twickenham Stadium.
Armitage, 25, has international pedigree after winning five Test caps for Martin Johnson’s senior side, the last coming…
Posted 736 days ago
Rob Vickerman will join the England Sevens set-up from Newcastle Falcons next season.
The centre has signed a two-year deal to become a full-time member of head coach Ben Ryan’s squad.
Vickerman, 25, appeared in more than 50 Aviva Premiership matches for the Falcons and Leeds Carnegie. He made his sevens debut for England in 2005 and was part of the side…
Posted 743 days ago
England have named their 14-man training group for the final stages of the build-up to this month’s Emirates Airline London Sevens.
England trail series leaders New Zealand by 13 points and are targeting a tournament win at Twickenham Stadium on May 21-22 to keep alive their bid for a first-ever HSBC Sevens World Series title.
London Irish wing Sam Edgerley is the…
Posted 756 days ago
Hosts Scotland have been handed a tough assignment on home soil when they entertain the 15 travelling national sides at the Emirates Airline Edinurgh 7s, the climax to this year’s HSBC Sevens World Series.
The Scots line up in Pool D at Murrayfield and face opening day ties against both of the Pacific island giants in the draw, Samoa and Fiji,…
Posted 757 days ago
Supporters can get closer to the action at Murrayfield next month in new standing sections created for this season’s Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens – the final leg of this season’s HSBC Sevens World Series.
While the seven-a-side players play on a full-size pitch, the in-goal area will be resized to enable fans to get closer to the high-octane series’ finale, having…
