In a significant statement from the International Olympic Committee, their executive board have announced that they will retain all 28 sports that featured at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for…
Olympic sevens
Australia Women’s Sevens receive national medals
Australia’s gold-medal winning Women’s Sevens team received yet another award today when they received Order of Australia medals in the Australia Day honours list. The Olympic and World Series champions…
Analysis: Charlotte Caslick shapes Australia’s gold medal-winning attack
Question: What do rugby league rockstar Shaun Johnson, World Cup-winning All Black Nehe Milner-Skudder and Charlotte Caslick, catalyst of Australia women’s sevens triumph at the Olympic Games, share in common?…
Olympics 2016: How rugby sevens took over the world
RUGBY STANDS on the threshold. It’s a little woozy, perhaps even a little boozy, having celebrated a rude growth in fortunes in recent years both commercially and on the field,…
Ten big reasons why you have to buy RW’s sevens special!
The excitement levels are building as it is now less than a fortnight until the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro kicks off. From the 6 to the 8 August, 12…
Rugby sevens spotlight on: Dan Norton
A smile borne from a belief that, no matter the difficulties of merging three nations and without any World Series events to compete in, GB have all the tools needed…
Rugby sevens: Men’s Olympic schedule
Tuesday 9th August Session One (from 3pm on BBC) Deodoro Stadium Match 1 (15:00 – 15:20) Pool B – Australia 14 – 31 France Match 2 (15:30 – 15:50) Pool B – South Africa 24…
Rugby sevens: Women’s Olympic schedule
Saturday 6th August Session One (from 3pm on BBC) Deodoro Stadium Match 1 (15:00 – 15:20) Pool B – France v Spain Match 2 (15:30 – 15:50) Pool B – New Zealand v Kenya…
Rugby sevens spotlight on: Perry Baker
This is the man known as the ‘Speed Stick’, the headline-grabber who has sparkled on the HSBC Sevens World Series over the past year, being named in the end-of-season Dream Team. He is talking…
Rugby sevens spotlight on: Collins Injera
However, for some sevens sides, even competing on the yearly circuit is a triumph of teamwork over logistics. “Some guys in our team have to leave home at 4am so we can…