Russia were champions of the Rugby Europe Women’s Sevens – Grand Prix which took place with weekend in Malemort. France runners up and Great Britain Lions third. The pools, and all the results from the two day tournament are below.
Great Britain fielded two sides: Lions (England) and Royals (Wales).
The twelve teams were split into three pools as below.
Pools A: France, Spain, Netherlands, Finland
Pool B: Russia, Great Britain Royals, Portugal, Ukraine
Pool C: Great Britain Lions, Ireland, Italy, Belgium
GB Lions Squad: Abbie Brown, Natasha Brennan, Lotte Clapp, Lauren Cattell, Deborah Fleming, Katie Mason, Lucy Nye, Katy Mclean, Kelly Smith, Amy Wilson Hardy (C), Millie Wood, Rachael Woosey
GB Royals Squad: Elinor Snowsill (C), Sian Williams, Dyddgu Howell, Rhi Parker, Shona Powell Hughes, Jess Kavanagh-Williams, Elen Evans, Keira Bevan, Gemma Rowland, Sinead Breeze, Hannah Jones, Alisha Butchers
Sunday 25 September
Cup Finals
1st/2nd France 5-26 Russia
3rd/4th Ireland 5-12 Great Britain Lions
Plate Finals
5th/6th Great Britain Royals 0-10 Netherlands
7th/8th Belgium 14-19 Spain
Bowl Finals:
9th/10th Finland 0-34 Italy
11th/12th Portugal 22-5 Ukraine
Cup Semi Finals
France 22 – 19 Great Britain Lions
Russia 27-5 Ireland
Cup Quarter Finals:
France 31-7 Belgium
Russia 21-0 Netherlands
Ireland 26-0 Spain
Great Britain Royals 5-14 Great Britain Lions
Plate Semi Finals
Belgium 7-29 Great Britain Royals
Netherlands 24-5 Spain
Bowl Semi Finals:
23 10.28 Portugal 12-19 Finland
24 10.50 Italy 14-7 Ukraine
Pool Fixtures Results:
1 Great Britain Lions 21-12 Belgium
2 Ireland 12-12 Italy
3 Russia 51-0 Ukraine
4 Great Britain Royals 19-0 Portugal
5 Spain 12-7 Netherlands
6 France 53-0 Finland
7 Great Britain Lions 14-12 Italy
8 Ireland 12-5 Belgium
9 Russia 59-0 Portugal
10 Great Britain Royals 37-5 Ukraine
11 Spain 29-0 Finland
12 France 33-0 Netherlands
13 Italy 5-7 Belgium
14 Great Britain Lions 5-27 Ireland
15 Portugal 24-21 Ukraine
16 Russia 38-0 Great Britain Royals
17 Netherlands 36-0 Finland
18 France 26-14 Spain
Results will be updated throughout the day.
