8 – 9 July Women’s Rugby Sevens – Grand Prix Series – Kazan, Russia
The top two teams across both legs of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series, based on an amalgamation of points, will secure a place in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in July 2018.
The two-part European series provides England with their final chance to qualify for the Rugby World Cup Sevens. England currently sit in fourth position, behind qualified teams Russia and France, with Ireland in third going into the second leg of the series.
Fixtures for day one:
10.00 Ireland 17 – 7 Poland
10.22 England 45 – 0 Sweden
10.44 France 26 – 5 Portugal
11.06 Spain 0 – 14 Belarus
11.28 Wales 22 – 5 Italy
11.50 Russia 48 – 0 Netherlands
12.45 Ireland 48 – 0 Sweden
13.07 England 26 – 5 Poland
13.29 France 24 – 0 Belarus
13.51 Spain 10 – 22 Portugal
14.13 Wales 24 – 10 Netherlands
14.35 Russia 55 – 0 Italy
15.30 Sweden 10 – 19 Poland
15.52 Ireland 17 – 21 England
16.14 Belarus 5 – 12 Portugal
16.36 France 27 – 10 Spain
16.58 Italy 0 – 31 Netherlands
17.20 Russia 34 – 5 Wales
Day two – Sunday 9 July 2017
Cup Quarter Finals
Russia 15 – 0 Poland
France 12 – 7 Belgium
England 21 – 7 Wales
Portugal 7 – 49 Ireland
Challenge Trophy Semi Finals
Netherlands 17 – 0 Italy
Spain 17 – 12 Sweden
5th Place Semi Finals
Poland 14 – 10 Portugal
Belgium 5 – 27 Wales
Cup Semi Finals
Russia 27 – 5 Ireland
France 15 – 26 England
11th Place
Italy 12 – 21 Sweden
Challenge Trophy Final
Netherlands 24 – 12 Spain
7th Place
Portugal 5 – 28 Belgium
5th Place
Poland 0 – 24 Wales
3rd Place
Ireland 40 – 0 France
Cup Final
Russia 21 – 0 England