The San Francisco Bay area will host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 after the World Rugby Council awarded hosting rights for the prestigious event to USA Rugby. The magnificent Giants Stadium in San Francisco, supported by Avaya Stadium in San Jose, will provide an impressive stage for the world’s top men’s and women’s rugby sevens
England Women’s Head Coach Simon Middleton has recalled Rachael Burford and Kay Wilson for the penultimate round of the Sevens World Series at the Twickenham Stoop and at Twickenham Stadium on May 15 & 16. Burford missed the last round of the series in Canada due to injury while Wilson will make her first start
With global excitement building ahead of rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016, World Rugby has announced the location and dates for the regional qualification tournaments that will deliver six men’s and six women’s teams to the Games. The top four teams in the respective men’s and women’s World Rugby Sevens Series standings are
The final and third place play-off matches will be played at Twickenham after the men’s event on Saturday 16th May. Pool stages, quarters and semi-finals will be played at The Stoop. New Zealand can secure Olympic qualification simply by winning a quarter-final. Matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports UK and streamed around the world
England Women recorded their best finish of the season in the Canada leg of the Sevens World Series on Sunday, defeating France 19-7 to take third place in Langford. England needed to reach the semi-finals of the fourth leg of the series to keep alive their hopes of automatically qualifying Great Britain for next year’s
Cup Final: Russia 10-29 New Zealand 3rd Place: France 7-19 England Plate Final: USA 19-12 Canada 7th Place: Australia 22-0 Fiji Bowl Final: Brazil 12-14 Spain 11th Place: South Africa 21-31 China Tournament Dream Team:
Semi Final line results are: Russia 14-12 France England 14-24 New Zealand Plate Semi Finals: Australia 10-29 USA Canada 45-0 Fiji Final Round of Fixtures are: 11th Place: South Africa 21-31 China Bowl Final: Brazil v Spain 7th Place: Australia v Fiji Plate Final: USA v Canada 3rd Place: France v England Cup Final: Russia v New Zealand
Results from quarter finals threw up some big surprises, starting with Russia beating Australia, then France beating USA followed by England beating Canada, no change to the script with New Zealand beating Fiji. Full results are as follows: Australia 12-17 Russia USA 0-17 France Canada 5-12 England New Zealand 26-5 Fiji Bowl Semi-Finals Results: Brazil 17-5 South Africa Spain 33-5 China Semi Final
England Women Sevens will take on hosts Canada in the Cup quarter-finals of the fourth leg of the World Series in Langford today. England booked their place in the final eight after a win over Spain, a draw against Fiji and a defeat to World Champions New Zealand on day one. Simon Middleton’s side, who
The quarter final line up is: Australia v Russia USA v France Canada v England New Zealand v Fiji Bowl Semi-Finals: Brazil v South Africa Spain v China
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