Great Britain Rugby Sevens have confirmed the wider coaching structure for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. James Rodwell will assist Simon Amor in the men’s programme while Charlie Hayter will work alongside women’s head coach Scott Forrest. Rodwell, the most capped rugby sevens player of all time, was a pivotal member of the Team GB
Fiji became the ninth women’s team to confirm their place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after reaching the final of the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship, while Australia’s men will join their women’s team in Japan after also getting the job done at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Fiji’s qualification route was a lot
The pools and schedule for the first combined men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event of the 2020 season have been announced. Held on 5-7 December, 2019, the Dubai Sevens marks the start of this season’s men’s competition as well as the race for Olympic glory as rugby sevens prepares to make its
England finished ninth at the HSBC USA Women’s Sevens after two victories on day two of the competition. After finishing third in Pool A on Saturday, Charlie Hayter’s side secured a 34-14 victory against Brazil in their ninth place semi-final. Amy Wilson Hardy scored her first try of the weekend, Celia Quansah touched down but
Hosts USA beat Australia 26-7 in Cup final HSBC USA Women’s Sevens opens this season’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series New-look world series sees women’s competition expand to eight rounds Season culminates with Tokyo 2020 Olympics World Rugby launched new ‘Women in Rugby’ brand campaign in May this year Nicole Heavirland ran in two tries
Great Britain Rugby Sevens have announced the head coaches for the men’s and women’s programmes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Head of England Sevens Simon Amor will take the position of head coach for the men’s programme while Scotland Women’s Sevens head coach Scott Forrest will lead the women’s set-up. Amor, who has
Head coach Charlie Hayter has named his England Women’s Sevens squad for the 2019/20 season. 12 of the 15-player group featured throughout 2018/19 as the side secured Olympic qualification on behalf of Great Britain in a memorable Rugby Europe qualifier in Kazan, Russia. Abbie Brown will captain the squad for a second consecutive season while
World Rugby has revealed the shortlists for the Men’s and Women’s Sevens Players of the Year 2019 awards in association with HSBC, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November. A first-time winner of each award is guaranteed, although some of the nominees
England Women Sevens announce squad for Kharkiv 7s Grand Prix James Bailey has named his England Women’s Sevens squad for the third and final leg of the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, streamed live on the Rugby Europe website. Abi Burton captains a side placed in Pool B, where England take on Belgium, Netherlands and
Great Britain are the latest to confirm their places in the men’s and women’s competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England won the Rugby Europe regional qualifiers in France and Russia respectively on Sunday. England’s women were the first celebrating after silencing the home crowd in Kazan with a 19-0 victory over Russia
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