Australia and Great Britain women claim perfect win records, while France and Fiji – Olympic silver and bronze medallists respectively – top pools having played an extra game Brazil and Russia impress with landmark victories in women’s event demonstrating increasing competitiveness Watch finals day live from 09:00 local time (GMT+4) on Saturday here The fast-paced, end-to-end
Dubai Sevens HSBC World Series has got under way again after a long break. Ten teams are meeting this weekend in Dubai. Sadly New Zealand and Samoa cannot be there as they are still held back by travel restrictions. This is all the more disappointing as the Black Ferns were able to tour Europe recently,
Rugby sevens is back as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 prepares for kick off in Dubai Captains of the 12 men’s and ten women’s teams competing gather ahead of the pair of Emirates Dubai 7s combined events on 26-27 November and 3-4 December 2021 Men’s Olympic champions Fiji face Australia, Canada and France
GB Sevens have announced their squads for the Dubai 7s (26/27 November). Women’s head coach Scott Forrest has named a 13-player group. Fresh from their success in Vancouver and Edmonton in September, where they won both ‘Fast Four’ events, GB are drawn in Pool B alongside Olympic bronze medallists Fiji, Canada, Ireland and Russia. Heather Cowell
The gold-medal winning New Zealand Women’s sevens team has collected another piece of silverware, awarded the Best Female Team at the Tokyo Olympic Games at the ANOC Awards overnight. The ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) Awards recognise the best of the best, with the women’s sevens teams among the winners at the ceremony held
In the women’s fast four tournament hosts Canada will face the USA in Sunday’s semi-finals after the two North American teams played out an entertaining 26-26 draw in the opening match of day one. The hosts went on to produce another spirited performance in a 7-7 draw with Great Britain, who ran out winners in
‘Semi-final’ GB v Mexico A ‘semi’ only by the terms of the tournament – there were only four teams involved. Mexico continued their much improved form to make GB work hard in the opening stages. But the moment the top seeds turned over possession, Grace Crompton again showed her qualities, scooting away untouched down the
The Premier Rugby Sevens league in the USA, which I first reported on in May, has announced further details. It will be fascinating to see whether Sevens can thrive in this completely new format. Never before has a fully professional league been attempted. They don’t do the women’s game many favours, but we can enjoy
The Team GB group who reached the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics must all feel that the show is only just beginning. They had an impossibly difficult run-in to the biggest 7s tournament the world can offer; they nearly reached the peak. Now the future seems worryingly unfocused. The Hong Kong Sevens, one of the
New Zealand beat France 26-12 to win the women’s Olympic rugby sevens gold in Tokyo Fiji win bronze medal with 21-12 victory over Great Britain, claiming Fiji’s second rugby sevens medal in Tokyo following the men’s team’s golden triumph New Zealand needed an extra time golden point score to overcome Fiji in a thrilling semi-final
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