Dubai champions England today opened their account at the South Africa Sevens with a 26-7 win over the USA at the start of the third leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. James Rodwell, Marcus Watson, Mathew Turner and substitute Nick Royle scored the tries with Watson adding three conversions. They now face 2010...
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England Sevens are celebrating victory in the opening tournament of Europe’s FIRA Sevens Grand Prix Series. John Brake’s hat-trick of tries made sure of a 28-14 win against Spain in the final at the Stade Vuillermet in Lyon and the series now moves on to the second leg in Moscow next weekend. England fielded...
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England Sevens make just one change to their squad for the next two legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Head coach Ben Ryan’s men top the table after a win at last month’s Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens and a second place finish at the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens in George. Nick Royle...
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England beat South Africa 21-7 to win the plate at the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens. It was only the second time England had beaten the Boks in sevens on South African soil in what was a hyper-competitive plate competition. England had to bounce back from their cup loss against winners New Zealand to...
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Kevin Barrett has been named captain for the Emirates Airline Dubai and South Africa Sevens (Dec 4-5 & 11-12). After helping his club Saracens beat World Champions South Africa, 24-23 last month, the England scrum half will take the lead from last season’s IRB Sevens Player of the Year Ollie Phillips (Stade Francais). Last...
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