The International Rugby Board has welcomed the Scottish Rugby Union’s announcement that Glasgow will host the penultimate round of the HSBC Sevens World Series. The announcement, made in collaboration with the Scottish Parliament, Glasgow City Council and Sport Scotland, will see the Scotland Sevens move from its traditional home of Edinburgh to Scotstoun Stadium...
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Gloucester Rugby are combining their annual open day with a Sevens tournament which will be held at Kingsholm on Friday, 12th August from 4pm. The free event that welcomes everyone will kick off at 5pm with a Gloucester Rugby open training session featuring the entire available squad. This will give supporters the opportunity to...
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Sale Sharks include first teamers Will Cliff, Tom Brady and Will Addison in their twelve-man squad for Pool C of the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens at Edgeley Park, Stockport tomorrow (Friday) starting at 7.30 p.m. Sharks’ Academy/Transition Coach Pete Anglesea described his players as a young, energetic and highly-skilled team. He...
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On pitch action returns to Edgeley Park on Friday week (29th July, 7.30 p.m.), with Leicester Tigers, Newcastle Falcons and Worcester Warriors joining Sale Sharks.The Ticket Office tells us that there has been a big surge in Season Ticket holders claiming their JPMorgan 7′s tickets along with general ticket sales. Seats for this event...
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Former England Under 20 wing Mark Odejobi is set to make his England Sevens debut in Las Vegas this weekend. The 23-year-old from London has been called up for the USA Sevens to replace Isoa Damudamu, who returned home after last weekend’s NZI Sevens in Wellington for treatment to a shoulder injury. Odejobi joins...
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HSBC Sevens World Series leaders England went down 29-14 to New Zealand in today’s final of the NZI Sevens in Wellington. Isoa Damudamu (British Army) scored early on and Simon Hunt (Birmingham & Solihull) struck in the closing moments with Ben Gollings supplying the conversions. But a Declan O’Donnell hat trick and scores from...
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England booked their place in the semi finals with a tight 14-7 win against Argentina on the second day of the NZI Sevens in Wellington. Isoa Damudamu (British Army) scored his first try of the tournament and Dan Norton (Bristol Rugby) struck before the break with captain Ben Gollings’s two conversions taking him to...
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Ben Ryan’s sevens team got the day off to a perfect start for England fans with a 33-7 win over Wales at the NZI Sevens in Wellington. The HSBC Sevens World Series leaders topped Pool A following their victories against the Welsh, the USA (31-10) and the Cook Islands (21-17). England now face Argentina...
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England v Wales (Part One) kicks off on Friday morning on the opposite side of the world from the Millennium Stadium. Ben Ryan’s England Sevens side lead the HSBC Sevens World Series after the first two legs and tackle the Welsh on the opening day of the NZI Sevens in Wellington – 11 hours...
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The Wales Sevens squad has arrived in New Zealand ahead of the next two legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series – Wellington on Friday and Saturday and Las Vegas on February 12 and 13. There are three new caps in the squad – Dragons scrum half Nicky Griffiths, Pontypridd’s Adam Thomas and Aberavon’s...
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