Rugby Sevens

Hooper helps Aussies reach HK semi-finals

7 April 2024 0 comments

Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper made his sevens debut for Australia in their 12-0 win against Fiji at the Hong Kong 7s. The 32-year-old, who […]

How one player really can make a team tick

3 March 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can it really all be […]

Dupont looks sharp at 7s

25 February 2024 0 comments

Antoine Dupont’s Olympic dream got off to a winning start with two victories on his sevens debut for France at the World Sevens event in […]

Baloucoune eyes Olympics

18 February 2024 0 comments

Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune is eager for the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics with Ireland. Baloucoune, 26, was previously in the sevens set-up, […]

Kelly clocks up the miles for his ‘family’

4 February 2024 0 comments

Nick Powell talks to Fin Kelly ahead of an epic challenge to help fund his women’s sevens side and support a charity close to his […]

I can see why Dupont has gold in his sights

24 December 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK IT is very hard to think of France without Antoine Dupont as a driving force as both scrum-half […]

Olympics causing financial headache

17 December 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby World Cup ended, and […]

Dupont deserves to be on Olympic stage

26 November 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED There are exceptions to the general rule – the best three-minute pop songs, James Joyce’s stories in Dubliners, the wonderful actor […]

Returning from the ‘dead’ to play again

26 November 2023 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having been resuscitated four times […]

Dupont is looking to take a sabbatical

9 July 2023 0 comments

Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is looking ahead to an […]

GB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics

2 July 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place at the Paris 2024 […]

GB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland

28 June 2023 0 comments

A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a silver medal for their […]

I would have always aimed for a career in rugby – O’Driscoll

7 June 2023 0 comments

Brian O’Driscoll has said he would’ve got involved in rugby in some capacity regardless of whether he was a player or not, and wants youngsters […]

Waterman pushing for more opportunities for women in rugby

26 May 2023 0 comments

Ex-England 15s and 7s player Danielle Waterman feels that there is more work to be done in growing the women’s game and women’s opportunities in […]

GB sevens players pondered boycott

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Several Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World Series due to being […]

GB Women end tough Toulouse campaign on a high

14 May 2023 0 comments

Amy Wilson Hardy’s length of the field extra time try meant Great Britain Women finished seventh at the Toulouse Sevens after winning their final match […]

Toulouse 7s: GB eliminated from Cup in both men’s and women’s

14 May 2023 0 comments

Great Britain endured a disappointing day two as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of both the men’s and women’s Toulouse World Series Cup […]

Former coach Friday says England Sevens in period of transition

18 September 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Mike Friday believes England Sevens are in a transitional phase and will become stronger when they compete as Great Britain later this […]

2009 champions Wales name men’s squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens

7 September 2022 0 comments

Head coach Richie Pugh has confirmed his 12-man Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, getting underway this Friday. Wales finished […]

England men and women name squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

6 September 2022 1 comment

England’s men’s and women’s teams have named their squads for the Rugby World Cup sevens getting underway this Friday in Cape Town. In what will […]

Time for stars to shine at World Cup Sevens

4 September 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The Rugby World Cup Sevens is upon us again and hopefully the […]

Omanyala enjoys golden finale after leaving Sevens

14 August 2022 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Triumph: Ferdinand Omanyala celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth […]

Phillips out to guide China to Olympics

7 August 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER England Sevens star Ollie Phillips has taken over as coach of the China Sevens […]

Mitchell: I’d love to play in World Cup

7 August 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Former England captain Tom Mitchell is hoping his Sevens career isn’t over yet and is keen to be involved in September’s World […]

Lethargic England fade from view

31 July 2022 0 comments

MEN’S SEVENS POOL A ROUND-UP Any hopes that England might be able to upset the predicted domination of the big four were over before they’d […]

There’s no 7s heaven for our Home Nations

31 July 2022 2 comments

Up and at ‘em: New Zealand’s Regan Ware wriggles free during the Rugby Sevens quarter-final match against Kenya PICTURES: Getty Images All five British teams […]

Exciting Scotland open up in fine style

31 July 2022 0 comments

POOL B ROUND-UP Scotland’s exciting, hungry squad were arguably the talk of the tournament on the opening day, hammering Tonga and Malaysia to sit top […]

Canada too strong for Wales

31 July 2022 0 comments

POOL C ROUND-UP Wales might have been confident of emulating Scotland’s achievement of clinching second in their group. Although they sit a place, and a […]

Uganda keep Wallabies in check

31 July 2022 0 comments

POOL D ROUND-UP Australia recorded the biggest win of the entire competition in their very first game, scoring ten tries in a 62-0 pummelling of […]

Aussies set up Fiji showdown

31 July 2022 0 comments

WOMEN’S SEVENS There will be a new Commonwealth Games gold medal winner in the Women’s 7s after Australia and Fiji reached the final of the […]

Big guns cruise into final stages

31 July 2022 1 comment

POOL B ROUND-UP Pool B had two clear favourites and it was ultimately followed a predictable pattern, with Australia and Fiji progressing at the expense […]

Red Roses fail to make the most of quick start

31 July 2022 1 comment

POOL A ROUND-UP Try scorer: Boatman Like the men, England’s women had both New Zealand and Sri Lanka in their pool, and in a further […]

Playing under one flag could threaten the union

24 July 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is just a game, as the saying goes, but that doesn’t mean it is bereft of history as an agent […]

Commonwealth games Men’s 7s Preview: Tough pool start will be good for us, says Bowen

24 July 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England have landed in a tough pool for next weekend’s Commonwealth Games 7s, but Tom Bowen believes it’s a blessing in disguise […]

Commonwealth games Women’s 7s Preview: Quansah out for revenge as she prepares England for challenge

24 July 2022 1 comment

Back in action: England winger Celia Quansah After enduring a horrific injury first time around, England winger Celia Quansah is hoping for a successful return […]

England, Wales and Scotland abandon individual 7s teams

20 July 2022 0 comments

England, Wales and Scotland’s 7s teams have decided to play as Great Britain throughout the World 7s series, abandoning their individual union’s teams. Great Britain […]

Fifth place again for GB Sevens in Dubai

5 December 2021 0 comments

GREAT Britain men finished fifth at the second Dubai Sevens event of the season with a 10-5 win over Kenya in the play-off. Team GB, […]

Fiji Sevens duo Aminiasi Tuimaba and Jiuta Wainiqolo

The Flying Fijians: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Men’s Sevens Champions

5 August 2021 0 comments

Profiling the gold medal-winning Fiji Men’s team which added to its history in Rio by triumphing in Tokyo

Top 14 is favourite destination for Argentina’s Olympic star Marcos Moneta

1 August 2021 0 comments

Moneta was key to Argentina Sevens winning the bronze medal in Tokyo

Sevens circuit is lacking top stars | Chris Hewett

1 August 2021 1 comment

After the success of sevens at the Olympics, attention now turns to whether the World Sevens Series circuit to suitable for growth

Such brilliant rugby deserved the mightiest of crowds to applaud it

1 August 2021 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Olympics and 30 minutes of the most intense sevens rugby he’s seen

Simon Amor’s Tokyo Olympics verdict on the Men’s Sevens

25 July 2021 1 comment

The former Team GB Sevens coach previews the action in Japan

Kiwis are on a mission to turn silver into gold, says Heather Fisher

25 July 2021 0 comments

Looking at Team GB Women’s chances of claiming a medal in the sevens competition at Tokyo

Semi Radradra sprinkles his stardust on Tokyo Olympics

11 July 2021 1 comment

The stars of XVs who will switch to sevens this summer at the Tokyo Olympics

Phillips: 7s World Series needs a reboot

11 July 2021 0 comments

Former England Sevens captain Ollie Phillips urges a rethink of the World Sevens Series post-Covid

‘Phil’s retirement was a massive shock’ – GB 7s star Dan Norton

30 May 2021 0 comments

The all-time leading tryscorer in sevens reveals he considered his own future plans in the sport with a young family of his own

Carlin Isles sets sights on an Olympic double at Tokyo

4 April 2021 1 comment

Adam Ellis meets the USA Sevens star who is revisiting his past as a 100m sprinter with the view of competing in dual-disciplines at the Tokyo Olympics