Olympic & Commonwealth Games

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, […]

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 0 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 0 comments

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 0 comments

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 […]

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

Such brilliant rugby deserved the mightiest of crowds to applaud it

1 August 2021 0 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 0 comments

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 0 comments

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

‘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

Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith had the chance to go to the Tokyo Olympics

Marcus Smith says No to Tokyo Olympics tilt with GB Sevens

28 February 2021 0 comments

The Harlequins fly-half was offered the chance to be included in the GB Sevens set-up announced earlier this week, but turned it down

Scarlets aim to take the Oscar this time around

15 April 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Leinster in Dublin is the biggest home banker in the Champions Cup, the rugby equivalent to Bayern […]

Rugby breaking through in the USA? Don’t hold your breath!

15 April 2018 0 comments

WORLD Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper spoke in Los Angeles the other day about the possibility of America staging the 2027 World Cup. Those students […]

Barry gave rebel Fergie run about on behalf of Lions

15 April 2018 0 comments

WHEN he ruled the roost as New Zealand’s full- back, Fergie McCormick worked in the freezing department of a slaughterhouse. For three years nobody could […]

Owen on a record

15 April 2018 0 comments

HE MADE his debut for Saracens on Sunday October 5, 2008 and was back at school the next morning. He kicked his first Premiership points […]

England close in on their medal bid

15 April 2018 0 comments

ENGLAND Men’s Sevens face New Zealand in the semifinal after topping their pool at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. England ran in six […]

New Zealand stand in the way of women’s route to the final

15 April 2018 0 comments

Flyer: Deborah Fleming scores against Wales ENGLAND Women will face New Zealand in the semi-final of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after finishing second […]

Hopefully I’ll be given a luckier break this time!

8 April 2018 0 comments

England captain TOM MITCHELL assesses his side’s chances on the Gold Coast TOM MITCHELL Team to beat: South Africa win the trophy in 2014. Below: […]

Glover is one to watch after impressing in debut season

8 April 2018 0 comments

Men’s Sevens SIMON Amor is backing politics student Harry Glover to swing the vote in Team England’s favour at this week’s Commonwealth Games Sevens on […]

Bailey turning women into world beaters in double quick time

8 April 2018 0 comments

Women’s Sevens TEAM England women’s Sevens coach James Bailey knows his side must overcome “super high competition” if they are to collect a Commonwealth Games […]

Crying shame that Wilson’s magic will be lost to Wales

8 April 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Miracle man: Blues coach Danny Wilson PICTURE: Getty Images Danny Wilson is one more home win away […]

Hard to fathom their understanding of ‘neutral’

8 April 2018 0 comments

WHEREwould the Champions’ Cup be without Ireland’s big two? Leinster (51,700) and Munster (26,265) accounted for more than 80 per cent of the aggregate attendances […]

Ashton shows he’s class act

8 April 2018 0 comments

CHRIS Ashton, derided by many as more a show-off than a showman, ought to have won a host of admirers over the way he conducted […]

Obviously some WRU policies aren’t fit for purpose

8 April 2018 0 comments

ANOTHER week, another example of how one family’s expensive day out to support Wales ended up being ruined by drunken fans at the stadium that […]

Eddie must tap into the reservoir to find answers

8 April 2018 0 comments

Captain material: Elliot Daly gathers the ball ahead of Keith Earls to score against Ireland PICTURE: Getty Images Make Elliot Daly England’s new captain for […]

Cheetahs tighthead Botha set to sign on at Ospreys

8 April 2018 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS will today confirm the signing of Toyota Cheetahs tight-head Tom Botha. The powerful prop has been a long-term target […]