Six new clubs, ten-minute matches and a Test match Saturday to compete with... Ultimate Sevens launches into a crowded calendar with plenty to prove. By Saope Soko

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Rugby has spent years trying to work out how to make sevens matter. The ingredients are all there: pace, physicality, spectacle, a format easy enough for a newcomer to follow in minutes yet outside the Olympics the game has rarely captured the audience its advocates believe it deserves.
Where Ultimate Sevens has genuine credibility is in the calibre of player it has attracted: Australia’s Maddi Levi, Englan...