Brendan Gallagher

Time for stars to shine at World Cup Sevens

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The Rugby Paper Team
4 September 2022

RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

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The Rugby World Cup Sevens is upon us again and hopefully the men’s and women’s competitions in the splendid setting of Cape Town Stadium this coming weekend can breathe a little stardust into a tournament that has been looking a little bit frayed about the edges, overshadowed a little by the World Series Sevens and latterly the Olympic Sevens.
That’s a shame because the World Cup Sevens has an atmosphere of its own and a rich history spanning nearly 30 years with Scotland and Murrayfield staging the first S...

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