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HSBC World Sevens Series: England begin road to Tokyo in Dubai

5 December 2019 0 comments

A look at the opening round of the Men’s World Sevens Series, which sees England seeking to banish their wait for a circuit crown

Mike Friday - USA Sevens head coach

Mike Friday Q&A: Premiership clubs have shown interest in me

1 August 2019 0 comments

The Englishman across the Pond enjoyed a fantastic season with USA Sevens

Chris Cracknell battling to avoid the scrapheap

24 February 2017 0 comments

Former Fiji 7s coach Chris Cracknell fears he may have to quit rugby after failing to find work following last August’s stunning Olympics triumph. In […]

Simon Amor – Heart, guts and unyielding belief made my boys Olympic heroes

25 August 2016 0 comments

Team GB’s Sevens men confounded all odds to win silver at the Olympics. Head coach Simon Amor, below, now back in charge of England Sevens, […]

Nick Cain: Fiji were fab but 7s is a glorious sideshow

17 August 2016 0 comments

Congratulations to Fiji for winning their first medal of any sort at the Olympics, and making it gold by dominating the Rio Sevens in scintillating […]

Jeff Probyn: Big yes to a Sevens World Cup in between Olympics

17 August 2016 0 comments

As the dust settles on Fiji’s fantastic Olympic win and World Rugby looks forward to what it believes will be a game- changing future for […]

Team GB women finish fourth at Olympics

9 August 2016 0 comments

Team GB women finished fourth at the Olympics after losing both their semi-final and bronze-medal match on Monday. Simon Middleton’s side were beaten 25-7 by […]

Introducing the reigning Olympic rugby champions

4 August 2016 0 comments

15. Charles Doe (Stanford University): Basketball was his first love but he quickly took to rugby. Vice-captain in Paris in 1924 and a gold medallist […]

McConnochie replaces Davis in Team GB Sevens squad

4 August 2016 0 comments

Alex Davis has been ruled out of the Rio Olympics following an injury to his right ankle and will be replaced in Team GB’s sevens […]

WATCH: Team GB unified in Olympic rugby bid

2 August 2016 0 comments

CNN World Rugby reports on how English, Scottish and Welsh rugby players are united in the goal of winning sevens gold for Britain at the […]

Brendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid

28 July 2016 0 comments

When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there and Ben Ryan’s Fiji […]

Nick Cain column: England’s U20 stars would thrive at Rio Olympics

28 July 2016 0 comments

Here’s hoping that the GB Sevens side for the Rio Olympics which was announced last week come back from Brazil with a medal. If they […]

Team GB ‘too small to match big guys’ in Rio

27 July 2016 0 comments

Mike Friday, head coach of USA 7s, believes Team GB’s Olympic medal chances have been damaged by not picking more stars from the 15-man game. […]

VIDEO: Meet Virimi Vakatawa – the Fijian who plays for France

7 June 2016 0 comments

*Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘CNN World Rugby’’, sponsored by DHL

GB Royals lift Plate in Moscow

6 June 2016 0 comments

The Great Britain Sevens training squad got their first taste of silverware as GB Royals beat Georgia 15-12 in the Plate final of the Moscow […]

VIDEO: Ben Ryan – Fiji’s secret weapon

1 June 2016 0 comments

*Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘CNN World Rugby’’, sponsored by DHL

Brendan Gallagher laments the passing of rugby’s great occasion – the Middlesex Sevens

5 May 2016 0 comments

For decades the last weekend of April/first weekend of May always meant the Middlesex Sevens and although time moves on I’m not quite sure rugby […]

VIDEO: Kenya Sevens legend Colin’s Injera’s guide to staying fit

27 April 2016 0 comments

*Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘CNN World Rugby’’, sponsored by DHL

VIDEO: SBW and sister put to the test

26 April 2016 0 comments

*Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘CNN World Rugby’’, sponsored by DHL

Nick Cain column: James Haskell can add muscle to GB’s bid for Rio gold

1 April 2016 0 comments

Great Britain’s campaign to become the first team to win Sevens gold at the Rio Olympics is in such dire straits that England head coach […]