#Rugby Sevens

It was 2013 and Alev Kelter, then 23, stood on top of a mountain near her house in Eagle River, Alaska, clutching her snowboard with both hands. Her mind was elsewhere. She was replaying the just-concluded Olympic ice hockey team tryouts over and over in her head. She had been so close. But she'd failed to make the final cut for the 2014 Sochi…

After no less than 55 years of broadcasting, calling no fewer than 45 grand finals and 99 State of Origins, Ray Warren, the fabled "voice of rugby league" announced his retirement this week at the age of 78. I spoke to him on Friday afternoon. Fitz: What the hell are you doing, Ray? Why retire on 99 Origins? If not for posterity, do it for…

It's a two-day spectacle, featuring flags, fast-paced rugby and a whole lot of costumes. Canada's annual celebration of sevens, rugby's faster-paced cousin, is set to return to BC Place for a fourth year this weekend. The Canada Sevens pits teams from 16 countries against each other in a two-day mini World Cup tournament expected to draw close to…

Isles known as fastest man in rugby Had hoped to also run 100m at Olympics Isles believes he can go below 10 seconds U.S. coach says Isles must choose his event Carlin Isles has always had to do things the hard way. From the age of eight, his life has been plagued by difficult decisions. The sprinter-turned-rugby player was hoping to join an elite…

Plans for a national league could get a major boost from this month's world cup, and the return of Olympic rugby in 2016 for the first time in nearly a century. The bruising form of contact football is already the fastest growing team sport in the U.S. over the past five years, according to industry figures. About 1.2 million participate regularly…

Rugby for the visually impaired in Ireland has transformed lives. AFP/Paul Faith DUBLIN - When Sean McDowell lost his sight two years ago, his self-confidence plummeted -- until his life was transformed by rugby. The sport gave McDowell a "new beginning" after he joined the Irish Rugby Football Union's Visually Impaired (VI) rugby programme, his…

The Rugby World Cup Sevens competition will take place this weekend, as the biggest names in Sevens get ready to battle it out in Cape Town. Reigning champions New Zealand will be looking to pick up the title for the third successive championship, having defeated England in the 2013 and 2018 finals. Fiji enters the tournament as the bookmaker's…

England rugby sevens legend Dan Norton talks to Sports Mole to assess his side's chances at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The importance of having match winners in your squad in a sport like rugby sevens cannot be understated. All too often the 14-minute games are decided by a solitary score, making the difference between success and…

On Sunday morning (NZT) Wood will play on rugby's biggest stage in the Rugby World Cup final against defending champions England in Ireland. The 30-year-old lock only started playing rugby three years ago and says she has to pinch herself knowing she is about to walk out to a RWC final, something young Kiwi girls have been dreaming about this week…

The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series schedule for 2023 has been released. Two three-day tournaments, including men's and women's competitions, will be held at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch on April 20-22 and 28-30. The winner of the 12-team women's Challenger Series will automatically advance to the Sevens World Series 2024, with the winner…

Something aches deep within Nate Ebner's chest. Jogging onto a field at the Olympic training center, he begins warming up with a teammate, the two of them stretching, whipping a ball back and forth. "I literally feel like my lungs are sore," he says. The NFL veteran is accustomed to training camp aches and pains, the agony that accompanies…

Greg O'Shea and Amber Gill have been crowned the winners of Love Island's 2019. Love Island contestant Greg is a professional rugby player and become the last boy to arrive at the villa. Here's everything you need to know about how much the contestant is worth, as well as how much he could gain if he were to win. Greg was one of the last…

Black Ferns Sevens star Ruby Tui is in line for a test debut after being named in the first Black Ferns squad of the year on Wednesday. Tui has been included in a 31-strong squad named by the new coaching staff comprised of Wayne Smith, Whitney Hansen and Wesley Clarke for next month's Pacific Four Series against Australia, the USA and Canada. With…

Here's your rugby headlines for Wednesday, December 21. Cardiff captain Josh Turnbull has warned more players are will follow Will Rowlands and Max Llewellyn in leaving Wales at the end of the season. Speaking on the Scrum V podcast, Turnbull admitted that the current freeze on player contracts would continue to result in departures as he insisted…

JARRYD Hayne's stunning decision to retire from NFL to chase an Olympic gold medal in rugby sevens caught the sporting world off guard. It leaves fans from three sports - NFL, rugby union and rugby league - with a mountain of questions about what Hayne's reasons were and what his future might look like. We analyse the five biggest questions from…

When Bernard Lapasset first met the International Olympic Council to negotiate the reinstatement of rugby union in the Rio Games, he addressed them in four languages. Needless to say, they came away impressed, and it is that internationalist approach which has made the World Rugby chairman one of the most pivotal figures in the development of the…

Fans had to wait an extra few weeks, but the 2022 Canada Sevens is here. The annual tournament is scheduled for this weekend with 16 teams set to compete. The event is one of nine legs on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Last year, Canada hosted the only two spots on the 2020-21 series, playing the first leg in Vancouver and the second one in…

Rugby is a demanding sport. Take a look at the shorter version, Sevens, where a game lasts a mere 14 minutes but can drain a player's tank. "Surviving an entire sevens game takes special preparation. It can be a daunting task if you are not ready," Geoffrey Kimani, a strength and conditioning coach once told Daily Monitor while working with the…

The Kibera slum outside Nairobi seems an unlikely place to find an international athlete, but for Kenya rugby sevens star Diana Awino it's the place she calls home. Unemployment levels in Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum, are 50 percent, and only 20 percent of the houses - largely shacks with mud walls and corrugated iron roofs - have…

Inconsistency has tripped up the young Canadian men's rugby sevens squad during the first half of the season, but head coach Henry Paul is confident his team can find its legs during this weekend's HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament. "We have to stop doing the self-harm things," Paul said after a practice at BC Place Stadium. "Some of our…

The Jamaican rugby sevens team has qualified for the World Cup The team has drawn comparisons with bobsledders of "Cool Runnings" Jamaica will also compete at April's Commonwealth Games It's not a nation normally associated with rugby, but then Jamaica wasn't known for bobsled before the 1988 Winter Olympics. Jamaica's rugby sevens team is blazing…

Nathan Lawson peels away from New Zealand on Australia's successful weekend in Hong Kong Ahead of the Dubai 7s this weekend, HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series commentator Dallen Stanford spoke to TRU's Joe Harvey after the competition announced changes for the future and the start of the women's competition. The World Rugby Sevens Series got off to a…

Super Rugby Moana Pasifika vs Brumbies Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 28.05.2022 10:05 Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,07 Bet TypeBrumbies to Win Bookmaker Bet Now! Moana Pasifika and Brumbies play each other in the upcoming fixture of Super Rugby. Moana Pasifika have just managed to win a single game this season. Whereas,…

The Canada rugby sevens national team is back in action this weekend and on home ground for the Canada Sevens tournament. The team is one of 16 squads competing at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Vancouver. Canada has finished in the top 10 in just one tournament so far in the series. The team tied for seventh at the Malaga leg of the…

Kenya Rugby Union,KRU, has lauded recent partnership between the association and betting firm Betsafe in an arrangement that will see Betsafe inject a total of Ksh.5.9 million into this seasons national rugby sevens circuit. The circuit began last weekend with the Kabeberi Sevens that saw KCB clinch the title after seeing off Strathmore Leos 12-10…

COVENTRY'S Championship clash with Rotherham on Sunday is in HUGE doubt due to concerns over the safety of the pitch. It comes after the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens matches were played at the Ricoh Arena. A pitch inspection is due to take place on Sunday to see if the match can go ahead. But Coventry manager Mark Robins has been left furious…

Hong Kong's officials have said the return of the rugby Sevens is a big win for the city after years of pandemic restrictions. Photo: Sam Tsang Hong Kong's officials have said the return of the rugby Sevens is a big win for the city after years of pandemic restrictions.

The World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 begins with a men's event in Hong Kong, 4-6 November, and there is plenty to get excited about for this season. For starters, the top four finishers in both the men's and women's competitions will secure an automatic qualification berth for the Paris 2024 Olympics. In addition, there will be record numbers of legs…

Under the new proposals, players will be able to represent the country of their or their ancestors' birth after a three-year stand-down period. The likes of All Blacks superstar Charles Piutau could represent Tonga as soon as next year in what would be a major boost to Pacific Island nations before the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The World Rugby council…

The Buffalo Bills have a faithful, far-flung fan base, a community that stretches across the globe. In fact, the Bills Mafia would be heartened to know that they have an avid fan contingent in a most unlikely place - at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Catie Benson, a Buffalo native and Iroquois High grad, is the elder stateswoman for…

As the hours count down to the start of the Women's Rugby World Cup, almost every expert has written England's name on the trophy - that is except the Red Roses themselves. England begin their campaign for a third World Cup crown against Fiji in the early hours of Saturday morning in the second match of a triple-header at Auckland's Eden Park,…

Five brothers, a knack for footy and deep love for their home country: this is the story of the Slaimankhel family who created a championship-aspiring national team from nothing. From Afghanistan, then Pakistan before migrating to Auckland in New Zealand, the Slaimankhel boys were determined to create their own mould in a new country. After…

Uganda open their World Cup campaign against HSBC World Series core side Samoa on Friday like it was four years ago when the Melrose Cup was hosted in San Francisco, USA. Samoa comfortably beat Uganda 45-7 to advance to the next stage. The Rugby Cranes Sevens head out to Cape Town, South Africa for the Rugby Sevens World Cup today hoping to scale…