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Andy Vilk, head coach of Italy men's sevens
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RWC Sevens 2022 qualifying

Italy men’s sevens team seeks return to the big stage

The European men's qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 is on the horizon with the prize of four tickets to Cape Town, South Africa at stake in July.

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Thu 19 May, 2022
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HSBC Canada Women's Sevens 2022
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Black Ferns Sevens renew riveting rivalry with Australia on HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Australia wrapped up the 2022 Series title in Langford, but the Black Ferns Sevens left Canada with plenty to celebrate as they begin a busy period.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Tue 3 May, 2022
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Madagascar Women's Sevens
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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022: Madagascar latest team to book ticket to Cape Town

Following another intense weekend of qualifying action we now know the identity of 12 women's and 20 men's teams who will compete at RWC Sevens 2022.

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Mon 2 May, 2022
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HSBC Spain Sevens Seville 2022 - Women's
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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe keen to drive Ireland onto Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

We spoke to the prolific Ireland star about backing up the team’s success in Seville and plotting their path to Cape Town in September.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Tue 26 April, 2022
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Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day Two
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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Everything you need to know about Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Your guide to RWC Sevens 2022, which will take place in Cape Town between 9-11 September this year.

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Fri 8 April, 2022
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2018 Highlights
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
08:29 mins

Highlights: New Zealand win big in San Francisco

New Zealand retained their Rugby World Cup Sevens title in San Francisco
Mon 23 July, 2018
08:29 mins
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
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Highlights: New Zealand women's win Rugby World Cup Sevens

Check out all the top action as New Zealand win The Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco
Sun 22 July, 2018
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Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day Two
06:30 mins

HIGHLIGHTS: Men's semi-finals confirmed after thrilling day two

Men's semi-finals confirmed after thrilling day two of action at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 #RWC7s
Sun 22 July, 2018
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Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day One
06:51 mins

Highlights: Men's quarter-finals decided

Men's quarter-finals of Rugby World Cup Sevens decided after incredible first day at AT&T Park
Sat 21 July, 2018
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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
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Highlights: Women's semi-finals confirmed at Rugby World Cup Sevens

Championship semi-finals confirmed after thrilling day one of action
Sat 21 July, 2018
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International rugby
Friday 29 October, 2021
3 min read

Five things to look out for in this weekend’s internationals

There is plenty to get excited about ahead of another packed weekend of international rugby.
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The wait is almost over for Black Ferns fans as the five-time Rugby World Cup winners play their first test match in more than two years, against England.

Sunday’s match at Sandy Park will headline a packed weekend of international rugby as the All Blacks face Wales in Cardiff, Scotland play Tonga in Edinburgh and Rugby Europe tournaments continue.

Ahead of the weekend, we take a look at five things to keep an eye on.

Pretty remarkable stats over the last 30 years!#BlackFerns100 pic.twitter.com/lxpxabpQGg

— Black Ferns (@BlackFerns) October 21, 2021

Black Ferns set to play 100th test

Last week, a graphic appeared on the official Black Ferns Twitter page that highlighted the team’s impressive dominance over the past 30 years.

Of the 99 squares on the graphic that show the team’s 99 official test matches to date, only 13 weren’t coloured in black, the colour signifying a New Zealand victory.

Eight of the squares were white to denote wins for England, who also held the Black Ferns to a draw in 2011 and have played the Kiwis in four Rugby World Cup finals.

It is fitting therefore, that it is the Red Roses who provide the opposition for New Zealand’s landmark match in Exeter on Sunday.

That England have usurped the Black Ferns as the number one team in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings since the Kiwis last played a test match in 2019 only adds to the occasion.

Long road almost over for Anscombe

Heading into Wales’ warm-up matches for Rugby World Cup 2019, Gareth Anscombe had seemingly made the number 10 jersey his own.

Anscombe turned in a Player of the Match performance as Wales secured the Six Nations Grand Slam with victory against Ireland that March, but disaster struck against England on 11 August, 2019, when he suffered a serious knee injury.

He subsequently missed out on Wales’ run to the RWC 2019 semi-finals and has endured a long road to recovery in the intervening 26 months.

The New Zealand-born playmaker only made his return to first-team action with the Ospreys this season and following two United Rugby Championship appearances, is back in the Wales team.

Saturday’s match at the Principality Stadium should be an emotional occasion for Anscombe, and he will hope to pick up where he left off more than two years ago.

Barrett to become rugby’s latest centurion

On the same weekend that the Black Ferns play their 100th test, All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett will become the game’s latest individual centurion.

The Rugby World Cup 2015 winner and two-time World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year will win his 100th test cap when New Zealand’s men take on Wales on Saturday.

Barrett made his All Blacks debut more than nine years ago, coming on as a replacement and contributing nine points to his country’s 60-0 defeat of Ireland in Hamilton on 23 June, 2012.

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New Zealand Best Bits: Beauden Barrett scores in Rugby World Cup 2015 final

With the legendary Dan Carter pulling the string as fly-half, Barrett was used as an impact player until 2016, when he claimed the famous number 10 jersey as his own.

More recently, Barrett has switched between fly-half and full-back, but his importance to the team has not waned. In his 99 tests to date, the mercurial playmaker has scored 37 tries and contributed a total of 693 points, putting him third on the All Blacks’ all-time list.

He has also scored 65 points against Wales and will hope to add to that tally on Saturday.

Scotland ready to unleash Tuipulotu

Had it not been for the pandemic, Sione Tuipulotu could have made his Scotland debut in the summer.

Those matches were cancelled following a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad but the centre’s wait will come to an end when Scotland face Tonga, the country where his father Tuhefohe was born, on Saturday.

Centre Tuipulotu has enjoyed a circuitous route to the Scotland midfield. Born in Australia, he appeared at three successive World Rugby U20 Championships for the land of his birth – playing against Scotland at each – and made his professional debut for the Melbourne Rebels in 2016.

A stint in Japan followed, before Scotland got in touch with his agent to sound out Tuipulotu about a move to the Glasgow Warriors.

His Greenock-born grandmother Jaqueline had been a big influence on him growing up, and so he made the decision to move north. Both Tuipulotu and Scotland hope it is one that will pay off in the years to come.

Czech women put long unbeaten run on the line

The Rugby Europe Women’s Trophy 2021-22 continues on Saturday when Sweden welcomes defending champions Czechia to Norrkoping.

Hosts Sweden, coached by former Scotland international Claire Cruikshank and Rugby World Cup winner Tamara Taylor, kicked off this year’s competition with a 24-10 win in Finland two weeks ago.

Czechia may well pose a tougher test this weekend, however, having won the last two editions of the Women’s Trophy.

In doing so, the Czechs have not lost a test match since a 24-12 loss to Switzerland in October 2016.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means that Czechia has not played a test in almost two years. The opposition that day? Sweden, who Czechia beat 17-5 in Prague.

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Argentina and Australia were knocked out in the men’s quarter-finals, while Series leaders South Africa and heavyweights New Zealand failed to even make the knockout stages. Australia and New Zealand’s women impressed, while Fiji reached the final four in both events.

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Gold and silver medals in their last two HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series outings have Fiji feeling good ahead of French tournament

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