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As the world's best men's and women's teams arrive in Cape Town from Dubai, we look at seven players who are set to shine this weekend.

Australia opened the women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with a perfect two days in Dubai, while South Africa’s men warmed up for their home tournament with victory at The Sevens Stadium.

Australia’s women and South Africa’s men back up their gold medals from last season, while New Zealand and the USA also make the podium.

Clean sweeps for France and USA in the men’s competition and for Australia, New Zealand and Ireland in the women's as the action in Dubai on day one delivers plenty of drama.

The women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 gets under way on 2 December as the best 12 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams in the world take to the pitch at The Sevens Stadium for what promises to be a bumper edition of the popular Emirates Dubai 7s.

Abbie Brown and Meg Jones will co-captain Great Britain at the Emirates Dubai 7s as they begin their quest for Olympic qualification.

Last season’s treble winners head to Dubai this weekend for the start of the women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 confident they can step up another level.

World Rugby has outlined an exciting new framework for the future of the Sevens World Series. The remodelled Series will include seven festival style events, in seven iconic global destinations, across seven months, featuring the best 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams and is set to kick off in December 2023

We preview the Emirates Dubai 7s, the opening women's tournament and first dual event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023.

Ticket registration for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opens on Thursday, 1 December, with the men’s and women’s rugby sevens competition at the heart of the action.