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HSBC Canada Women's Sevens 2022
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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

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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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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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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Perfection, not silverware, the focus for South Africa and Selvyn Davids

We caught up with the Blitzboks star, who has helped guide his side to the top of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings as the countdown continues to their home Rugby World Cup Sevens.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Tue 5 April, 2022
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2018 Highlights
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
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Highlights: New Zealand win big in San Francisco

New Zealand retained their Rugby World Cup Sevens title in San Francisco
Mon 23 July, 2018
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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
07:03 mins
Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day Two
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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
06:30 mins
Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day One
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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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Commonwealth Games
Wednesday 11 May, 2022
3 min read

All the build-up to rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games 2022

Now that the line-ups are complete in both the men’s and women’s tournaments, we take a look at who has won gold in the past and the sides competing to add their names to the roll call of honour in July.
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Anyone lucky enough to witness the inaugural final of the women’s rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 will have been counting down the days to the next competition.

Back then, Olympic champions Australia and world champions New Zealand put on a spectacle as good as any in the history of rugby sevens, going toe-to-toe with each other for 25 exhilarating minutes before Kelly Brazier came up with the sudden-death matchwinner six minutes into extra-time.

That humdinger of a match continued the fine tradition of rugby sevens as one of the most exciting, must-watch sports on the Commonwealth Games schedule, with some of the superstars of the game, such as World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Jonah Lomu, Waisale Serevi and David Campese, leaving an indelible mark on the competition.

With its fast-paced, unpredictable nature, rugby sevens has always been one of the most popular tickets in town and after a four-year-long fans will be eager to see what the 2022 competition has to offer.

GOLD!! The New Zealand women's sevens team won GOLD at the @GC2018 Commonwealth Games after defeating Australia 17 - 12 in extra time!#GC2018 #EarnTheFern pic.twitter.com/70SJHM6s1a

— Black Ferns (@BlackFerns) April 15, 2018

WHEN AND WHERE DOES IT TAKE PLACE

The rugby sevens competition will be played between 29-31 July, at the Coventry Stadium.

The home of Wasps Rugby has become a hub for top-level rugby since the club moved to the stadium in 2014, with women’s and Under 20s Six Nations matches being held at the venue, alongside European Champions Cup semi-finals and, naturally, all of Wasps Gallagher Premiership home fixtures.

WHO’S QUALIFIED FOR BIRMINGHAM 2022?

The men’s competition comprises 16 teams, including England as hosts.

Rugby sevens heavyweights, New Zealand, Fiji and South Africa pre-qualified through their finishing positions in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series along with Australia, Canada, Scotland, Kenya, Samoa and Wales.

Tonga made it to Birmingham as Oceania qualifiers, while Sri Lanka and Malaysia will represent Asia after securing their places at the Games courtesy of their performances at the Asian Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai last November.

The last three remaining places were decided in April. A runners-up spot at the Rugby Americas North qualification tournament in Nassau was good enough for Jamaica to book their ticket, while Rugby Africa Sevens winners and hosts, Uganda and Zambia, who finished fourth, have made it through from that region. Hosts Uganda triumphed 28-0 against Zimbabwe in the final.

The women’s competition is an eight-team event with the final spot having been taken by Rugby Africa Sevens winners, South Africa.

Australia, New Zealand and Canada qualified via the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, while Fiji (Oceania), Scotland (Europe) and Sri Lanka (Asia) successfully came through the regional qualifiers.

Hosts England complete the line-up.

With Canada already present in the line-up for Birmingham 2022, there isn’t a RAN qualifier going into the women’s tournament.

WHO WINS COMMONWEALTH GOLD?

New Zealand won every single Commonwealth Games men’s rugby sevens tournament until losing in the final to South Africa at Glasgow 2014. However, they regained their title at Gold Coast 2018, with the New Zealand women’s team making it a unique double.

The Commonwealth Games gold medal is the one major medal missing from the Fiji honours board.

The double Olympic and Rugby World Cup Sevens champions and multiple former HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series winners have finished runners-up on three occasions, most recently in 2018, as well as picking up a bronze medal in the six previous tournaments.

THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES HONOURS BOARD

Kuala Lumpur 1998
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: Fiji
Bronze: Australia

Manchester 2002
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: Fiji
Bronze: South Africa

Melbourne 2006
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: England
Bronze: Fiji

Delhi 2010
Gold medal: New Zealand
Silver: Australia
Bronze: South Africa

Glasgow 2014
Gold: South Africa
Silver: New Zealand
Bronze: Australia

Gold Coast 2018
Men’s
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: Fiji
Bronze: England

Women’s
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: Australia
Bronze: England

ANY SHOCK RESULTS?

Asides from South Africa’s monopoly-busting win over New Zealand in 2014, upsets have been few and far between.

However, Samoa’s 12-10 quarter-final win over Australia at Manchester 2002 would fall into the shock category. Australia had won comfortably when they’d met the year before at RWC Sevens 2001 but tries from Semo Sititi and Gaolo Elisara ensured the Pacific Islanders got their revenge.

In Melbourne, inspirational captain Tevita Tu'ifua scored a hat-trick of tries as wildcard entrants Tonga shocked a South African side tipped to improve on their bronze medal of four years earlier.

MEMORABLE MILESTONES

New Zealand are just 28 points away from becoming the first men’s team to score 1,000 points at the Commonwealth Games.

The All Blacks Sevens are also the all-time top tournament try-scorers with 147 tries as well as top points scorers, but the honour of individual top try-scorer goes to Scotland’s Lee Jones with 14 tries to his name.

Newly-appointed Fiji men’s sevens head coach Ben Gollings, former England team-mate Dan Norton and South Africa's Cecil Afrika jointly hold the record for most match appearances with 16.

 

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Australia clinch overall 2022 series title while late Lily Dick try gives them Cup win in Langford

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Australia are closing in on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title after a perfect start to the penultimate event of the season in Canada, while the Black Ferns came back with a bang at the Starlight Stadium.

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Santiago Gómez Cora: “You have to be patient, trust a lot and do the hard work”

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Thu 28 April, 2022
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Series title within Australia’s reach as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series returns to Langford

We spoke to Australia co-captain Charlotte Caslick about her team's mindset heading into this weekend's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Langford knowing they can wrap up the series title.

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Wed 27 April, 2022
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