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Andy Vilk, head coach of Italy men's sevens
4 min read

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.

RWC Sevens 2022 qualifying

Thu 19 May, 2022
4 min read
HSBC Canada Women's Sevens 2022
4 min read

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
4 min read
Madagascar Women's Sevens
3 min read

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.

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Mon 2 May, 2022
3 min read
HSBC Spain Sevens Seville 2022 - Women's
4 min read

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
4 min read
Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day Two
5 min read

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
07:03 mins

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
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
06:30 mins
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
06:51 mins
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
06:26 mins

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
06:26 mins
Women's Six Nations
Wednesday 04 May, 2022
3 min read

Rugby World Cup 2021: Who and when the qualified Women’s Six Nations teams will play in New Zealand

Following an enthralling Women’s Six Nations 2022 we take a look at the pool stage fixtures to see what awaits England, France, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
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The Women’s Six Nations 2022, which came to a close last Saturday, has certainly whet the appetite for Rugby World Cup 2021, playing in 2022.

England held their nerve to secure a fourth successive clean sweep with victory in Bayonne on Super Saturday, while France, Wales and Italy all head to New Zealand with momentum and there were positive moments for Scotland despite their five defeats.

With a little over six months to go until RWC 2021 kicks off at Eden Park, we take a look through the pool stage fixtures to see what awaits those five nations in New Zealand.

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Pool A

Bryan Easson’s Scotland will play their first Rugby World Cup match for 12 years in Whangarei on 9 October against a familiar foe.

Wales provide the opposition at Northland Events Centre and if the teams’ Women’s Six Nations meeting last month is anything to go by, it will be a cracker.

Two tries from Rhona Lloyd at Cardiff Arms Park gave Scotland a 19-7 lead early in the second half, only for the hosts to storm back and clinch a dramatic victory with Ffion Lewis’ late try.

Six days later Scotland will be back in Whangarei to take on Australia in a match that will be pivotal to both sides’ hopes of reaching the quarter-finals. The following day Wales take on the Black Ferns at Waitakere Stadium in Auckland.

Wales and Scotland will both hope to be in contention for a quarter-final place when they run out at the Northland Events Centre on 22 October.

Australia take on Wales in the first match of the day before New Zealand and Scotland bring an end to Pool A play.

Pool B

Following defeats to the USA, England and Spain in the opening round of RWC 2017, Italy head to New Zealand looking for a first pool stage win since RWC 2002.

The Azzurre will play the USA again as they get their RWC 2021 campaign underway at the Northland Events Centre in Whangarei on 9 October.

Back-to-back victories to end the 2022 Championship will have given Italy confidence but they are yet to beat the USA in a test match. The 24-12 defeat at RWC 2017 was only the teams’ second meeting, though, coming five years after the Americans won 34-20 in Rome.

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— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) April 30, 2022

Next up for Manuela Furlan and Co. is a match against Canada in Auckland on 16 October. The teams have met only once before at the inaugural women’s Rugby World Cup in South Wales in 1991, the North Americans winning 6-0.

Should Italy secure a victory against either Canada or the USA then they will go into their final Pool B fixture against Japan with a shot at reaching the last eight.

Waitakere Stadium will again host the Azzurre for that match on 23 October. Italy’s last Rugby World Cup pool stage victory came against the Sakura 15s at RWC 2002, and they beat them in the RWC 2017 ninth-place semi-final before a 17-17 draw in L’Aquila in November 2019.

Pool C

All four Pool C teams are in action on the opening day of RWC 2021 on 8 October as Women’s Six Nations runners-up France take on South Africa before World Rugby Women’s Rankings powered by Capgemini number one side England face Fiji.

Les Bleues have played the Springbok Women four times previously and are currently unbeaten. The teams’ first meeting in 2009 ended in a 17-17 draw but France have won the three since, most recently 46-3 in Vannes last November.

Next up at Eden Park will be Fiji’s Rugby World Cup debut and the Pacific Islanders have never met the Red Roses in an official test. The Fijiana are the lowest ranked nation at RWC 2021, and a match against the highest is a tough first assignment.

Seven days later in Whangarei England and France will meet for the 53rd time in a match that could go a long way to deciding who finishes top of Pool C.

The Red Roses have won the last 10 of those, including of course the 2022 Women’s Six Nations Championship decider in Bayonne last weekend.

On 22 October, Les Bleues will bring their Pool C campaign to a close when they take on Fiji in Whangarei in another match-up that has never been played before.

England then play South Africa at Waitakere Stadium on the following day. The Red Roses have won the five fixtures to date, but the teams haven’t met since August 2013 when a late Rocky Clark try rescued an 18-17 victory for England in the Women’s Nations Cup in Colorado.

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HSBC France Sevens 2022 Men's
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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – Toulouse

Big names fall on dramatic day of upsets at HSBC France Sevens in Toulouse

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.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – Toulouse

Sat 21 May, 2022
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HSBC France Sevens 2022 Men's
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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Toulouse

Men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series favourites suffer shock defeats on opening day in Toulouse as women’s champions Australia continue fine form

South Africa, Australia and Argentina were all beaten on the opening day of the HSBC France Sevens men’s event, while New Zealand and Australia caught the eye with some big wins in the women’s competition

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Toulouse

Fri 20 May, 2022
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Rikki Swannell becomes first females to commentate on men's series
5 min read

Feature

Behind the microphone: Groundbreaker Rikki Swannell

World Rugby talks to the New Zealander about becoming the first female lead commentator on the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and her life in sports broadcasting.

Feature

Fri 20 May, 2022
5 min read
Andy Vilk, head coach of Italy men's sevens
4 min read

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.

RWC Sevens 2022 qualifying

Thu 19 May, 2022
4 min read
Serevi Coaching Roadshow - HSBC Event
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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Fiji are in Toulouse to win: “There is still room for improvement,” says Gollings

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

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Thu 19 May, 2022
3 min read
HSBC France Sevens 2022
4 min read

Rugby Sevens

Captains ready for lift off at HSBC France Sevens

Toulouse welcomes a full line-up of 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams for the first time in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on 20-22 May

Rugby Sevens

Wed 18 May, 2022
4 min read
2018 Commonwealth Games women's final
3 min read

Commonwealth Games

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.

Commonwealth Games

Wed 11 May, 2022
3 min read
Madagascar qualify for rugby world cup sevens
4 min read

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Discipline and hard work at the heart of Madagascar's success on the road to Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

The Madagascar women's sevens team has achieved their historic dream of qualifying for a Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament for the first time. At the heart of this achievement lies a lot of hard work, determination and discipline.

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

Wed 11 May, 2022
4 min read
HSBC Canada Women's Sevens 2022
4 min read

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Seven women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series players to watch in Toulouse

Following an exciting weekend in Langford we look at seven women’s stars who could light up Toulouse between 20-22 May.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

Thu 5 May, 2022
4 min read
HSBC Canada Women's Sevens 2022
4 min read

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
4 min read
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