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Ruaridh McConnochie: GB 7s talent is up for grabs
Ruaridh McConnochie believes there are some rich pickings to be had for clubs following the RFU’s decision to disband the full-time GB 7s programme. GBs players...
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/ 2 months agoMike Friday: World Rugby’s 7s overhaul is ‘shameful’
Mike Friday, the ex-England, Kenya and USA Sevens, coach has called World Rugby “shameful, unprofessional and Machiavellian” after the global governing...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 1 year agoKildunne and Jones join GB Sevens
Red Roses Grand Slam stars Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones will join Great Britain Sevens women’s squad in preparation for the...
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/ 1 year agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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Sevens World Series
/ 1 year agoHooper helps Aussies reach HK semi-finals
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper made his sevens debut for Australia in their 12-0 win against Fiji at the Hong Kong...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoHow one player really can make a team tick
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can...
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Sevens World Series
/ 1 year agoDupont looks sharp at 7s
Antoine Dupont’s Olympic dream got off to a winning start with two victories on his sevens debut for France at the...
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/ 2 years agoReturning from the ‘dead’ to play again
Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having...
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/ 2 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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/ 2 years agoI would have always aimed for a career in rugby – O’Driscoll
Brian O’Driscoll has said he would’ve got involved in rugby in some capacity regardless of whether he was a player or...
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/ 2 years agoWaterman pushing for more opportunities for women in rugby
Ex-England 15s and 7s player Danielle Waterman feels that there is more work to be done in growing the women’s game...
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Sevens World Series
/ 2 years agoGB sevens players pondered boycott
By BEN JAYCOCK Several Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World...
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Sevens World Series
/ 2 years agoGB Women end tough Toulouse campaign on a high
Amy Wilson Hardy’s length of the field extra time try meant Great Britain Women finished seventh at the Toulouse Sevens after...
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Sevens World Series
/ 2 years agoToulouse 7s: GB eliminated from Cup in both men’s and women’s
Great Britain endured a disappointing day two as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of both the men’s and women’s...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoFormer coach Friday says England Sevens in period of transition
By BEN JAYCOCK Mike Friday believes England Sevens are in a transitional phase and will become stronger when they compete as...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years ago2009 champions Wales name men’s squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens
Head coach Richie Pugh has confirmed his 12-man Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, getting underway...
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/ 3 years agoEngland men and women name squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022
England's men's and women's teams have named their squads for the Rugby World Cup sevens getting underway this Friday in Cape...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTime for stars to shine at World Cup Sevens
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The Rugby World Cup Sevens is upon us...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoOmanyala enjoys golden finale after leaving Sevens
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Triumph: Ferdinand Omanyala celebrates after winning the gold...
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/ 3 years agoMitchell: I’d love to play in World Cup
By BEN JAYCOCK Former England captain Tom Mitchell is hoping his Sevens career isn’t over yet and is keen to be...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoThere’s no 7s heaven for our Home Nations
Up and at ‘em: New Zealand’s Regan Ware wriggles free during the Rugby Sevens quarter-final match against Kenya PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoExciting Scotland open up in fine style
POOL B ROUND-UP Scotland’s exciting, hungry squad were arguably the talk of the tournament on the opening day, hammering Tonga and...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoAussies set up Fiji showdown
WOMEN’S SEVENS There will be a new Commonwealth Games gold medal winner in the Women’s 7s after Australia and Fiji reached...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoBig guns cruise into final stages
POOL B ROUND-UP Pool B had two clear favourites and it was ultimately followed a predictable pattern, with Australia and Fiji...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoRed Roses fail to make the most of quick start
POOL A ROUND-UP Try scorer: Boatman Like the men, England’s women had both New Zealand and Sri Lanka in their pool,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPlaying under one flag could threaten the union
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is just a game, as the saying goes, but that doesn’t mean it is bereft of...
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/ 3 years agoCommonwealth games Men’s 7s Preview: Tough pool start will be good for us, says Bowen
By BEN JAYCOCK England have landed in a tough pool for next weekend’s Commonwealth Games 7s, but Tom Bowen believes it’s...
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/ 3 years agoCommonwealth games Women’s 7s Preview: Quansah out for revenge as she prepares England for challenge
Back in action: England winger Celia Quansah After enduring a horrific injury first time around, England winger Celia Quansah is hoping...
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/ 3 years agoEngland, Wales and Scotland abandon individual 7s teams
England, Wales and Scotland‘s 7s teams have decided to play as Great Britain throughout the World 7s series, abandoning their individual...
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/ 4 years agoFifth place again for GB Sevens in Dubai
GREAT Britain men finished fifth at the second Dubai Sevens event of the season with a 10-5 win over Kenya in...
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/ 4 years agoSevens circuit is lacking top stars | Chris Hewett
After the success of sevens at the Olympics, attention now turns to whether the World Sevens Series circuit to suitable for...
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/ 4 years agoPhillips: 7s World Series needs a reboot
Former England Sevens captain Ollie Phillips urges a rethink of the World Sevens Series post-Covid
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/ 4 years ago‘Phil’s retirement was a massive shock’ – GB 7s star Dan Norton
The all-time leading tryscorer in sevens reveals he considered his own future plans in the sport with a young family of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCarlin Isles sets sights on an Olympic double at Tokyo
Adam Ellis meets the USA Sevens star who is revisiting his past as a 100m sprinter with the view of competing...
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/ 4 years agoCarlin Isles ‘hurt and saddened’ over injury to USA teammate Perry Baker
Perry Baker suffered a leg injury at the Madrid Sevens which has put his Olympic dream in doubt based on initial...
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/ 4 years agoOlympic medallist Phil Burgess calls time for family
ENGLAND and GB Sevens player Phil Burgess has called time on his rugby career and will not be part of this...
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/ 4 years agoFab five return to hunt gold in Tokyo
FIVE of Team GB’s silver medallists from Rio 2016 are included in Tony Roques’ initial training squad for the Tokyo Olympics....
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/ 5 years agoTom Mitchell eager to pit wits against Premiership’s finest
Tokyo Olympics is first and foremost in Mitchell's plans, but the axing of the England Sevens programme has gave him to...
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/ 5 years agoAlex Gray is back from NFL ready to become Eddie’s new hybrid super star
After playing for Atlanta Falcons, Bath signing Alex Gray tells NEALE HARVEY he has returned from the NFL determined to fulfil...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland Sevens ace Dan Norton eyes 15s return after World Tens Series
Dan Norton is one of a number of former England Sevens players in Bermuda for the World Tens Series
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland Men’s Sevens captain Tom Mitchell agrees next move ahead of Tokyo Olympics
It's been a tricky period for players of the scrapped England Sevens programme to negotiate before Tokyo next summer
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSevens must innovate or risk fading into nothing, Mike Friday warns
Should Sevens teams deviate from being centrally funded and seek private backing? USA 7s coach Mike Friday answers
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive
A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby announce £1.86m lifeline for sevens as more tournaments canned
Support for unions that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoMuch more to be done in the USA before it can become a commercial market for Premiership
Phil Greening shares his evaluation of the state of rugby in America, and whether it can be the next big market...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby calls end to 2020 World Sevens Series
New Zealand Men's team win first title since Gordon Tietjens left and Black Ferns Sevens go back-to-back
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoMike Friday holds fear for the future of Sevens at the Olympics
The USA Sevens head coach reveals wha he wants World Rugby to do to safeguard rugby at the Olympics
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoRugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row
Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoTeam GB Sevens made to wait on bettering silver in Rio as Tokyo Olympics postponed
This summer's Tokyo Olympics has been postponed, most likely to 2021
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Sevens World Series
/ 5 years agoEmery’s try wins nail-biter against USA
By ADAM ELLIS Hero: Tom Emery scores for England against USA ENGLAND finished with two wins to claim fifth place in...
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