Sevens Rugby

‘The biggest and best series yet’ those are the words that accompanied the build up to the start of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and with all roads leading to the Olympics in Rio they are spot on.

Hamilton BHS and Hamilton GHS claimed victory in their respective competitions at the BNZ Condor Sevens in Auckland.

Talking Rugby Union caught up with USA 7s Head Coach Mike Friday to discuss the upcoming sevens season which gets underway in Dubai on December 4th

The Singha 7s tournament came to a dramatic conclusion on Friday night as Newport Gwent Dragons were crowned champions in the cup competition, whilst Exeter Chiefs took home the plate, the second tier prize.

English clubs will not block top stars like Wasps wing Christian Wade from chasing Olympic Games glory with the Great Britain Sevens team.

The Premiership Singha sevens has been going on at venues all around England, we look at the results and the stand out performers that are heading to the grand finale at Twickenham.

The conclusion of the qualifying stage of this year’s Singha 7s takes place at Kingston Park on Saturday and will provide the final two teams for the eight-team final at the Twickenham Stoop.

The penultimate qualifying round of the Singha 7s sees the competition move north from Gloucester to Coventry, as the Ricoh Arena welcomes Harlequins, Northampton Saints, Saracens and hometown team Wasps.

The Singha 7s competition advances to its second leg on Thursday when Kingsholm will play host to Gloucester, Bath, Exeter Chiefs and London Irish, as all four clubs bid to make the tournament’s showpiece final at the Twickenham Stoop.

Current USA Rugby 7s coach Mike Friday feels that his side have silenced the critics after achieving their most successful Rugby 7s season in USA’s history.

The Bayleys Fiji Coral Coast Sevens will now take place in January 2016 instead of October this year due to renovation work at Lawaqa Park.

Simon Amor has been appointed as Great Britain men's sevens head coach for next year's Rio Olympics.

Once again the mix of sport, live music and wall to wall entertainment produced an excellent weekend at the Bournemouth 7s competition this May Bank Holiday.

Joe Lydon will oversee the task of appointing coaches to run Great Britain's Rugby Sevens men's and women's squads at the Rio Olympics.

It is arguably the best sports festival in the world and once again it is upon us. For the eighth straight year, Bournemouth 7s takes center stage this Bank Holiday weekend.

The United States captured a famous London Sevens success after accounting for hosts England in the semi-final and Australia in the final, while Fiji won the HSBC Sevens World Series.

England secured a rugby sevens berth for Great Britain at next year's Rio Olympics on Saturday after reaching the quarter-finals of the Sevens World Series at Twickenham.

The Heineken Kinsale 7s gets underway this weekend with the festival set to be as exciting and competitive as ever and with a full jam-packed social programme in place, thousands are expected to descend on Cork.

The New Zealand Rugby Union have been extremely active in their attempts to bolster their already formidable sevens team with some extra firepower ahead of the sport’s debut at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

North Dorset 7s returns to the 7s circuit again this summer looking to build on the success of the last two tournaments.