Rugby Sevens

We are now only a matter of weeks away until the recently crowned Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens takes to the international stage once more. We are but weeks away from the Dubai Sevens , the official start of the 11th IRB Sevens World Series. This season looks like it will have an unprecedented amount of international interest for this coming season. It has been widely discussed that with only three sides ever having won the series (New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa) that perhaps at the highest level its can be slightly predictable, bar the usual once-a-tournament shock. Although these upsets are widely credited ... Read Full Story

Olympic Rugby 1924; the booming 20s were well underway. St Petersburg, Russia had its named changed to Leningrad, a US presidential address was aired on the radio for the first time and the first ‘thanksgiving’ parade in New York took place. 1924 and the 20s in general were times of firsts, World War I was behind people and the world looked forward to a prosperous future. Well with the beauty of hindsight we can see that 1924 also was a ‘last’ for something. 1924, 2 generations ago was the last time that Rugby took part in the Olympics. The ‘Chariots of Fire’ games took ... Read Full Story

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