Etiqueta: sevens
Premier Rugby Sevens announces events in California, DC and Texas
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The first US rugby union competition to offer professional contracts to women will hold tournaments in July in San Jose, Washington DC and Austin. Premier Rugby Sevens staged a pilot tournament in Memphis, Tennessee l...
Fiji’s sevens triumph is symbolic of their ‘work together, love one another’ spirit
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I got asked on Twitter why the Fijian players always cry when the national anthem is played. It’s true - most of the time that happens and sometimes it’s so emotionally overwhelming it derails the performance if not k...
Fluid Fiji defeat Team GB in Olympic rugby sevens bronze medal match
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When sportspeople talk about tough journeys they are often waxing metaphorical, but Saiasi Fuli was speaking literally as he described Fiji’s arduous route to an Olympic bronze medal in women’s sevens. “This is the 16...
Britain battle past US to reach Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals
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Great Britain’s women will play France on Saturday for a place in the Tokyo Olympics sevens final. A 21-12 victory over the United States put them into the semi-finals, which means they have at least matched their per...
US rugby sevens coach frustrated despite win over ‘pretty average’ Japan
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Chris Brown sounded keen to return to the dressing room and admonish his players, which felt a little incongruous since his team had just won their second match of the day and secured safe passage into the knockout ro...
Fiji stun All Blacks in rugby sevens final to win Olympic gold again
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Fiji’s rugby sevens team wrote another chapter in one of the great Olympic stories at the Tokyo Stadium, when they won the country’s second gold medal by beating New Zealand 27-12 en la final. Their captain, Jerry Tu...
Nate Ebner returns to rugby from NFL to compete for US Olympic sevens spot
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Nate Ebner, a three-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, will return from NFL to compete for a place on the US Olympic men’s rugby sevens team. El lunes, USA Rugby announced that the New York Giants...
Silent sevens: Olympics fail to capture spirit from Rugby World Cup
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The last time Japan played an international match at Tokyo stadium, casi 50,000 people watched the greatest adventure in the country’s rugby history come to an end against an invincible Springboks side who went on t...
‘Unacceptable’: men’s rugby sevens, football Olympians under investigation for behaviour on flight home
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Rugby Australia and Football Australia are investigating allegations of bad behaviour from their men’s Olympics sevens team and the Olyroos on their flight home from Tokyo. Australian Olympic Committee chief executive...
Premier Rugby Sevens: Tapper y Baker dan una mano a la nueva liga
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A mitad de nuestra conversación, Perry Baker saluda a un amigo que no se ve en mucho tiempo. La otra parte de la reunión pospandémica es Tai Enosa., otro US Eagle al que Baker se enfrentará en el campo el sábado. Catorce ...
Fiji’s emergency Covid-19 hotline fell silent during the rugby sevens final: we really needed this win
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When the Fijian men’s sevens team beat New Zealand to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, the entire nation celebrated. The win could not have come at a better time. Fiji is in the grip of a deadly second out...