Rugby sevens being played at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was held at Melbourne's Telstra Dome. The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment

Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby union in which only seven players per side feature, instead of the full 15. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The version of rugby union is very popular, with notable competitions including the IRB Sevens World Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the world's premier international contest in the Sevens version of Rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every Rugby sevens is also played at events such as the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Although it was conceived as an event for rugby union, rugby league has also adopted the sevens format. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games

Overview

Nestling beneath the shadow of the Eildon Hills, the Greenyards at Melrose in Scotland is the original home of rugby sevens

Rugby sevens is sanctioned by the International Rugby Board (IRB), and is played under substantially the same rules and on a field of the same dimensions as the 15-player game. Not to be confused with Eldon Hill, England Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the The International Rugby Board (IRB is the world governing and law-making body for the sport of Rugby union, and previously for Rugby football. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short While a normal rugby union match lasts upwards of 80 minutes, a normal rugby sevens match lasts approximately 15 minutes (allowing for the one-minute half-time break, injury time and so forth). Competition finals last somewhat more than 20 minutes; each half in a competition final is ten minutes instead of the normal seven minutes, and the half-time break can be two minutes. (In the IRB Sevens World Series, only the Cup final, which determines the overall winner of an event, is played with 10-minute halves; all finals for lower-level trophies are played with normal 7-minute halves. ^[1]) This allows rugby tournaments to be completed in a day or a weekend. However, sevens scores are generally comparable to union scores; scoring occurs with much greater regularity in sevens, since the defenders are more spaced out than in rugby union. Scrums still exist within sevens, composed of just three players from each team. Given the speedy nature of the game, players are usually either from the backline or the trio of loose forwards in fifteens rugby.

Rugby sevens was initially conceived by Ned Haig, a butcher from Melrose, Scotland as a fund-raising event for his local club in 1883. Ned Haig (born 7 December 1858 in Jedburgh, Scotland - died 28 March 1939 in Melrose Scotland, buried in Wairds Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The first ever sevens match was played at the Greenyards, where it was well received. The largest sevens tournament in the world is the Rosslyn Park Schools tournament, with an attendance of over 3,000 schoolchildren from around the world. Rugby Sevens specialists Wellington College have dominated the rugby sevens festival winning 6 times out of the last 9 years with a five year unbeaten spell between 1998-2003. Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English Co-educational public school located in the Berkshire village Results from the tournament can be seen on The Schools' Rugby Website. The first ever officially sanctioned international tournament occurred at Murrayfield as part of the "Scottish Rugby Union's celebration of rugby" centenary celebrations in 1973. Murrayfield is a sports Stadium in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and is the home of Scottish Rugby Union Due to the success of the format, the ongoing Hong Kong Sevens was launched three years later. The Hong Kong Sevens ( Chinese 香港國際七人欖球賽 (referred to as Cathay Pacific / Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens for sponsorship reasons In 1993, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, in which the Melrose Cup is contested, was launched. The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the world's premier international contest in the Sevens version of Rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every Two of the best known sevens competitions are the Hong Kong Sevens and Dubai Sevens, which now make up parts of the IRB Sevens World Series. The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in Dubai, UAE. The International Rugby Board (IRB is the world governing and law-making body for the sport of Rugby union, and previously for Rugby football.

Variations to the Laws of the Game

The emphasis of play in Sevens is speed, skill, and fitness. A team is usually comprised entirely of backs, because of their fitness and agility compared to their forward counterparts. Furthermore, players may need to get more creative in making plays, with only 14-20 minutes to play a single game.

There are several variations in laws which apply to Rugby Sevens,^[2] primarily to speed up the game and to account for the reduced number of players. The main changes can be summarised as follows:

• 7 players per team on field (instead of 15).
• 5 reserves, with only 3 interchanges (instead of 7 and 7).
• 7-minute halves, 10-minute halves in championships (instead of 40-minute halves).
• 1-minute half-time, 2 minutes in championships (instead of 10 minutes).
• Matches drawn after regulation are continued into Sudden Death Extra Time, in 5-minute periods. Sudden death (or a sudden death round) is a way of providing a winner for a Contest or Game (typically a Sport) which would otherwise Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time
• Conversion attempts must be drop-kicked (instead of having the option to place-kick).
• Conversions must be taken within 40 seconds of scoring a try (instead of 60 seconds).
• 3-man scrums (instead of 8).
• The scoring team kicks off (instead of the non-scoring team).
• Yellow cards net a 2-minute suspension (instead of 10 minutes).
  • Suspensions are more severe in Sevens than in Fifteens. The team plays a man down for 1/7th of the match instead of 1/8th, and losing 1 man out of 7 opens up many more holes than 1 man out of 15.
• Referees decide on advantage quickly (where one play usually ends advantage, not true in fifteens).
• There are additional officials present (in-goal touch judges) to judge success of kicks at goals and hence the game is not delayed waiting for touch judges to move into position to judge conversion attempts.

At the Summer Olympics

For more information, see Rugby union at the Summer Olympics . Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions

Owing to the speed by which matches are resolved and the minimal personnel requirements, there is hope that sevens will be accepted for Olympic competition (it has been in the Commonwealth Games since 1998). The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The IRB pointed towards sell-out crowds at Commonwealth Games and World Cup sevens as proof of the sport's popularity. In addition, it would provide a competition in which sporting minnows from regions such as the Pacific, who are able to field competitive rugby teams, could genuinely contend for medals. ^[3] However, the International Olympic Committee turned down the bid for the purposes of the 2012 Olympics to be held in London. One IOC official from Switzerland, Dennis Oswald, dismissed the bid declaring: “When it comes to rugby, I am not a specialist, but people within the sport tell me that rugby sevens is something of a joke. ” Oswald later confirmed that he had never in fact watched a game of sevens, or indeed, fifteens rugby. Although disappointed, the IRB responded by pointing out that in terms of the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger), a rugby player was more likely to possess all of these attributes than competitors within other debatable Olympic events, such as rhythmic gymnastics. The Olympic symbols are the icons Flags and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games. Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or pairs trios or even more (generally five manipulate one or two apparatus rope, hoop, ball The IRB has recently moved to counter criticisms that it only proposed for a male Olympic tournament, establishing a series of Sevens events for women; the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens will include a women's championship for the first time. The 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup will be the 5th edition of the tournament

Major tournaments

For current information on this topic, see 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series

• Melrose Sevens
• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• IRB Sevens World Series, which currently includes:
  • Adelaide Sevens
  • Dubai Sevens
  • Edinburgh Sevens
  • Hong Kong Sevens
  • London Sevens
  • South Africa Sevens
  • USA Sevens
  • Wellington Sevens
• Middlesex Sevens
• The National Schools 7's, (Rosslyn Park, London)
• Commonwealth Games
• Safari Sevens
• Kinsale Sevens, (Kinsale, Ireland)
• Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's

FIRA European Sevens

2005 FIRA European Sevens

Portugal defeated Russia 28-26 in a pulsating climax to the Grand Final of the 2005 FIRA European Sevens in Moscow to retain the trophy they have won for the last three years. The 2007&ndash08 IRB Sevens World Series was the ninth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, in Melrose Scotland. The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the world's premier international contest in the Sevens version of Rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every The Adelaide Sevens (also known as Australia Sevens) is a Rugby union sevens tournament part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in Dubai, UAE. Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens, also known as the Edinburgh 7s and Scotland Sevens, is a Rugby union sevens tournament part of The Hong Kong Sevens ( Chinese 香港國際七人欖球賽 (referred to as Cathay Pacific / Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens for sponsorship reasons An annual rugby union sevens tournament held in London each year South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in South Africa each year The USA Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in the United States. The Wellington Sevens or the NZI International Sevens is an annual Rugby sevens tournament held in Wellington, New Zealand. The Middlesex Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England. The National Schools Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament held in association with Rosslyn Park F The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Safari Sevens is an annual Rugby sevens tournament held in Kenya. The Kinsale Sevens (also know as Heineken Kinsale Sevens Kinsale Sevens By The Sea is Ireland and Europe's premier seven-a-side club rugby event The Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's is an annual international rugby sevens event held in Kandy Sri Lanka of the Kandy Sports Club and staged at the Bogambara Stadium. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Spain won the Plate with a 25-14 win over Germany, whilst Lithuania claimed the Bowl. Portugal topped their group on day one, recording four victories and a 7-7 draw, against Italy. In Pool B, Russia delighted the home fans with five wins out of five, including a 33-7 victory over France. They followed that up on day two by defeating Italy 17-0 in the Cup semi-finals, whilst Portugal beat France 22-7.

Notable Sevens Players

• Waisale Serevi (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians)
• Eric Rush (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• David Campese (Australia 7s & Wallaby)
• Christian Cullen (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians)
• Jonah Lomu (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Santiago Gómez Cora (Argentina) — all-time leading try scorer in the IRB Sevens World Series
• Ben Gollings (England)
• Fabian Juries (South Africa)
• Vilimoni Delasau (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians)
• Simon Amor (England)
• Tom Varndell (England 7s & 15s)
• Lote Tuqiri (Australia & Wallaby)
• Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Josevata Rokocoko (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• William Ryder (Fiji)
• John Schuster (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Joeli Vidiri (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians / New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Rodney So'oialo (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Mils Muliaina (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Mathew Tait (England 7s & 15s)
• David Strettle (England 7s & 15s)
• Lawrence Dallaglio (England 7s & 15s)
• James Haskell (England 7s & 15s)
• Uale Mai (Samoa)
• Rico Gear (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Glen Osbourne (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Matt Giteau (Australia 7s & Wallaby)
• Willie Ofahengaue (Australia 7s & Wallaby)
• Ilivasi Tabua (Australia 7s & Wallaby)
• Julien Malzieu (France 7s & 15s)
• Semisi Naevo (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians)
• Chris Masoe (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Jerome Kaino (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• Mesake Rasari (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians)
• Brian Lima (Samoa 7s & Manu Samoa)
• Noa Nadruku (Fiji 7s & Flying Fijians / Rugby league - Canberra Raiders)
• Peter Miller (Australia)
• Nili Latu (Tonga 7s & Ikeletahi)
• Amasio Raoma Valence (New Zealand)
• Sosene Anesi (New Zealand 7s & Allblack)
• James Hook (Wales 7s & 15s)
• Brian Lima (Samoa 7s & 15's}
• Sitiveni Sivivatu (Fiji 7s & All Black)
• Doug Howlett (All Black 7s & 15's)
• Daisuke Ohata (All Time leading Rugby Union Try Scorer}
• Lifeimi Mafi (Tongan 7's All Black,Tongan and Irish Union Player)
• Felipe Contepomi (Argentine 7s Rugby Union world Player 2004,2005)
• David Wallace (Ireland 7s Rugby Union & Twice HC Cup Winner)

Sevens Top Try-Scorers

Rugby league sevens

Main article: Rugby league sevens

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Rugby league sevens is particularly popular with pub teams — formed from the regulars at a particular public house, the reason for this is that it is often difficult for a single pub to form a full squad of 13 players and four substitutes of willing players.

Women's Rugby sevens

Women's rugby sevens is dominated by New Zealand, with either the New Zealand team (1999-2001) or Aotearoa Maori Women’s Rugby sevens team (playing as New Zealand) [1] winning all of the Hong Kong sevens to date (as of 2007). The inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament will be held in 2009 in Dubai in conjunction with the men’s tournament. Other strong nations in women's sevens are Australia and the USA.

Women's rugby sevens may be added to the Commonwealth Games in 2014 or 2018.

References

See also

• Ned Haig - founder of sevens game
• Rugby Sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

External links

• IRB (union) Sevens official website
• New Zealand Sevens Site
• Middlesex Sevens Official Web Site
• Hong Kong Sevens Official Web Site
• Hong Kong Women's Sevens Website
• Amsterdam Sevens
• New York 7s Tournament - Oldest and Largest 7s Tournament in the USA
• El Puerto Sevens
• The Legionnaires Sevens Team Web Site