On an eventful opening day at the Cape Town SVNS 2024, we spoke with Sevens legend and Black Ferns Sevens Captain Sarah Hirini, as her side won both pool games against Asian opposition to secure yet another Cup semifinal appearance. […]
At the Emirates Dubai 7s last weekend we caught up with two USA Women’s Eagles 7s players of Asian heritage, Alena Olsen (Olympian and bronze medalist and now the women’s co-captain), and Jessica Lu who made her debut at the […]
The Cape Town SVNS 2024 takes place at DHL Stadium from 7-8 December 2024 and is the second leg of the new 2024-2025 SVNS season. We look at the team’s pools which have a new harsh format as well as […]
We spoke with Hong Kong China Rugby CEO James Farndon at the recently held and successful Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Long Lunch, which launched the 2024 Sevens tournament. We discussed the success of partnerships, the buzz at Hong Kong China […]
Both Jodie Ounsley, an England 7s player and Gladiator who now works in the media, as well as recently retired Wallabies legend Michael Hooper, were engaging with young fans as part of the HSBC World of Opportunity Programme at The […]
The SVNS 2024-2025 season saw the Australia women and Fiji men crowned champions at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai as the upsets continued into the second and final day of the Emirates Dubai 7s 2024. The Japanese women ended up […]
The Australia women’s 7s team always seem to do well at the Emirates Dubai 7s, and they notched up three wins from three on the opening day of the new SVNS 2025 season on Saturday – thumping China 52-0, Fiji […]
With more than 90 players making their debuts at the Sevens Stadium on Day 1 Of Emirates Dubai 7s 2024, the new cycle of the Sevens is definitely underway – The new-look teams provided plenty of unpredictability on the opening […]
The new SVNS 2024-2025 season is exciting for a number of reasons. It is the start of a new four-year Olympic cycle which means some real legendary Sevens rugby players have moved away from the sport. What new coaches have […]
There are two Asian teams on the SVNS Series 2024-2025, the Japanese Sakura and newly-qualified Chinese women, however, there are also 16 rugby tournaments taking place at the Emirates Stadium from 29 November to 1st December with nearly 250 teams […]
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