World Rugby 7s Series – 2021

Canada to Open 2021 7s Series with Stops in Vancouver and Edmonton in September

from Rugby Canada

Rugby Canada is thrilled to confirm a unique opportunity for Canadian 7s fans with Canada being awarded the opportunity to host two HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events in September. On-going work continues with governments, stakeholders and partners to receive final COVID -19 safety protocol approvals to ensure the safety of participants and attendees. These tournaments, if able to move forward, would mark the first Sevens Series events on Canadian soil since the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver in March, 2020.

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Rugby 7s at 2021 Olympics

Schedule Announced for Men’s and Women’s Olympic 7s

[ed. note Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of BC, times below are for Tokyo. A 9am start on Monday will be 5pm PT on Sunday.]

The schedules have been announced for the Rugby 7s events.

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Olympic 7s Updates – June 2021

Pools Announced for Olympic 7s: Men: Canada, Fiji, GB, Japan; Women: Canada, France, Fiji, Brazil

The pools were announced for the Olympic 7s, July 26-31 2021.

As expected it’s going to be a tougher journey for the men to make the QF than for the women. There are 12 teams in each competition, 8 make the quarter-finals. The top two finishers in each of the 3 pools plus the 2 best 3rd place finishers will go through.

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Six Nations 2021

Six Nations Kicks Off Saturday: England Favourites to Repeat as Champions

It was touch and go whether the Six Nations would launch amid COVID but apparently a last minute decision by the French Sport Minister to relax the quarantine restrictions for the tournament allowed it to proceed.

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Guinness Six Nations 2021

World Rugby Announces Match Officials for Guinness Six Nations 2021 – February 6th to March 20th

from World Rugby

World Rugby has announced the match officials for the men’s Guinness Six Nations 2021 which runs from 6 February to 20 March.

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World Tens Series 2020

Rhinos from California Top Series After Tournament #1: Full Match Videos Online

Ollie Nott packing down in the 5 man scrum wearing #8 helped the California based Rhinos to a perfect 5-0 record over the two days. They defeated the favoured London Royals in their final match, coming back at the whistle to score the winning try and add a two point conversion. One of the variations in the tournament is allowing conversion options varying from 1 to 5 points depending on the angle and distance.

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