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class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Origins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Origins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Origins</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Origins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Scotland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scotland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Scotland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scotland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_spread" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span>New Zealand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Zealand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.4</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ireland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ireland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.5</span> <span>Ireland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ireland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Argentina" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Argentina"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.6</span> <span>Argentina</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Argentina-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_side_tournaments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_side_tournaments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>National side tournaments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_side_tournaments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First_international_tournament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_international_tournament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>First international tournament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_international_tournament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hong_Kong_Sevens" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hong_Kong_Sevens"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Hong Kong 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sevens</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rugby_league_sevens-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_tournaments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_tournaments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Major tournaments</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Major_tournaments-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Major tournaments subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Major_tournaments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Rugby_Sevens_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>World Rugby Sevens Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Rugby_Sevens_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_Rugby_Women's_Sevens_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Rugby_Women's_Sevens_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>World Rugby Women's Sevens Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Rugby_Women's_Sevens_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SVNS" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SVNS"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>SVNS</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SVNS-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Summer_Olympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Summer_Olympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Summer Olympics</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A8%D9%8A" title="سباعيات الرغبي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سباعيات الرغبي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_%D5%B0%D5%B8%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%81_%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%BA%D5%AB" title="7 հոգինոց ռակպի – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="7 հոգինոց ռակպի" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbi_a_7" title="Rugbi a 7 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rugbi a 7" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="রাগবি সেভেন্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রাগবি সেভেন্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbi_pitung" title="Rugbi pitung – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Rugbi pitung" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%B1%D1%96-7" title="Рэгбі-7 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рэгбі-7" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%B1%D1%96-7" title="Рэгбі-7 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Рэгбі-7" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbi_a_7" title="Rugbi a 7 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rugbi a 7" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragby_7" title="Ragby 7 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ragby 7" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rygbi_saith_bob_ochr" title="Rygbi saith bob ochr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rygbi saith bob ochr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syvmands_rugby" title="Syvmands rugby – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Syvmands rugby" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a 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interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_7" title="Rugby 7 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rugby 7" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbeo_7" title="Rugbeo 7 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rugbeo 7" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazpiko_errugbi" title="Zazpiko errugbi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zazpiko errugbi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DB%B7_%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87" title="راگبی ۷ نفره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راگبی ۷ نفره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_%C3%A0_sept" title="Rugby à sept – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rugby à sept" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_a_7" title="Rugby a 7 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rugby a 7" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%EC%9D%B8%EC%A0%9C_%EB%9F%AD%EB%B9%84" title="7인제 럭비 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="7인제 럭비" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragbi_7" title="Ragbi 7 – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ragbi 7" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbio_7" title="Rugbio 7 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rugbio 7" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbi_tujuh" title="Rugbi tujuh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rugbi tujuh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_a_7" title="Rugby a 7 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rugby a 7" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="შვიდკაცა რაგბი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შვიდკაცა რაგბი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/7er-Rugby" title="7er-Rugby – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="7er-Rugby" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regbis-7" title="Regbis-7 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Regbis-7" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="റ‌ഗ്‌ബി സെവൻസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="റ‌ഗ്‌ബി സെവൻസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80_%E0%A5%AD" title="रग्बी ७ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रग्बी ७" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="შკვითკოჩიანი რაგბი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="შკვითკოჩიანი რაგბი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rugby sevens" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%B6%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC" title="7人制ラグビー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="7人制ラグビー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjumannsrugby" title="Sjumannsrugby – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sjumannsrugby" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbi_de_7" title="Rugbi de 7 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Rugbi de 7" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_7" title="Rugby 7 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rugby 7" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rugby sevens" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_%C3%AEn_%C8%99apte" title="Rugby în șapte – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rugby în șapte" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B1%D0%B8-7" title="Регби-7 – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Регби-7" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seivins" title="Seivins – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Seivins" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Rugby sevens" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B1%D0%B8_7" title="Рагби 7 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Рагби 7" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby-7" title="Rugby-7 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Rugby-7" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjumannarugby" title="Sjumannarugby – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sjumannarugby" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Rugby sevens" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF" title="எழுவர் ரக்பி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="எழுவர் ரக்பி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B1%D0%B8-7" title="Регби-7 – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Регби-7" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yedili_ragbi" title="Yedili ragbi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yedili ragbi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B1%D1%96-7" title="Регбі-7 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Регбі-7" 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padding-right:1.0em;">Highest <a href="/wiki/Sports_governing_body" title="Sports governing body">governing body</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Nicknames</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Sevens, 7s, VIIs,<br />Seven-a-side<sup id="cite_ref-Bathnick_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bathnick-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">First played</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1883 in <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Scottish_Borders" title="Melrose, Scottish Borders">Melrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#eee;">Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Contact</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Full-contact" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-contact">Full</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Team members</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Mixed-sex_sports" title="Mixed-sex sports">Mixed-sex</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Separate competitions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Outdoor <a href="/wiki/Team_sport" title="Team sport">team sport</a>, variant of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Equipment</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_ball" title="Rugby ball">Rugby ball</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#eee;">Presence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a> onwards</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Games" title="World Games">World Games</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Games" title="2001 World Games">2001</a> – <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Games" title="2013 World Games">2013</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rugby sevens</b> (commonly known as simply <b>sevens</b> and originally known as <b>seven-a-side rugby</b>) is a variant of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens is administered by <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a>, the body responsible for rugby union worldwide. The game is popular at all levels, with amateur and club tournaments generally held in the summer months. Sevens is one of the most well distributed forms of rugby, and is popular in parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and especially in the South Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rugby sevens originated in the 1880s in the Scottish town of <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Scottish_Borders" title="Melrose, Scottish Borders">Melrose</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Sevens" title="Melrose Sevens">Melrose Sevens</a> tournament is still played annually. The popularity of rugby sevens increased further with the development of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="Hong Kong Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</a> in the 1970s and was later followed by the inclusion of the sport into the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a> for the first time in 1998 and the establishment of the annual <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">World Rugby Sevens Series</a> in 1999 and the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">World Rugby Women's Sevens Series</a> in 2012. In <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a>, rugby sevens was <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics">contested</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> for the first time. It has also been played in events such as the <a href="/wiki/Games_of_the_Small_States_of_Europe" title="Games of the Small States of Europe">Games of the Small States of Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a>, and in 2018 a women's tournament was played for the first time at the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament">Commonwealth Games</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby sevens is sanctioned by <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a>, and is played under similar laws (with exceptions noted <a href="#Variations_to_the_Laws_of_the_Game">below</a>) and on a field of the same dimensions as the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">15 player game</a>. Whereas a regular rugby union match lasts at least 80 minutes, a normal sevens match consists of two halves of seven minutes with a two-minute half-time break. Previously, the final of a competition could be played over two halves of ten minutes each,<sup id="cite_ref-IRB_Sevens_2006-07_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRB_Sevens_2006-07-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but beginning in 2017, final-round matches were limited to seven-minute halves<sup id="cite_ref-Big_Sevens_finals_cut_to_seven_minutes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Big_Sevens_finals_cut_to_seven_minutes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (excluding ties) in an effort to reduce injuries. Sevens scores are generally comparable to regular rugby scores, but scoring occurs much more frequently in sevens, since the defenders are more spaced out. The scoring system is the same as regular rugby union, namely five points for a try, three points for a penalty or drop goal and two points for a post-try conversion.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The shorter match length allows rugby sevens tournaments to be completed in a day or a weekend. Many sevens tournaments have a competition for a cup, a plate, a bowl, and a shield, allowing many teams of different standards to avoid leaving empty-handed. </p><p>Sevens tournaments are traditionally known for having more of a relaxed atmosphere than fifteen-a-side games, and are often known as "festivals". Sevens tournaments gained their "popularity as an end of season diversion from the dourer and sterner stuff that provides the bulk of a normal season's watching."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fans frequently attend in <a href="/wiki/Costume_party" title="Costume party">fancy dress</a>, and entertainment is put on for them. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="Hong Kong Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</a> tournament has been especially important in popularising the game in Asia, and rugby sevens has been important as a form of international rugby "evangelism"; hence it is perhaps the most widely played form of the game, with tournaments in places as far apart as Bogota and Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Kenya, Singapore and Scandinavia, as well as the countries in which rugby union is well known.<sup id="cite_ref-Bathevents_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bathevents-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Laws">Laws</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sevens is played on a standard <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> playing field. The field measures up to 100 metres (330 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pitch_size_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitch_size-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On each goal line is an H-shaped goal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variations_to_the_laws_of_the_game">Variations to the laws of the game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Variations to the laws of the game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg/220px-Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg/330px-Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg/440px-Rugby_Feminino_Canad%C3%A1_vs._Jap%C3%A3o_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>During a <a href="/wiki/Scrum_(rugby)" title="Scrum (rugby)">scrum</a> in rugby sevens, three players from each team participate instead of eight.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are several variations in laws which apply to rugby sevens,<sup id="cite_ref-IRBSevenVariations_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRBSevenVariations-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WRSevenVariations_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WRSevenVariations-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> primarily to speed up the game and to account for the reduced number of players. The main changes can be summarised as follows: </p> <ul><li>7 players per team on field (instead of 15).</li> <li>Five substitutes, with five interchanges (instead of 8).</li> <li>Seven minute halves (instead of 40-minute halves, in fifteen-a-side).</li> <li>Maximum of two minutes half-time (instead of ten minutes).</li> <li>Matches drawn after regulation are continued into <a href="/wiki/Golden_point" title="Golden point">golden point</a> <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Overtime (sport)">extra time</a>, in multiple 5-minute periods.</li> <li>All conversion attempts must be drop-kicked (instead of having the option to place-kick).</li> <li>Conversions must be taken within 30 seconds of scoring a try (instead of 90 seconds). Prior to 2016, the limit had been 40 seconds.</li> <li>Three player scrums (instead of eight players).</li> <li>Kick-offs: in sevens, the team which has just scored kicks off, rather than the conceding team, as in fifteen-a-side.</li> <li>Yellow cards net a 2-minute suspension (instead of 10 minutes) to the offender.</li> <li>Referees decide on advantage quickly (where one play usually ends advantage, unlike in fifteens).</li> <li>In major competitions, there are additional officials present (in-goal touch judges) to judge success of kicks at goals, which means the game is not delayed waiting for touch judges to move into position to judge conversion attempts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positions_and_gameplay">Positions and gameplay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Positions and gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Teams are composed of seven players – three forwards and four backs.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scrum_(rugby)" title="Scrum (rugby)">Scrums</a> are made up of three players from each team. The chart below shows a team's typical formation at scrum time, with three forwards bound into the scrum, a scrum-half waiting to retrieve the ball once it exits the scrum, and three backs positioned to receive a pass. The numbers shown here are for illustrative purposes only. Unlike rugby fifteens, where a player's number corresponds to his position, numbering in rugby sevens is more flexible. In a squad of twelve players, the players will be numbered one through twelve. The starting players can have any of the twelve numbers, not necessarily one through seven. No set numbers differentiate positions; for example, numbers one through three are not reserved for forwards, but can be worn by any squad player. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="toccolours" style="margin: 0 2em 0 2em;" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;background:#ccccff" width="100%">Rugby sevens positions </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <div style="background:lightgreen;border:thin black solid"> <table> <tbody><tr><td><span style="color:blue;"><b>1</b> Prop</span></td> <td><span style="color:blue;"><b>2</b> Hooker</span> </td><td><span style="color:blue;"><b>3</b> Prop</span> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><span style="color:red;"><b>4</b> Scrum-half</span></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td><span style="color:red;"><b>5</b> Fly-half</span></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><span style="color:red;"><b>6</b> Centre</span></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><span style="color:red;"><b>7</b> Wing</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><span style="color:blue;"><b>Forwards</b> (blue)</span> <ul><li>1 - Prop</li> <li>2 - Hooker</li> <li>3 - Prop</li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li><span style="color:red;"><b>Backs</b> (red)</span> <ul><li>4 - Scrum-half</li> <li>5 - Fly-half</li> <li>6 - Centre</li> <li>7 - Wing</li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>In open play, a typical defensive formation involves a line of six defenders, with one sweeper behind the line.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the attacking team using all seven players against the defending team's six in the line, the attacking team often attempts to move the ball to create an overload.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defensive line can be put under pressure if the defending team makes a tackle and commits players to the ruck; with fewer players in the defending line, it leaves more space for the attacking team to exploit.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pace_of_the_game">Pace of the game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pace of the game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby sevens tends to be played at a faster pace than rugby fifteens. Because of the faster nature of the game, sevens players are often backs or loose forwards in fifteens rugby. The differences are most notable on game restarts. Because scrums in sevens involve three players forming one row instead of eight players forming three rows, scrums tend to assemble more quickly, require fewer restarts, and the ball exits the scrum more quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penalties in sevens are generally taken with a quick tap, instead of a kick for touch and a line out, resulting in the ball being put back in play more quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a player is tackled and a ruck is formed, the ball tends to exit the ruck more quickly, as the attacking team generally has only three players involved in the ruck – the tackled player, one support player, and one scrum-half.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Scottish_Borders" title="Rugby union in the Scottish Borders">Rugby union in the Scottish Borders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Sevens" title="Melrose Sevens">Melrose Sevens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Border_Sevens_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Sevens Circuit">Border Sevens Circuit</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Loretto_School" title="Loretto School">Loretto School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Musselburgh" title="Musselburgh">Musselburgh</a>, Scotland, the then headmaster <a href="/wiki/Hely_Hutchinson_Almond" title="Hely Hutchinson Almond">Hely Hutchinson Almond</a> got the schoolboys to play short-sided matches in the 1860s and 1870s. This was to improve the players' passing. A full rugby union match, at the time, was twenty-a-side and individualism was the style. Almond stated that he: </p> <blockquote> <p>urged on his boys in the sixties that if only they would pass constantly and systematically to each other, they would baffle any side unaccustomed to such tactics. </p> </blockquote> <p>Almond, a pioneer in collectivism in rugby union, struggled to get his schoolboys to get used to the system. The schoolboys stated this was 'funking'; but by 1872 he was organising eleven-a-side matches with <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Academical_Football_Club" title="Edinburgh Academical Football Club">Edinburgh Academicals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Almond was nominated for the IRB Hall of Fame but was not inducted.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collectivism did eventually take hold with new clubs, and Scotland exported it through Sevens around the world, and sides like New Zealand and South Africa quickly realised the benefits of collectivism. The bigger clubs in Scotland were reluctant to change their ways. They were winning, and could attract the best individualists from other clubs to maintain their position. In 1895 the <i>Scottish Referee</i> newspaper was still criticising <a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_F.C." title="West of Scotland F.C.">West of Scotland</a> for not using the collective method.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In England, the push for smaller sides eventually resulted in the formation of rugby league; and there was experimentation with numbers in the north of England prior to the split. There was a six-a-side tournament in <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a> in September 1879, played under regular rules but with 10 minute halves. Other tournaments were played over the next few years across the North before being replaced by a nine-a-side game. Matches attracted large crowds and raised thousands to support the clubs or local hospital charities. In August 1890, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Yorkshire Rugby Football Union">Yorkshire</a> suspended 8 teams and in September <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Lancashire County Rugby Football Union">Lancashire</a> banned games with less than 15-a-side over allegations of <a href="/wiki/Professional_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional sport">professionalism</a>; short sided games effectively ended in England.<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scotland">Scotland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Greenyardsmelrose.jpg/200px-Greenyardsmelrose.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Greenyardsmelrose.jpg/300px-Greenyardsmelrose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Greenyardsmelrose.jpg/400px-Greenyardsmelrose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turnstiles,_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg/200px-Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg/300px-Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg/400px-Turnstiles%2C_Greenyards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1939422.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The Greenyards in <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Scottish_Borders" title="Melrose, Scottish Borders">Melrose</a>, Scotland, was the site of the first rugby sevens game in 1883.</div></div></div></div> <p>Rugby sevens was initially conceived in 1883 by <a href="/wiki/Ned_Haig" title="Ned Haig">Ned Haig</a> and David Sanderson,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who were butchers from <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Melrose, Scotland">Melrose</a>, Scotland as a fund-raising event for their local club, <a href="/wiki/Melrose_RFC" title="Melrose RFC">Melrose RFC</a>. The first-ever sevens match was played at <a href="/wiki/The_Greenyards" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greenyards">The Greenyards</a>, the Melrose ground, where it was well received. Two years later, <a href="/wiki/Tynedale_R.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Tynedale R.F.C.">Tynedale</a> was the first non-Scottish club to win one of the Borders Sevens titles at <a href="/wiki/Gala_RFC" title="Gala RFC">Gala</a> in 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-BathMisc_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BathMisc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rugby union sevens' popularity in the Borders spread north throughout Scotland:-<sup id="cite_ref-auto_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aberdeen hosting Sevens in 1889;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edinburgh hosting Sevens in 1896;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Glasgow hosting Sevens in 1898;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dundee hosting Sevens in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The popularity of Sevens exploded in the 1920s and 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-SS1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 19th century to today, over 150 Sevens tournaments in Scotland are known; and though some tournaments have folded; new tournaments continue to be born.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sevens remain popular in Scotland; and the Melrose Sevens annually attracts around 12,000 spectators to the small Borders town.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Melrose Sevens centenary tournament in 1983 attracted 17,500 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_spread">International spread</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: International spread"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="England">England</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A rugby sevens tournament was played by St. Helens Cricket Club on 29 May 1886; and the final took place a week later. A rugby sevens tournament was organised by Warrington F.C. (a rugby club) on their athletics day on 14 August 1886 but it was not repeated. A rugby sevens match was played in Chorley, Lancashire as part of the Chorley Rugby and Athletic club's sports day on 22 July 1888; another match looks to have taken place the following year on 24 August 1889. The Rainford Athletics Club hosted a Sports Day on 7 August 1888 with a 3 team rugby sevens tournament, but this was a one-off and not repeated. Sevens then ended in England and it would be a long wait for any future English Sevens tournaments to arrive, with the exception of a Whitsuntide event, which included sevens, at Hexham in 1894 which seemed to go ahead without official backing. The Hexham Whitsuntide Sports committee tried to invite <a href="/wiki/Hawick_RFC" title="Hawick RFC">Hawick RFC</a> as their star guests, but without backing this did not come off.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a long time the English Rugby Union held against rugby sevens being played in England. English clubs, particularly those close to the Scottish border and aware of the game's success in Scotland, wanted to play their own tournaments. Their pleas went in vain.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>England finally hosted its first Sevens tournament in 1921 as the Scottish game crept south over the border. This was on 23 April 1921 by Carlisle rugby club; they beat a Hawick 'B' side in the final.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next was on 3 September 1921<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in north east England at the <a href="/wiki/Percy_Park_RFC" title="Percy Park RFC">Percy Park</a> Sevens in <a href="/wiki/North_Shields" title="North Shields">North Shields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BathMisc_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BathMisc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was close to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Borders" title="Scottish Borders">Scottish Borders</a> and Scottish sides were invited to play in the tournament with local English sides. The final was contested between <a href="/wiki/Selkirk_RFC" title="Selkirk RFC">Selkirk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melrose_RFC" title="Melrose RFC">Melrose</a>; with Selkirk winning the event.<sup id="cite_ref-BathMisc_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BathMisc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>First played in 1926, the <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Sevens" title="Middlesex Sevens">Middlesex Sevens</a> were set-up by Dr J.A. Russell-Cargill, a London-based Scot.<sup id="cite_ref-BathMisc_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BathMisc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament was intended as a fundraiser for <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII%27s_Hospital_Sister_Agnes" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes">King Edward VII Hospital</a>. It raised £1,600; at a time when standard admission was a <a href="/wiki/Shilling" title="Shilling">shilling</a>, and stand seats cost five shillings.<sup id="cite_ref-SS1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became England's premier Sevens tournament:- it had some formidable figures on its sub-committee such as <a href="/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Wavell Wakefield">Wavell Wakefield</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Ramsay_(rugby)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Ramsay (rugby) (page does not exist)">Bill Ramsay</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-SS1_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was close to London – and 10,000 spectators attended the second Middlesex tournament; and it helped rugby in London develop – featuring the aforementioned Wavell Wakefield, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Aarvold" title="Carl Aarvold">Carl Aarvold</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Recorder_of_London" title="Recorder of London">Recorder of the City of London</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Blackheath_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackheath FC">Blackheath FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wick_Powell" title="Wick Powell">Wick Powell</a> of <a href="/wiki/London_Welsh_RFC" title="London Welsh RFC">London Welsh RFC</a>, and John Tallent, who would later become chairman of the Four Home Unions Tours Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-SS1_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Invitation sides graced the Sevens tournament:- such as <a href="/wiki/Sale_Sharks" title="Sale Sharks">Sale RFC</a> in 1936, which included such players as <a href="/wiki/Wilf_Wooller" title="Wilf Wooller">Wilf Wooller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claude_Davey" title="Claude Davey">Claude Davey</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Fyfe" title="Ken Fyfe">Ken Fyfe</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> amongst their backs; and in 1939, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_RFC" title="Cardiff RFC">Cardiff RFC</a>, which included players such as Wilf Wooller again, and Les Spence and Wendy Davis.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SS1_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/James_Broun-Ramsay,_1st_Marquess_of_Dalhousie" title="James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie">Earl of Dalhousie</a> became Governor-General of India in the middle of the nineteenth century. He took his summers in the Indian western Himalayas. His base there, also called Dalhousie, and the neighbouring Khajjiar region, remains known as a 'Little Scotland of India'. Teams from Dalhousie and Chamba played various sports against one another at the Khajjiar Gymkhana. The Chamba side was a mixed civilian and native side; the Dalhousie side was a military side. On 29 June 1886 at 1am they played a rugby sevens match, as the Dalhousie players favoured rugby union; and the Chamba players, that had already beaten Dalhousie in cricket and association football, confidently obliged. The Dalhousie side unsurprisingly won the match; with the newspaper report seeming to blame Chamba's native players for the loss, a sad reflection of the times.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sevens then spread from Scotland to <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>; a Scottish expatriate city in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Dunedin Sevens tournament was the Charity tournament in aid of Dunedin hospital on 28 September 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Dunedin, sevens spread north to <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a> where Canterbury Rugby Union held a Sevens tournament on 16 September 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 May 1894, sevens had almost reached the North Island with a tournament in <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand" title="Nelson, New Zealand">Nelson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first notice of a Sevens tournament in Australia is that of Central Queensland Rugby Union's tournament in Rockhampton on 4 July 1891. The Wanderers won the tournament beating the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">Waratahs</a> and the Berserkers.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ireland">Ireland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Ireland, Douglas RFC of Cork attempted to host a Sevens tournament on 8 December 1900. However, due to inclement weather this did not come off. The first Sevens tournament in Ireland was then the Belfast tournament of 30 April 1921 in aid of the Warriors Day fund. This was run by the northern branch of the IRFU.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Argentina">Argentina</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Argentina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The next country to host a Sevens tournament was Argentina; arriving again via Scottish expatriates.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Cricket_%26_Rugby_Club" title="Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club">Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club</a> hosted their own Sevens event on 9 July 1921. The Buenos Aires club defeated <a href="/wiki/Belgrano_Athletic_Club" title="Belgrano Athletic Club">Belgrano Athletic Club</a> in the final. The Buenos Aires club went on to host Sevens tournaments on 9 July every year; however a pitch-invasion tradition at the final meant that no further winners were recorded until 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 9 July is Argentina's Independence Day holiday; and a feast is often prepared in celebration. It is said that the pitch invasion tradition started when a bell, announcing that food was ready, rang out during the final.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_side_tournaments">National side tournaments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: National side tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_international_tournament">First international tournament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: First international tournament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first-ever officially sanctioned tournament for national teams was the <a href="/wiki/1973_International_Seven-A-Side_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament">1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament</a> held at <a href="/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium" title="Murrayfield Stadium">Murrayfield</a> as part of the "<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rugby_Union" title="Scottish Rugby Union">Scottish Rugby Union</a>'s Celebration of Rugby" centenary celebrations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hong_Kong_Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Hong Kong Sevens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="Hong Kong Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg/220px-Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg/330px-Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg/440px-Hong_Kong_Sevens_Parade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="Hong Kong Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</a> was one of the most influential tournaments in the development and spread of rugby sevens internationally in the 20th century.</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to the success of the format, the Scottish connection continued in the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="Hong Kong Sevens">Hong Kong Sevens</a> in the 1970s. Founded largely by expats such as <a href="/wiki/Tokkie_Smith" title="Tokkie Smith">"Tokkie" Smith</a>, the Hong Kong Sevens were ahead of their time and an influential force in the modernisation of rugby union. For example, the Hong Kong Sevens was one of the first rugby union tournaments to attract major sponsorship when the airline <a href="/wiki/Cathay_Pacific" title="Cathay Pacific">Cathay Pacific</a> sponsored the inaugural tournament in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-SS2_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS2-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also provided a level of cosmopolitan international competition, which tended not to exist in rugby before the first <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> in 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-SS3_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS3-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially since <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_rugby_union_team" title="Hong Kong national rugby union team">Hong Kong</a> was not seen as one of the "Big Eight". By 1986, the Hong Kong Sevens were held up as a positive example to others, although many of the smaller nations' teams were largely made up of expatriates.<sup id="cite_ref-SS3_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS3-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SS4_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SS4-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_Cup">World Cup</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: World Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby World Cup Sevens</a>, in which the <i>Melrose Cup</i> is contested, was launched in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_development">International development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: International development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby sevens continues to be popular in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Borders" title="Scottish Borders">Scottish Borders</a>, where the ten most prestigious tournaments make up a league competition known as the <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_the_Sevens" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of the Sevens">Kings of the Sevens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In honour of the role of Melrose RFC in the creation of rugby sevens, the club was inducted, along with Haig, to the IRB Hall of Fame in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Top club sides and international sides frequently enter the Sevens tournaments in Scotland; the <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Sevens" title="Melrose Sevens">Melrose Sevens</a>, as the founding event of the sport, being the most prestigious.<sup id="cite_ref-Melrose_Sevens_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Melrose_Sevens-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sevens has also taken strong root in the Pacific island nations of <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>, as well as in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. In many minor rugby nations, such as in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Poland" title="Rugby union in Poland">Poland</a>, development has tended to concentrate on rugby sevens as a means of introducing the sport to people.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rugby sevens has become popular in places such as <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Hong_Kong" title="Rugby union in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Singapore" title="Rugby union in Singapore">Singapore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Dubai" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Dubai">Dubai</a>, which are not so successful in the fifteen-a-side code. In addition, seven of the 15 current "core teams" that compete in all legs of the World Series represent nations that are not within the recognised top tier of the 15-man game – <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Fiji national rugby sevens team">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Samoa national rugby sevens team">Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Kenya national rugby sevens team">Kenya</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_sevens_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby sevens team">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Canada national rugby sevens team">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Portugal national rugby sevens team">Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Japan national rugby sevens team">Japan</a>. Recently there has been the introduction of many new teams to the sevens circuit such as Russia and Germany. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_league_sevens">Rugby league sevens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rugby league sevens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby league also has a long heritage in the seven-a-side game. The world record rugby league crowd for sevens was 80,000 in Roundhay Park, Leeds, 1932, before a royal audience. In the modern era, however, small-sided rugby league has concentrated on the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_nines" title="Rugby league nines">Nines</a> format, which boasts similar adaptations to the league code as sevens does with the union code. </p><p>Both Bradford and Wigan rugby league sides have defeated rugby union teams in major rugby union sevens tournaments, demonstrating the adaptability of rugby league players generally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_tournaments">Major tournaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Major tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rugby_sevens" title="Special:EditPage/Rugby sevens">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Rugby_Sevens_Series">World Rugby Sevens Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: World Rugby Sevens Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">World Rugby Sevens Series</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg/170px-New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg/255px-New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg/340px-New_Zealand_Sevens_Rugby_Team.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a> have won thirteen <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">World Rugby Sevens Series</a> titles; the most of any nation that has competed in the annual series of tournaments.</figcaption></figure> <p>The World Series was a series held every season since the 1999–2000 inaugural season. Each season the Sevens Series held from seven to eleven tournaments, from around October and concluding around June. Most tournaments see 16 teams competing – mostly "core teams" that participate in each event, but also some teams that win the right to participate in select events. The last tournament was held in the 2022–2023 season. </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a> has been the dominant force in the Sevens Series, winning 13 out of the 23 seasons, including the first six seasons from 1999–2000 to 2004–05. In recent years, however, several other teams have challenged New Zealand's dominance. <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Fiji national rugby sevens team">Fiji</a> won the Series in 2005–06 and again in 2014–15 and 2015–16; <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa national rugby sevens team">South Africa</a> won in 2008–09 and 2016–17; and <a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Samoa national rugby sevens team">Samoa</a> claimed the 2009–10 crown. Other strong contenders include <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="England national rugby sevens team">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia national rugby sevens team">Australia</a>, each of whom have had several top four finishes in recent seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-2010-11_schedule_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-11_schedule-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2015_London_Sevens" title="2015 London Sevens">2015 London Sevens</a>, saw the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_sevens_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby sevens team">United States</a> win their first-ever tournament in the World Series.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Series#Player_records" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">Notable World Series players</a> include England's <a href="/wiki/Dan_Norton" title="Dan Norton">Dan Norton</a>, who has scored more tries (>230) than any other player; and England's <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gollings" title="Ben Gollings">Ben Gollings</a>, who has scored more points (2,652) than any other player. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Rugby_Women's_Sevens_Series"><span id="World_Rugby_Women.27s_Sevens_Series"></span>World Rugby Women's Sevens Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: World Rugby Women's Sevens Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">World Rugby Women's Sevens Series</a></div> <p>The Rugby Women's Sevens Series was held every season since the 2012–13 inaugural season. Each season the Sevens Series held from five to six tournaments, usually starting around November and concluding around June. Most tournaments see 12 teams competing – mostly "core teams" that participate in each event, but also some teams that win the right to participate in select events. The last series was held in the 2022–2023 season </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a> have been the most dominant team in the series since its establishment by winning four of the six competitions held up to and including 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SVNS">SVNS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: SVNS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023 World Rugby re-branded the Sevens series to a new <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_SVNS_Series" title="World Rugby SVNS Series">World Rugby SVNS Series</a> (known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC SVNS). World Rugby announced it will fully combine the men’s and women’s tours aligning with the Olympic competition model, with both taking place on the same weekends in the same cities and venues starting in December 2023 in Dubai and will conclude in Madrid in June 2024. The idea is to bring about a festival type atmosphere in each city across the world. Both men and women's teams will earn the same with equal participation fees. The new format will showcase the twelve best men's and women's teams, which will conclude in a Grand Final weekend where the top eight teams will compete to be crowned Series champions. The teams ranked ninth to twelfth will compete against the top four teams from a new Challenger Series in a relegation play-off to see who secures their place in the 2024–2025 season.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summer_Olympics">Summer Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Summer Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics">Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_(FR93)_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg/220px-Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg/330px-Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg/440px-Rugby_Sept_F%C3%A9minin_Quart_de_finale_Nouvelle-Z%C3%A9lande_x_Chine_Jeux_Olympiques_2024_Stade_France_-_Saint-Denis_%28FR93%29_-_2024-07-29_-_25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hirini" title="Sarah Hirini">Sarah Hirini</a> is chased down during a match against <a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="China women's national rugby sevens team">China</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024 Summer Olympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The International Olympic Committee voted in 2009 to include rugby sevens on the program for the 2016 Olympic Games in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were two open spots for sports and initially seven sports began the bidding for inclusion in the 2016 program. The event debuted in an Olympic program at the <a href="/wiki/2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2014 Summer Youth Olympics">2014 Summer Youth Olympics</a>. </p><p>Two issues related to differences between the structures of rugby union and the Olympics were sorted out before the 2016 Olympic Games. The issue of a combined British team has proven less of a problem in rugby union. World Rugby chief executive Mike Miller endorsed the concept of a combined British sevens team in 2011 for the 2016 Olympics and beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another issue is the status of Northern Ireland. World Rugby recognises the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Irish Rugby Football Union</a> as the sport's governing body for the entire island of Ireland. By contrast, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> recognises the <a href="/wiki/British_Olympic_Association" title="British Olympic Association">British Olympic Association</a> as the governing body of the UK Olympic team, while the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Council_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Council of Ireland">Olympic Council of Ireland</a> usually fields teams representing all of Ireland in sports which are organised on an <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland" title="All-Ireland">all-Ireland</a> basis. Northern Irish sevens players play for the Irish team.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the men's competition Fiji won the gold medal in the sport's Olympic debut, with Great Britain taking the silver and South Africa the bronze. The women's gold medal was won by Australia, with New Zealand taking silver and Canada bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Cup_Sevens">World Cup Sevens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: World Cup Sevens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby World Cup Sevens</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG/220px-2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG/330px-2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG/440px-2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens_First_Day_71.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A scene from the opening ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/2013_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens">2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens</a>, which was held at <a href="/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" title="Luzhniki Stadium">Luzhniki Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Rugby World Cup Sevens is held every four years and is the premier international rugby sevens tournament outside of the Olympic Games. The first tournament was held at <a href="/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium" title="Murrayfield Stadium">Murrayfield</a> in <a href="/wiki/1993_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens">1993</a> with <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> becoming the first team to win the event. Fiji and New Zealand are the most successful, with Fiji winning two World Cups and New Zealand winning three World Cups. In the men's competition teams compete for the <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Cup" title="Melrose Cup">Melrose Cup</a> and in the women's competition, launched in 2009, teams compete for the Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens Trophy. </p><p>Beginning with the 2018 edition, which was held in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the World Cup Sevens is held in the middle of the Summer Olympic cycle, two years after each Olympics. As part of the drive to include Sevens as an Olympic sport, <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a> proposed ending the World Cup event entirely to ensure the Olympic event had the greatest prestige. However, following feedback, World Rugby and the IOC recognised the benefit to keeping the typically much larger World Cup event (24 teams), but to align it timewise with the more streamlined Olympic tournament (12 to 16 teams).<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commonwealth_Games">Commonwealth Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Commonwealth Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games">Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games</a></div> <p>Rugby sevens has been played at each of the Commonwealth Games every four years since its first appearance at the <a href="/wiki/1998_Commonwealth_Games" title="1998 Commonwealth Games">1998 Commonwealth Games</a> in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was the first major international multisports event to include the sport. Rugby sevens is a "Core" sport by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games_Federation" title="Commonwealth Games Federation">Commonwealth Games Federation</a>, necessitating its appearance at all future games. The New Zealand team has won the gold medal four times with South Africa winning the tournament at <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games">Glasgow 2014</a> beating the defending champions in the final. Through the <a href="/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="2014 Commonwealth Games">2014 Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, it was the last remaining male-only sport at the Commonwealth Games, after women's <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> was added for those Games. Women's sevens made its Commonwealth Games debut in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Commonwealth_Games" title="2018 Commonwealth Games">2018 Games</a>. The New Zealand teams won the gold medal in both the men's and women's competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_tournaments">Regional tournaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Regional tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rugby_sevens" title="Special:EditPage/Rugby sevens">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rugby sevens is played at various regional multi-sport competitions, including the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Rugby union at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Rugby union at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games</a>. Rugby union was formerly played at the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_World_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the World Games">World Games</a>, but this has ceased as rugby is now an Olympic sport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asian_Games">Asian Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Asian Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Asian_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby sevens at the Asian Games">Rugby sevens at the Asian Games</a></div> <p>A men's rugby sevens was introduced at the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a> in 1998. A women's tournament was added in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pan_American_Games">Pan American Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Pan American Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games">Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games</a></div> <p>Men's rugby sevens at the <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games" title="Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a> has been held every four years since the 2011 Pan American Games, with Canada, Argentina, and the United States placing for medals each time.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women's rugby sevens was later added to the program for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Pan_American_Games" title="2015 Pan American Games">2015 Pan American Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Sevens_Championship">European Sevens Championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: European Sevens Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sevens_Grand_Prix_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevens Grand Prix Series">Sevens Grand Prix Series</a></div> <p>The Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series serves as a regional qualifier for two types of tournaments. The top two finishing teams each year who are not core members of the World Rugby Sevens Series advance to the Hong Kong Sevens, the qualifying tournament for teams vying to achieve core team status in the World Rugby Sevens Series. The Europe Grand Prix also serves as a regional qualifier for major quadrennial tournaments, such as the summer Olympics and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. </p><p>In Europe, <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Portugal national rugby sevens team">Portugal</a> dominated in sevens during the Championship era (2002–10); only twice the team did not win the trophy, in 2007 and 2009, when both times the championships were won by <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Russia national rugby sevens team">Russia</a>. In the Grand Prix Series era from 2011 to the present, the champions became <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="England national rugby sevens team">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="France national rugby sevens team">France</a>; both teams won the trophy twice in a row. Portugal won the first edition, while Russia is the current champion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premier_Rugby_Sevens">Premier Rugby Sevens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Premier Rugby Sevens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Premier_Rugby_Sevens" title="Premier Rugby Sevens">Premier Rugby Sevens</a></div> <p>Premier Rugby Sevens is a standalone, professional rugby sevens circuit based in North America and sanctioned by <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby" title="USA Rugby">USA Rugby</a> as the highest level of domestic sevens.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league began play in 2021 and has been scheduled opposite to the World Rugby Sevens Series in order to feature top American and other international caliber players. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_rugby_sevens"><span id="Women.27s_rugby_sevens"></span>Women's rugby sevens</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Women's rugby sevens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_women%27s_rugby_sevens_competitions" title="List of women's rugby sevens competitions">List of women's rugby sevens competitions</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">World Rugby Women's Sevens Series</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg/220px-Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg/330px-Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg/440px-Espagne-Japon_2017-06-25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Garc%C3%ADa_(rugby_union)" title="Patricia García (rugby union)">Patricia García</a> of <a href="/wiki/Spain_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Spain women's national rugby sevens team">Spain</a> breaks through <a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Japan women's national rugby sevens team">Japan</a>'s defensive line during the Challenge Cup Final of the <a href="/wiki/2017_France_Women%27s_Sevens" title="2017 France Women's Sevens">2017 France Women's Sevens</a> tournament.</figcaption></figure> <p>Women's rugby sevens has been dominated by New Zealand, with either the New Zealand team (1999–2001) or Aotearoa Maori Women's Rugby sevens team (playing as New Zealand),<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament from 1997 until 2007. The United States won the Hong Kong Sevens in 2008 by defeating Canada in the final (New Zealand failed to send a team). </p><p>The inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament took place in Dubai together with the men's tournament during the first weekend of March 2009. England defeated Canada 12–0 in the Bowl final while Australia edged New Zealand 15–10 in extra-time to become the first to win the Women's Rugby World Cup. </p><p>WR, then known as the International Rugby Board (IRB), organised its first official women's sevens tournament outside of the World Cup as part of the 2011 Dubai Sevens. This was part of a plan to launch a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series for 2012–13.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The international series was officially christened as the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">IRB Women's Sevens World Series</a> in an IRB announcement on 4 October 2012. The series, as planned, launched for the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_IRB_Women%27s_Sevens_World_Series" title="2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series">2012–13 season</a> and initially featured events in Dubai, the US, China and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two additional events were planned for the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_IRB_Women%27s_Sevens_World_Series" title="2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series">2013–14 series</a>, but in the end only one of these events, in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, took place. For the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2014–15 series</a>, China dropped from the schedule, while <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> hosted new events. The series was rechristened for 2014–15 as the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, following the November 2014 renaming of the IRB as World Rugby. The <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2015–16 series</a> included only five events; the England and Netherlands events were dropped and an event in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> was added. The <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2016–17 series</a> returned to six events with the launch of an event in Japan. </p><p>Women's rugby sevens was included in the 2016 Olympic Games due to the IRB's successful bid to reintroduce rugby to the Summer games. Australia claimed the gold medal for the event, beating New Zealand in the final with a score of 24–17. Canada claimed the bronze medal after beating Great Britain 33–10 in the third place play-off. WR also successfully pushed for the inclusion of women's sevens in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. </p><p>Many of the Scottish Sevens club tournaments run women's events as part of their Sevens.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Melrose_Sevens_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Melrose_Sevens-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sevens_vs_Fifteens">Sevens vs Fifteens</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sevens vs Fifteens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As sevens has proven a commercial and competitive success, sevens is starting to become divorced from the 15-man game. Former Wales rugby union player and current pundit <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(rugby_union_born_1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Taylor (rugby union born 1945)">John Taylor</a> wrote in 2010, stating: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[Sevens] is in danger of becoming a totally separate game. <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ryan_(rugby_union)" title="Ben Ryan (rugby union)">Ben Ryan</a>, who coached both the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="England national rugby sevens team">England Sevens</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Fiji national rugby sevens team">Fiji Sevens</a>, dismisses the idea that it should be seen mainly as a development tool. A few years ago players would spend a year or two with the Sevens squad to improve their running and passing skills. Many international players refined their game on the Sevens circuit including all-time greats such as <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Lomu" title="Jonah Lomu">Jonah Lomu</a>. That is happening less and less. Players have to make a choice: Do they want to concentrate on Sevens or 15s? The techniques and training required are becoming very different. Modern professional players are already pretty lean but the forwards in 15-a-side do need bulk as well. In Sevens that is not required and new training regimes are making body fat levels even lower so they are not able to transfer from one game to the other.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Five-a-side football">Seven-a-side football</a> (association football)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_sevens&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bath, Richard (ed.) <i>The Complete Book of Rugby</i> (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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<li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McLaren" title="Bill McLaren">McLaren, Bill</a> <i>Talking of Rugby</i> (1991, Stanley Paul, London <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-173875-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-09-173875-X">0-09-173875-X</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Massie" title="Allan Massie">Massie, Allan</a> <i>A Portrait of Scottish Rugby</i> (Polygon, Edinburgh; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-904919-84-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-904919-84-6">0-904919-84-6</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichards2007" class="citation book cs1">Richards, Huw (2007). <span 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Sevens"</a>. 14 July 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Aberdeen+F.C.+Sevens&rft.date=2019-07-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fscottishsevens.sport.blog%2Faberdeen-f-c-sevens%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARugby+sevens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/edinburgh-st-george-sevens/">"Edinburgh St. George Sevens"</a>. 21 July 2019.</cite><span 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class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SS1-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SS1_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SS1_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SS1_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SS1_30-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SS1_30-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Starmer-Smith, p60</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/">"Scottish Sevens tournaments"</a>. <i>Scottish Sevens tournaments</i>.</cite><span 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Argentina national rugby sevens team">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia national rugby sevens team">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Canada national rugby sevens team">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Fiji national rugby sevens team">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="France national rugby sevens team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Great Britain national rugby sevens team">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Ireland national rugby sevens team">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a 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rugby sevens team">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Wales national rugby sevens team">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Zimbabwe national rugby sevens team">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Afghanistan national rugby sevens team">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Algeria national rugby sevens team">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="American Samoa national rugby sevens team">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Andorra national rugby sevens team">Andorra</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="Israel national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Kazakhstan national rugby sevens team">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiribati_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Kiribati national rugby sevens team">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Kosovo national rugby sevens team">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Lithuania national rugby sevens team">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Luxembourg national rugby sevens team">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Madagascar national rugby sevens team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Malaysia national rugby sevens team">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Malta national rugby sevens team">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Mexico national rugby sevens team">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_men%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Moldova men's national rugby sevens team">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco_national_rugby_sevens_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Monaco national rugby sevens team">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Montenegro national rugby sevens team">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauru_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Nauru national rugby sevens team">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Caledonia national rugby sevens team">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Nigeria national rugby sevens team">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Niue national rugby sevens 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Invitational sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duathlon" title="Duathlon">Duathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">Flag football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> (men)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby" title="Wheelchair rugby">Wheelchair rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wushu_(sport)" title="Wushu (sport)">Wushu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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rugby sevens team">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="France women's national rugby sevens team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Ireland women's national rugby sevens team">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Spain women's national rugby sevens team">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="United States women's national rugby sevens team">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teams with <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">World Cup Sevens</a> <br /> experience</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="China women's national rugby sevens team">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Italy women's national rugby sevens team">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Japan women's national rugby sevens team">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Mexico women's national rugby sevens team">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Russia women's national rugby sevens team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa women's national rugby sevens team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Thailand women's national rugby sevens team">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Tunisia women's national rugby sevens team">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Uganda women's national rugby sevens team">Uganda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Algeria_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Algeria women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="American Samoa women's national rugby sevens team">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andorra_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andorra women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Argentina women's national rugby sevens team">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Austria women's national rugby sevens team">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barbados_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barbados women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Belgium women's national rugby sevens team">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botswana women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgaria_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bulgaria women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burundi_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burundi women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Cayman Islands women's national rugby sevens team">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Chile women's national rugby sevens team">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Colombia women's national rugby sevens team">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Cook Islands women's national rugby sevens team">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Croatia women's national rugby sevens team">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Czech Republic women's national rugby sevens team">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Denmark women's national rugby sevens team">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Finland women's national rugby sevens team">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Germany women's national rugby sevens team">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghana_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghana women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Guam women's national rugby sevens team">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guyana_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guyana women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Hong Kong women's national rugby sevens team">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="India women's national rugby sevens team">India</a></li> <li><a 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title="Lithuania women's national rugby sevens team">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Madagascar women's national rugby sevens team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malaysia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malaysia women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Malta women's national rugby sevens team">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Moldova women's national rugby sevens team">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morocco_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morocco women's national rugby sevens team (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauru_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Nauru women's national rugby sevens 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World Sevens Series">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_World_Sevens_Series" title="2004–05 World Sevens Series">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_World_Sevens_Series" title="2005–06 World Sevens Series">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_IRB_Sevens_World_Series" title="2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Sevens_World_Series" title="2014–15 Sevens World Series">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2021 World Rugby Sevens Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_SVNS" title="2023–24 SVNS">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_SVNS" title="2024–25 SVNS">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024–25 events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Dubai_Sevens" title="2024 Dubai Sevens">Dubai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_South_Africa_Sevens" title="2024 South Africa Sevens">Cape Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Australia_Sevens" title="2025 Australia Sevens">Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Canada_Sevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 Canada Sevens (page does not exist)">Vancouver</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Hong_Kong_Sevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 Hong Kong Sevens (page does not exist)">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Singapore_Sevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 Singapore Sevens (page does not exist)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_USA_Sevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 USA Sevens (page does not exist)">Los Angeles</a> <b>(Grand Final)</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mar_del_Plata_Sevens" title="Mar del Plata Sevens">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_Sevens" title="Chile Sevens">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Sevens" title="China Sevens">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_Sevens" title="Fiji Sevens">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_Sevens" title="France Sevens">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Sevens" title="Japan Sevens">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Sevens" title="London Sevens">London (England)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Sevens" title="Malaysia Sevens">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Sevens" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Sevens">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Sevens" title="Scotland Sevens">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_Sevens" title="Spain Sevens">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_Sevens" title="Uruguay Sevens">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Sevens" title="Cardiff Sevens">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BC_Place" title="BC Place">BC Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Town_Stadium" title="Cape Town Stadium">Cape Town Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dignity_Health_Sports_Park" title="Dignity Health Sports Park">Dignity Health Sports Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stadium" title="Hong Kong Stadium">Hong Kong Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Stadium_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="National Stadium Singapore">National Stadium, Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Perth Rectangular Stadium">Perth Rectangular Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sevens_Stadium" title="The Sevens Stadium">The Sevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_IRB_Women%27s_Sevens_World_Series" title="2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_IRB_Women%27s_Sevens_World_Series" title="2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">2017–18</a></li> <li><a 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title="São Paulo Sevens">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Women%27s_Sevens" title="London Women's Sevens">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_Women%27s_Sevens" title="France Women's Sevens">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Japan Women's Sevens">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Amsterdam Women's Sevens">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Women%27s_Sevens" title="New Zealand Women's Sevens">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRB_Women%27s_Sevens_Challenge_Cup" title="IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup">Women's IRB Challenge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Sevens_Stadium" title="The Sevens Stadium">The Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Town_Stadium" 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href="/wiki/Nine-a-side_footy" title="Nine-a-side footy">Nine-a-side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rec_footy" title="Rec footy">Rec footy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variations_of_Australian_rules_football" title="Variations of Australian rules football">Variations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">Gridiron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eight-man_football" title="Eight-man football">Eight-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-man_football" title="Nine-man football">Nine-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A7FL" title="A7FL">Seven-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six-man_football" title="Six-man football">Six-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprint_football" title="Sprint football">Sprint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_football_(American)" title="Touch football (American)">Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_Football_(American)" title="Wheelchair Football (American)">Wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">Rugby</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masters_Rugby_League" title="Masters Rugby League">Masters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mod_league" title="Mod league">Mod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_nines" title="Rugby league nines">Nines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_sevens" title="Rugby league sevens">Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_rugby" title="Tag rugby">Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby_league" title="Wheelchair rugby league">Wheelchair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_disability_rugby_league" title="Physical disability rugby league">PD Rugby League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_flag_rugby" title="American flag rugby">American flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_rugby" title="Beach rugby">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini_rugby" title="Mini rugby">Mini</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_rugby" title="Snow rugby">Snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_rugby" title="Tag rugby">Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_rugby" title="Touch rugby">Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_tens" title="Rugby tens">Tens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_X" title="Rugby X">X</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambo_rugby" title="Tambo rugby">Tambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_(sport)" title="Touch (sport)">Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby" title="Wheelchair rugby">Wheelchair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circle_rules_football" title="Circle rules football">Circle rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_football" title="Harrow football">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lelo_burti" title="Lelo burti">Lelo burti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hybrid_sports" title="List of hybrid sports">Hybrid codes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austus" title="Austus">Austus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_game" title="Boston game">Boston game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eton_field_game" title="Eton field game">Eton field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eton_wall_game" title="Eton wall game">Eton wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rules_football" title="International rules football">International rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_rules" title="Samoa rules">Samoa rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedball_(American_ball_game)" title="Speedball (American ball game)">Speedball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_football_(code)" title="Swedish football (code)">Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_football" title="Universal football">Universal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volata" title="Volata">Volata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rules and<br /> regulations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_the_Game_(association_football)" title="Laws of the Game (association football)">Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gridiron_football_rules" title="List of gridiron football rules">Gridiron</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_rules" title="American football rules">American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_rugby_league" title="Laws of rugby league">Rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_rugby_union" title="Laws of rugby union">Rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_rules" title="Cambridge rules">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Rules" title="Sheffield Rules">Sheffield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caid_(sport)" title="Caid (sport)">Caid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuju" title="Cuju">Cuju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcio Fiorentino">Calcio Fiorentino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_public_school_football_games" title="English public school football games">English school games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episkyros" title="Episkyros">Episkyros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpastum" title="Harpastum">Harpastum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_soule" title="La soule">La soule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marn_Grook" title="Marn Grook">Marn Grook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_football" title="Medieval football">Medieval</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ba_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Ba game">Ba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(game)" title="Camping (game)">Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_hurling" title="Cornish hurling">Cornish hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_division_football" title="Old division football">Old Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football" title="Royal Shrovetide Football">Royal Shrovetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppies_and_Downies" title="Uppies and Downies">Uppies and Downies</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_football" title="History of American football">American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_history_of_American_football" title="Early history of American football">Early</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_history_of_American_football" title="Modern history of American football">Modern</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_association_football" title="History of association football">Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australian_rules_football" title="History of Australian rules football">Australian rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_rugby_league" title="History of rugby league">Rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_rugby_union" title="History of rugby union">Rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comparisons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_football_and_Canadian_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of American football and Canadian football">American and Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_football_and_rugby_league" title="Comparison of American football and rugby league">American and rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of American football and rugby union">American and rugby union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_association_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of association football and rugby union">Association and rugby union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_football_and_rugby_league" title="Comparison of Canadian football and rugby league">Canadian and rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of Canadian football and rugby union">Canadian and rugby union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Gaelic_football_and_Australian_rules_football" title="Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football">Gaelic and Australian rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Gaelic_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of Gaelic football and rugby union">Gaelic and rugby union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_rugby_league_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of rugby league and rugby union">Rugby league and rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memorabilia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_card" title="American football card">American football card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_card" title="Association football card">Association football card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_card" title="Australian rules football card">Australian rules football card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_card" title="Rugby card">Rugby card</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games" title="Attempts to ban football games">Attempts to ban football games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_clubs" title="Oldest football clubs">Oldest clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_competitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest football competitions">Oldest competitions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion games">Invasion games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Basket sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach basketball">beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaf_basketball" title="Deaf basketball">deaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3x3_basketball" title="3x3 basketball">3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_basketball" title="Water basketball">water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball" title="Wheelchair basketball">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cestoball" title="Cestoball">Cestoball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dueball" title="Dueball">Dueball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korfball" title="Korfball">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">Netball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fast5_netball" title="Fast5 netball">Fast5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_netball" title="Indoor netball">indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_netball" title="Wheelchair netball">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rezball" title="Rezball">Rezball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringball" title="Ringball">Ringball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlamBall" title="SlamBall">SlamBall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Football" title="Football">Football</a><br />codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFLX" title="AFLX">AFLX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightning_football" title="Lightning football">Lightning football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_footy" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro footy">Metro footy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-a-side_footy" title="Nine-a-side footy">Nine-a-side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rec_footy" title="Rec footy">Rec footy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ladies%27_Gaelic_football" title="Ladies' Gaelic football">Ladies'</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_rules_football" title="Circle rules football">Circle rules football</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amputee_football" title="Amputee football">amputee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_soccer" title="Beach soccer">beach soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_football" title="Freestyle football">freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_soccer" title="Indoor soccer">Indoor soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minifootball" title="Minifootball">minifootball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_football" title="Paralympic football">paralympic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powerchair_football" title="Powerchair football">powerchair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_soccer" title="Roller soccer">roller soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socca" title="Socca">socca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_football_(association_football)" title="Street football (association football)">street</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">Gridiron</a> codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eight-man_football" title="Eight-man football">eight-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-man_football" title="Nine-man football">nine-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six-man_football" title="Six-man football">six-man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprint_football" title="Sprint football">sprint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_football_(American)" title="Touch football (American)">touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_Football_(American)" title="Wheelchair Football (American)">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hybrid_sports" title="List of hybrid sports">Hybrid</a> codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austus" title="Austus">Austus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eton_wall_game" title="Eton wall game">Eton wall game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rules_football" title="International rules football">International rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_rules" title="Samoa rules">Samoa rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedball_(American_ball_game)" title="Speedball (American ball game)">Speedball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_football_(code)" title="Swedish football (code)">Swedish football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_football" title="Universal football">Universal football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volata" title="Volata">Volata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medieval_football" title="Medieval football">Medieval/historical<br />football</a> codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ba%27_Game" title="Ba' Game">Ba' Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caid_(sport)" title="Caid (sport)">Caid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcio_storico_fiorentino" title="Calcio storico fiorentino">Calcio fiorentino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(game)" title="Camping (game)">Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_hurling" title="Cornish hurling">Cornish hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuju" title="Cuju">Cuju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpastum" title="Harpastum">Harpastum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemari" title="Kemari">Kemari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_soule" title="La soule">La soule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lelo_burti" title="Lelo burti">Lelo burti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marn_Grook" title="Marn Grook">Marn grook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasuckuakohowog" title="Pasuckuakohowog">Pasuckuakohowog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football" title="Royal Shrovetide Football">Royal Shrovetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppies_and_Downies" title="Uppies and Downies">Uppies and downies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">Rugby</a> codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">Rugby league</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masters_Rugby_League" title="Masters Rugby League">masters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mod_league" title="Mod league">mod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_nines" title="Rugby league nines">nines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_sevens" title="Rugby league sevens">sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_rugby" title="Tag rugby">tag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby_league" title="Wheelchair rugby league">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_flag_rugby" title="American flag rugby">American flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_rugby" title="Beach rugby">beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini_rugby" title="Mini rugby">mini</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_rugby" title="Snow rugby">snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_rugby" title="Tag rugby">tag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambo_rugby" title="Tambo rugby">Tambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_rugby" title="Touch rugby">touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_tens" title="Rugby tens">tens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_X" title="Rugby X">X</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_(sport)" title="Touch (sport)">Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby" title="Wheelchair rugby">Wheelchair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other related codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuju" title="Cuju">Cuju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%AB-o-rahi" title="Kī-o-rahi">Kī-o-rahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jegichagi" title="Jegichagi">Jegichagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yubi_lakpi" title="Yubi lakpi">Yubi lakpi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stick-and-ball<br />sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bando_(sport)" title="Bando (sport)">Bando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cammag" title="Cammag">Cammag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateball" title="Gateball">Gateball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camogie" title="Camogie">Camogie</a></li> <li>Super11s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Composite_rules_shinty%E2%80%93hurling" title="Composite rules shinty–hurling">Shinty–Hurling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_North_American_stickball" title="Indigenous North American stickball">Indigenous North American stickball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iomain" title="Iomain">Iomain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knattleikr" title="Knattleikr">Knattleikr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotty" title="Knotty">Knotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">box/indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_lacrosse" title="Field lacrosse">field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercrosse" title="Intercrosse">intercrosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_lacrosse" title="Women's lacrosse">women's</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritinis" title="Ritinis">Ritinis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinty" title="Shinty">Shinty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Composite_rules_shinty%E2%80%93hurling" title="Composite rules shinty–hurling">Shinty–Hurling</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hockey" title="Hockey">Hockey</a> sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_hockey" title="Ball hockey">Ball hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandy" title="Bandy">Bandy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rink_bandy" title="Rink bandy">rink</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomball" title="Broomball">Broomball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Field hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_hockey" title="Indoor hockey">indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floor_hockey" title="Floor hockey">Floor hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floorball" title="Floorball">Floorball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pond_hockey" title="Pond hockey">pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_hockey" title="Power hockey">power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledge_hockey" title="Sledge hockey">ice sledge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringette" title="Ringette">Ringette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinkball" title="Rinkball">Rinkball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_hockey" title="Roller hockey">Roller hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roller_in-line_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller in-line hockey">in-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_hockey_(quad)" title="Roller hockey (quad)">quad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossall_Hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Rossall Hockey">Rossall hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinny" title="Shinny">Shinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_hockey" title="Street hockey">Street hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_hockey" title="Underwater hockey">Underwater hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicycle_hockey" title="Unicycle hockey">Unicycle hockey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">Polo</a> sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auto_polo" title="Auto polo">Auto polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_polo" title="Cowboy polo">Cowboy polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycle_polo" title="Cycle polo">Cycle polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_polo" title="Elephant polo">Elephant polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobby_horse_polo" title="Hobby horse polo">Hobby horse polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horseball" title="Horseball">Horseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pato" title="Pato">Pato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">Polo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arena_polo" title="Arena polo">Arena polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chovgan" title="Chovgan">Chovgan</a></li> <li>Snow polo</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polocrosse" title="Polocrosse">Polocrosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segway_polo" title="Segway polo">Segway polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yak_polo" title="Yak polo">Yak polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other goal sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angleball" title="Angleball">Angleball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycle_ball" title="Cycle ball">Cycle ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flickerball" title="Flickerball">Flickerball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalball" title="Goalball">Goalball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">Handball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_handball" title="Beach handball">beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_handball" title="Czech handball">Czech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_handball" title="Field handball">field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_handball" title="Wheelchair handball">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Ball" title="Home Ball">Home Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motoball" title="Motoball">Motoball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushball" title="Pushball">Pushball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)" title="Quidditch (real-life sport)">Quidditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roll_ball" title="Roll ball">Roll ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_football" title="Underwater football">Underwater football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_rugby" title="Underwater rugby">Underwater rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">Water polo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canoe_polo" title="Canoe polo">canoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_tube_water_polo" title="Inner tube water polo">inner tube</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whirlyball" title="Whirlyball">Whirlyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bat-and-ball_games" title="Bat-and-ball games">Bat-and-ball<br />games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Variations_of_baseball" title="Variations of baseball">Baseball variants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball5" title="Baseball5">Baseball5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A4nnboll" title="Brännboll">Brännboll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corkball" title="Corkball">Corkball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kickball" title="Kickball">Kickball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matball" title="Matball">Matball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Over-the-line" title="Over-the-line">Over-the-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pes%C3%A4pallo" title="Pesäpallo">Pesäpallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rounders" title="Rounders">Rounders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schlagball" title="Schlagball">Schlagball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fastpitch_softball" title="Fastpitch softball">Fastpitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16-inch_softball" title="16-inch softball">16-inch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickball_(street_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stickball (street game)">Stickball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitilla" title="Vitilla">Vitilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_baseball" title="British baseball">British baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="English baseball">English baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh baseball">Welsh baseball</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiffle_ball" title="Wiffle ball">Wiffle ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_ball" title="Town ball">Town ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wireball" title="Wireball">Wireball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Forms_of_cricket" title="Forms of cricket">Cricket variants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">One Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty20_International" title="Twenty20 International">Twenty20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_cricket" title="Indoor cricket">Indoor cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigoro" title="Vigoro">Vigoro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_longball" title="Danish longball">Danish longball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapta_(game)" title="Lapta (game)">Lapta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oin%C4%83" title="Oină">Oină</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoolball" title="Stoolball">Stoolball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Net_and_wall_games" title="Net and wall games">Net and wall games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_badminton" title="Ball badminton">Ball badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biribol" title="Biribol">Biribol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bossaball" title="Bossaball">Bossaball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fistball" title="Fistball">Fistball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fives" title="Fives">Fives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eton_fives" title="Eton fives">Eton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_fives" title="Rugby fives">Rugby</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footbag_net" title="Footbag net">Footbag net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_tennis" title="Football tennis">Football tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footvolley" title="Footvolley">Footvolley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jianzi" title="Jianzi">Jianzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jokgu" title="Jokgu">Jokgu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcomb_ball" title="Newcomb ball">Newcomb ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peteca" title="Peteca">Peteca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sepak_takraw" title="Sepak takraw">Sepak takraw</a></li> <li><a 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