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2018 Paris Sevens
The 2018 Paris Sevens was the final event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eleventh edition of the France Sevens. The tournament was held between 9–10 June 2018 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris. Teams The fifteen core teams will be participating in the tournament, along with one invited team, Ireland. Pool stages All times in Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). The games as scheduled are as follows: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage 13th Place Challenge Trophy 5th Place Cup Tournament placings SourceWorld Rugby/small> Players Scoring leaders SourceWorld Rugby Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament: See also * 2018 France Women's Sevens References External links Tournament page {{2017-18 Sevens World Series Paris France Sevens 2017–18 in French rugby union Paris Sevens The Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The World Rugby Sevens Series, Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. Core teams Tour venues The official schedule for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series is: There were several significant changes to the schedule: * The New Zealand event moved from Wellington, which had hosted an event in every previous season of the series, to Hamilton. * The Australia and New Zealand events will swap places in the tournament order. * The schedule includes a break for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will hold its Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, sevens tournament on 14–15 April at Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast. * The Paris and London Sevens, which swapped places in the season order, will take place several weeks later than usual in order to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalione Nasoko
Kalione Nasoko (born 2 December 1990) is the current captain of the Fiji national rugby sevens team to the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship and the 2018 Dubai Sevens. Nasoko was awarded player of the final at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens Tournament where Fiji beat the South Africa Sevens Team 22-0. Nasoko made his debut for Fiji at the 2016 Dubai Sevens. Early life Nasoko grew up on the Island of Yawa Levu, an island formed on a volcanic ridge at the southern tip of the Yasawa group of Islands in Fiji. Nasoko's early education was aRatu Naivalu Memorial School the only school on Waya Island Waya is an island in the southern part of the Yasawa Islands of Fiji. The island is part of Ba Province in the country's Western Division. Waya lies about from Lautoka Lautoka () is the second largest Local government in Fiji, city in Fij ..., a two-hour trek along mountainous terrain. Awards and honours * A Part of 2017-18 Hamilton 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * A Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasi Alosio
Tomasi Alosio Logotuli (born 26 January 1992) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC. His position is wing or fullback. Career He was named in the Moana Pasifika squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. He also represented in the 2015 ITM Cup and the 2021 Bunnings NPC. Alosio is a Samoa international having made his debut in 2021 against Tonga, having previously represented Samoa at rugby sevens, playing over 200 games between 2015 and 2020. Alosio was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC The 2022 Bunnings NPC season is the seventeenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, the National Provincial Championship, since it turned professional in 2006. It involves the top fourteen provincial rugby unions of New .... Reference list External linksitsrugby.co.uk profile 1992 births Samoan rugby union players Samoa international rugby union players Living people Rugby union wings Rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neria Fomai
Neria Fomai (born 3 February 1992) is a rugby union player, who currently plays as a centre or wing for in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition and for in Super Rugby. He was born and raised in New Zealand, but has represented Manu Samoa – for which he is eligible due to his Samoan heritage – both in the fifteen-a-side form of the game and rugby sevens. Early career Fomai, who is a younger brother of former Manu Samoa and Hawke's Bay loose forward Tivaini Fomai, was born in Auckland. With his family, he later moved to Hastings in Hawke's Bay, where he attended Hastings Boys' High School. Since leaving high school, Fomai played club rugby for Hastings Rugby & Sports Club in the Hawke's Bay club rugby competition. He was named the Club Rugby Player of the Year in 2016, ten years after his brother Tivaini became the inaugural winner of that award. In 2016, he played representative rugby for the Hawke's Bay Saracens – the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium Tuatagaloa
Belgium Tuatagaloa (born 19 September 1989) is a rugby union player who has represented the New Zealand Sevens team, in 2012 and 2013, and in sevens 2015-2017 and in fifteens from 2019. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he qualifies for Samoa through heritage. He has played for Canterbury in the ITM Cup and for Valence Romans Rugby in France's Fédérale 1, the third division. He currently plays for Rouen in the Pro D2. He has also played for London Irish and in 2022 played for Racing 92 in the Supersevens Tournament where he was named in the tournament team. Initially a promising New Zealand boxer, Tuatagaloa fell into rugby in his late teens (2007) and the athletically strong runner impressed with his quick grasp of the game. He was spotted by Sir Gordon Tietjens, the celebrated coach of the New Zealand men's national team in rugby sevens, the All Blacks Sevens. He quickly rose through the NZ development system and in 2012 his form saw him make his debut for the New Zealand Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisapeta Alofipo
Elisapeta is a feminine given name. Known people with the name include: * Elisapeta Heta, New Zealand Māori architect * Elisapeta Toeava Elisapeta Toeava (born 1994) is a netball player who was born in Samoa and moved to New Zealand. A player for the Northern Mystics team in Auckland, as of the end of 2021 she had also played three matches for the New Zealand national netball t ... (born 1994), Samoan-New Zealand netball player * Elisapeta Tuupo‐Alaimaleata, Samoan-American educator References {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regan Ware
Regan Edward Ware (born 7 August 1994) is a New Zealand rugby sevens and rugby union player. He debuted for New Zealand at the 2015 Dubai Sevens tournament. Ware was selected for the New Zealand squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Of Māori descent, Ware affiliates to the Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Porou iwi. Ware was part of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. He won a silver medal after his side lost to Fiji in the gold medal final. Tasman Ware was named as a late signing for during the 2021 Bunnings NPC after a season ending injury to Mark Telea. He made his debut for Tasman in Round 5 of the competition against at Lansdowne Park Lansdowne Park is a urban park, historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located on Bank Street adjacent to the Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sione Molia
Sione Molia (born 5 September 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He made his debut for the New Zealand sevens team at the 2016 USA Sevens. He scored two tries at the 2016 Canada Sevens in New Zealand's semi-final match against Australia to help them into the finals. Molia was named as a reserve for the New Zealand sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. After Sonny Bill Williams suffered an injury in their first pool match against Japan, Molia replaced him. He is undertaking an applied maths degree at the University of Auckland. Molia was part of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He co-captained the team at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. His side won a silver medal after losing to Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Rugby
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union for the world. It dropped the word "Football" from its name in 2006. The brand name ''New Zealand Rugby'' was adopted in 2013. Officially, it is an incorporated society with the name New Zealand Rugby Union Incorporated. The organisation's main objectives, as displayed in the NZR Constitution, are to promote and develop rugby throughout New Zealand; arrange and participate in matches and tours in New Zealand and overseas; represent New Zealand in World Rugby; form and manage New Zealand representative teams; and encourage participation in the sport. NZR Headquarters are located in Wellington, New Zealand, with an office in Auckland. Struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malu Falaniko
is a word in the Samoan language for a female-specific tattoo of cultural significance. The covers the legs from just below the knee to the upper thighs just below the buttocks, and is typically finer and delicate in design compared to the , the equivalent tattoo for males. The takes its name from a particular motif of the same name, usually tattooed in the popliteal fossa (sometimes referred to as the kneepit, or poplit) behind the knee. It is one of the key motifs not seen on men. According to Samoan scholar Albert Wendt and tattooist Su'a Suluape Paulo II, in tattooing, the term refers to notions of sheltering and protection. Samoan women were also tattooed on the hands and sometimes the lower abdomen. These practices have undergone a resurgence since the late 1990s. Changing significance In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, only the district Paramount Chief's daughter was eligible to wear the , which was applied to these young women in the years following pubert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amenoni Nasilasila
Amenoni Nasilasila (born 8 February 1992) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He had played for the Fiji sevens team. Nasilasila made his debut for at the 2014 Dubai Sevens. Career Nasilasila grew up in Namatakula, the famous town known for creating rugby union and league stars like Noa Nadruku who is his uncle, Lote Tuqiri who is his cousin and Nemani Nadolo. He played rugby league and was part of the Fiji Residents Rugby league side, a feeder for the Fiji Bati. He wanted a career in rugby league and waited for 3 years for offers but then switched to rugby union joining a top local 7's club, Ratu Filise. He was spotted by then coach Ben Ryan who saw him playing in one of the local tournaments and included him in his extended side for the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens but an injury ruled him out on the eleventh hour. He made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens making his debut against France scoring a try in their 54-7 thrashing. He did not make the Fiji side to the 2016 Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
