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2019 Sydney Women's Sevens
The 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the men's tournament. Format The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy. Teams Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea: Pool stage All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC+11:00) Pool A Pool B Pool C Knockout stage Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the seventh edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. There were six tournament events scheduled on the 2018–19 circuit with twelve teams competing in each tournament. The series also, for the second time, doubled as an Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Olympic qualifier. The series was won by who won four tour events on their way to claiming their fifth World Series title. Format Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season. Teams The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Horta
Fanny Horta (born 22 January 1986) is a rugby union player. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She captained France at the 2014 China Women's Sevens. She was selected as a member of France's women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * * * * 1986 births Living people French female rugby union players Female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for France France international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in rugby sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Quansah
Celia Quansah (born 25 October 1996) is an English rugby sevens player who plays for Leicester Tigers Women. She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Biography Born to a Ghanaian father and English mother, Quansah grew up in Twickenham. She participated in athletics, winning the long jump event at the 2011 School Games, and represented England internationally in heptathlon, competing at the British Championships against Jessica Ennis-Hill. Whilst at university, she took up rugby. After playing for six months, she was invited to join the England Sevens programme for 2018/19, and played for the winning Great Britain team at the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament. She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Rugby Football Union
The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU; ja, 日本ラグビーフットボール協会, ''Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Kyo-kai'') is the governing body for rugby union in Japan. It was formed 30 November 1926, and organises matches for the Japan national rugby union team, Japan national team. The JRFU is currently one of only two federations from outside the Rugby Union Six Nations Championship, Six Nations and The Rugby Championship with a seat on the executive council of World Rugby, the sport's international governing body (the other is Rugby Canada). Former Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Yoshirō Mori served as the JRFU's current president until 2015, when Tadashi Okamura took over the position. Historical background Rugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University in Japan by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke (who was born in Yokohama) and Tanaka Ginnosuke, both graduates of University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, in 1899. It h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Rama
Fatima Rama (born 28 January 1981) is a Papua New Guinean football and rugby player. She played as a forward in football for the Papua New Guinea women's national football team. She has also represented PNG in rugby sevens and fifteens. Career Rama was a senior women's national team representative in football (soccer) before she switched codes to become a rugby union player. 2018 Rama competed at the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship, she scored a try against Samoa in the tournament's opening match, however, her side lost 45–56. 2019–21 At the 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens, she scored a stunning try in the first half against the Black Ferns sevens despite her team's 38–5 loss. In April 2019, she was named in the sevens squad to compete at the Hong Kong Women's Sevens to qualify as a core team for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Rama represented Papua New Guinea in sevens at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. In 2021, due to her success in rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Whata-Simpkins
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Katarina may refer to: Geography * Katarina-Sofia borough, a borough in central Stockholm * Topol pri Medvodah, a settlement in the Municipality of Medvode, Slovenia, known as Katarina People * Katarina (given name) * Katarina (''Doctor Who''), a character in the television series, ''Doctor Who'' Other uses * Katarina Church, a church building in Stockholm, Sweden * Katarina Elevator, an elevator in Stockholm, Sweden * ''Katharina'' (chiton), a genus of chitons * MV ''Katarina'', a restaurant ship and former steam ship in Turku, Finland See also * Katariina, a district in Turku, Finland * Catherina, and similar spellings *Katara (other) Katara may refer to: * Katara (dagger), a type of dagger from the Indian subcontinent * Katara (''Avatar: The Last Airbender''), a character in the television series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' * Katara (cultural village), in Qatar * Katara Pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Tui
Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament. She won a gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Black Ferns team that won the 2021 Rugby World Cup. Career Sevens Tui made her sevens debut in 2012 in Fiji and has been a part of the national setup ever since. Tui has been described as a "powerful and aggressive prop". She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Tui was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Fifteens In November 2021, Tui was named in the Chiefs squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. Tui was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series and made her international debut against Australia at Tauranga on 6 June. She scored a brace of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakira Baker
Shakira Baker (born 4 January 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She has represented New Zealand in both the fifteens and sevens rugby. Rugby career 2011 Baker made her provincial debut at 16 for Wellington before making her test debut for the Black Ferns in 2011 against England. 2012 Baker was one of the 800 young women who attended the “Gold for Gold” Sevens trials in 2012 organized to identify talent with the potential to represent New Zealand in the Sevens competition at the Rio Olympics. At the trial she attended she was put through various fitness, rugby skills and character assessment activities. She was one of the most promising 30 who then attended a camp at Waiouru. This led to Baker playing both for the Sevens team as well as the Fifteen a side Black Ferns. 2013 In 2013 during a routine medical exam an electrocardiogram led to the discovery that she had a rare disorder of the heart's electrical system called Long QT syndrome which can lead to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayle Broughton
Gayle Broughton (born 5 June 1996) is a former New Zealand rugby union sevens player who played for the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. She made her international debut for New Zealand in 2014 and called time on her rugby career in March 2022. She had scored 315 points in 112 World Series matches. and has won every trophy on offer in the sevens game. Her accomplishments include six World Rugby Sevens series titles, Olympic Games gold and silver medals, Commonwealth Games gold and winning the Rugby World Cup Sevens. In April 2022, Broughton began playing rugby league in Australia. Early life Gayle Broughton was born in Hāwera, New Zealand, on 5 June 1996 to Alfred Hauparoa. A naturally talented sportswoman with six brothers, Broughton was raised by her Broughton grandparents but had a troubled childhood, which led to her being expelled from high school at the age of 16. Rugby career In 2012, the New Zealand Rugby Union organized a "Go for Gold" campaign to id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Williams (rugby Union)
Niall Williams-Guthrie ('' née'' Williams; born 21 April 1988) is a New Zealand rugby league player. She has represented New Zealand in rugby sevens and touch rugby at an international level. She has won silver medals as part of New Zealand's touch football team in 2011, and in the 2016 Rio Olympics as a member of New Zealand's sevens team. She also won gold medals in sevens in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Rugby career Touch In touch football she won gold at the 2005 Youth World Cup and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup. Rugby Sevens Guthrie made her international debut for New Zealand in 2015. She was selected for their squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand claimed the silver medal behind Australia. Guthrie missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a neck injury. She was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the event. She also won a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyla Nathan-Wong
Tyla Nathan-Wong (born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens representative and two-time Olympic medalist. She became a silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Biography In 2015 and 2019, Nathan-Wong was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year. She began playing rugby when she attended Lynfield College. She is of the Ngāpuhi tribe, and is also of Chinese and European descent. In 2012 and 2013, she won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award and was a finalist for the same award in 2014. Nathan-Wong was selected for the women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, Nathan-Wong and her team won both the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast in Australia, as well as the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, United States. In 2019, Nathan-Wong was nominated as a World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year having completed the season as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
