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2020 Canada Sevens
The 2020 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held at BC Place in Vancouver on 7–8 March 2020. The tournament was the seventh event of the 2019–20 Sevens World Series for men's teams, and the fifth edition of the Canada Sevens. Format The sixteen are drawn into four pools of four teams. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for ninth to sixteenth placings. Teams Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, Japan. Pool stage All times in Pacific Standard Time ( UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows: Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Thirteenth place Ninth place Fifth place Cup Tournament placings Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 21st annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. In March 2020, World Rugby postponed all remaining tournaments in the series due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The events in London and Paris were postponed provisionally until September, preceding the Singapore and Hong Kong events previously postponed until October. On 30 June, the remaining four rounds of the series was cancelled which meant that New Zealand was awarded the title by 11 points over second place South Africa. Format Sixteen nations competed at each event, drawn into four pools of four teams. Following the pool matches at each tournament, the top eight teams (two teams from each pool) played off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. The bottom eight teams after the pool matches played off for the lower-ranked placings from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muller Du Plessis
Hillegard Muller du Plessis (born 25 June 1999) is a South African rugby union player for the in United Rugby Championship and the Currie Cup. He is former rugby sevens player for the South Africa Sevens team. Having won two World Rugby Sevens Series titles, as well as a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Early life and schoolboy rugby Du Plessis was born in Bethlehem in South Africa's Free State province as the son of Charl and Anneline du Plessis. He initially attended primary school in Reitz, where he represented local provincial union the at Under-12 level, before moving to Paarl and enrolling at the Paarl Gimnasium Primary School. In 2012, Du Plessis represented at the Under-13 Craven Week tournament held in Bloemfontein, appearing in four matches at inside centre and scoring a try in their opening match against the . At high school level, Du Plessis attended and played rugby for Paarl Gimnasium. He was included in the Western Province squad for the 2015 Under-16 Grant K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby (WR) in 1886. It promotes and runs the sport, organises international matches for the England national rugby union team, England national team, and educates and trains players and officials. The RFU is an industrial and provident society owned by over 2,000 member clubs, representing over 2.5 million registered players, and forms the largest rugby union society in the world, and one of the largest sports organisations in England. It is based at Twickenham Stadium, London. In September 2010 the equivalent women's rugby body, the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW), was able to nominate a member to the RFU Council to represent women and girls rugby. The RFUW was integrated into the RFU in July 2012. Early history (19th century) For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Haughton
Richard Haughton (born 8 November 1980) is an English former rugby union player who currently works as a rugby referee. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead. He played on the wing or at fullback for Perpignan in the Top 14, and was a member of England Saxons and England Sevens squads. He also played for London Wasps and Saracens. Haughton joined Perpignan in 2012, prior to which he played for Jersey for 2 months. Haughton currently works as a rugby sevens referee on the World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com .... References External links * 1980 births Living people Black British sportsmen Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of England Commonwealth Games silver medallist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastón Revol
Gastón Revol (born November 26, 1986) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays rugby sevens for . He debuted at the 2009 London Sevens. Revol captained at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also captained Argentina again at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest .... References External links * * * * * * 1986 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentine people of French descent Argentina international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Argentina Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2013 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Moneta
Marcos Moneta (born 7 March 2000) is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Moneta received World Rugby's Men’s Sevens Player of the Year award for 2021. Career Moneta represented Argentina at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was part of the Argentine team which defeated France 24-14 in the final to claim the gold medal in the boys rugby sevens tournament. He was also named in Argentine senior rugby sevens squad for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. In 2021, he scored a hattrick of tries in a match against Kenya in the final of the Mi Visión del Juego final and was also the MVP of the tournament. Moneta was also selected to Argentina squad to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's rugby sevens tournament. He was also subsequently part of the Argentine side which claimed bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 17-12 in the third place match at the 2020 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selvyn Davids
Selvyn Davids (born 26 March 1994 in Jeffreys Bay) is a South African rugby union player for the South African Sevens team. His regular position is centre or winger. Youth Davids played for the Nico Malan High School first team between 2010 and 2013. In the 2013 season, he scored 408 points during the season. He also represented Eastern Province at all possible youth levels. In 2007, he played for them at the Under-13 Craven Week competition; in 2010, he played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week. He also played in the Under-18 Craven Week tournaments in 2011 and 2012, culminating in a call-up to the South African Schools side in 2012, although he didn't make the final squad. At the end of 2013, he played in four matches for the side in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship season, helping his side to win the Division B title (scoring a hat-trick of tries, five conversions and two penalties in the final) and subsequently win promotion to Division A. Club rugby Davids made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stedman Gans
Stedman-Ghee Rivett Gans (born 19 March 1997) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team and a rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup. He usually plays as a centre or a winger. Rugby career 2013–2015: Schoolboy rugby Gans was born in Vredenburg. He attended primary school in the town, before moving to Pretoria to attend Hoërskool Waterkloof. He earned provincial colours by representing the at high school tournaments between 2013 and 2015. In 2013, he played for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Vanderbijlpark, before representing them at South Africa's premier high schools competition, the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2014 and 2015. He scored one try in the 2014 event held in Middelburg, in a 21–10 victory over the Golden Lions, and repeated the feat in the 2015 event in Stellenbosch, scoring a try against Western Province in a 13–20 defeat. He caught the eye of the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Oosthuizen
Ryan Oosthuizen (born ) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the South Africa Sevens team in the World Rugby Sevens Series. His regular position is forward in 7s and centre in 15 man rugby. He made his debut for the South Africa Sevens team at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens and was also a member of the South Africa Sevens team that won the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. He is also a bronze medal winner at the 2018 World Cup 7s in San Francisco. He competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. They defeated Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... to win the bronze medal final. References South African rugby union players Living people 1995 births Rugby union players from Stellenbosch Rugby union centres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Rugby Union
The Argentine Rugby Union ( es, Unión Argentina de Rugby, abbreviated "UAR") is the governing body for rugby union in Argentina. It is a member of World Rugby, with a seat on that body's Executive Council, and a founding member of Sudamérica Rugby. The UAR organises all the national teams, including Senior (''Pumas''), U-20 (''Pumitas''), Argentina XV, Sevens and Women's squads and the franchise Jaguares that participates in SANZAAR's Super Rugby competition. History Origins The first rugby match in Argentina was played in 1873, in the Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground sited in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Only 24 players (all of them were English) could meet to contest the match. The teams were named ''Bancos'' ("Banks" in Spanish) and ''Ciudad'' ("City") and formed with 11 and 13 players respectively. That same year, another match was played on the Polo Field of Flores AC, part of land owned by the Unzué family. The teams were called ''Inglaterra'' ("England") and ''El Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Kerr
Charlton may refer to: People * Charlton (surname) * Charlton (given name) Places Australia * Charlton, Queensland * Charlton, Victoria * Division of Charlton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales Canada * Charlton, Ontario * Charlton Island, Nunavut England * Hundred of Charlton, a hundred in the Wokingham area of Berkshire * Charlton, Bristol, a village in Gloucestershire near Bristol, demolished in 1949 * Charlton, Hampshire * Charlton, Hertfordshire * Charlton, London, formerly a village, now a district * Charlton, Northamptonshire * Charlton, Northumberland * Charlton, Oxfordshire, a location in Wantage * Charlton, Shropshire, a location * Charlton, Kilmersdon, Mendip district, Somerset * Charlton, Shepton Mallet, Mendip district, Somerset * Charlton, Taunton Deane, Somerset * Charlton, Surrey (formerly Middlesex) * Charlton, West Sussex * Charlton, Brinkworth, Wiltshire * Charlton, Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Davis (rugby Union)
Alexander "Alex" Davis (born 3 October 1992) is an English rugby union player. He has represented the England national rugby sevens team. Early and personal life Davis was born in Gloucester, grew up in Bristol and he attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school in Clifton where he was also a keen cricketer. He went back and coached rugby at his old school during the COVID-19 pandemic. He later attended Loughborough University. Rugby career Davis was selected for the England national rugby sevens team for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil but was ruled out from appearing through injury. Two years later he was part England squad that won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, and was then also part of the team that won silver at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. He was named captain of the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
