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2007 Edinburgh Sevens
The Edinburgh Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament after defeating Samoa, 34–5, in the final. Fiji were upset by Wales, 21–14, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006–07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series. Pool Stages Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Finals * 1/4 Final Bowl 19–7 * 1/4 Final Bowl 29–7 * 1/4 Final Bowl 7–19 * 1/4 Final Bowl 12–19 * 1/4 Final Cup 14–21 * 1/4 Final Cup 19–12 * 1/4 Final Cup 10–22 * 1/4 Final Cup 14–12 * SF Shield 33–17 * SF Shield 19–17 * SF Bowl 19–24 * SF Bowl 12–19 * SF Plate 19–14 * SF Plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Sevens
The Scotland Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the Sevens World Series. In the 2014-15 season it was the penultimate event of the Sevens World Series circuit. It was first held in 2007 but has been removed from the series from the 2015-16 season. Between 2007 and 2011 the tournament was held at Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield in Edinburgh, then moving to Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow from 2012. The agreement to host the tournament in Glasgow between the World Rugby, which operates the Sevens World Series, and the Scottish Rugby Union ran from 2012 for at least 3 years. The event was replaced in the World Sevens series by the France Sevens event from 2015–16 and will not return to the series until 2019 at the earliest. The first and second tournaments were held near the beginning of June, with Emirates Airline as the title sponsor. Associated events have included a Festival of Rugby, which took place on the training pitches outside Murrayfield when it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 South Africa Sevens
The 2006 South Africa Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament which took place on 8–9 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape as part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The tournament was the second event of the 2006–07 season, and it was the eighth edition of the South Africa Sevens. won the tournament, defeating the host nation by 24–17 in the final. Pool stages Pool A Pool B Pool C Group D Finals * 1/4 final Bowl (Match 25) – Canada 19–12 Portugal * 1/4 final Bowl (Match 26) – Australia 36–0 Uganda * 1/4 final Bowl (Match 27) – Kenya 15–10 Scotland * 1/4 final Bowl (Match 28) – Argentina 19–14 Zimbabwe * 1/4 final Cup (Match 29) – Fiji 33–7 Wales * 1/4 final Cup (Match 30) – New Zealand 29–0 France * 1/4 final Cup (Match 31) – South Africa 38–0 Tunisia * 1/4 final Cup (Match 32) – England 24–0 Samoa * SF Shield (Match 33) – Portugal 31–5 Uganda * SF Shield (Match 34) – Scotland 19–26 Zimbabwe * SF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Scottish Sport
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West Indies Rugby Union Team (sevens)
The West Indies Rugby Union was established in 1975 and is the governing body of the twelve West Indies Unions (Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad & Tobago). The West Indies 7s team competes annually at the Carib 7s in Trinidad, the Deloitte 7s in the Cayman Islands and on the iRB Sevens World Series, competing at the 2001 Hong Kong 7s, Cardiff and TwickenhamArgentinaand Chile in 2002, Los Angeles in 2005 and 2006 and in San Diego in 2007 and 2008. 2008 USA Sevens Notable players * Luther Burrell * Derek Hurdle Jr. * Claudius Butts * Brendan O’Farrell * Kurt Johnson (former Coventry and Orrell winger) * Geoff Gregory * Mark Hamilton * Jonathan Cassidy * Ronald Silverthorne * Kevin MacKenzie * Theo Henry * Dan McGavern See also * NAWIRA Rugby Americas North, abbreviated as RAN, is the governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region. Rugby Americas Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team (sevens)
The Arabian Gulf rugby sevens national team was a minor sevens side that represented the Gulf Cooperation Council member states. The team first played in 1990, competing at the Hong Kong Sevens tournament that year before travelling to the qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Sicily. Over the next two decades the Arabian Gulf was a regular participant at the Hong Hong Sevens and in their home event, the Dubai Sevens. The Arabian Gulf team was dissolved at the end of 2010 to be replaced by single-country national teams. World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens Arabian Gulf recorded their first win during the World Sevens Series in the inaugural season, defeating Singapore by 45–7 at the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens. The following year, Robert Blignaut scored a try for the Arabian Gulf against eight-time champions New Zealand in their pool match loss at the 2001 Hong Kong Sevens before the team beat Sri Lanka 22–0 in the quarterfinals of the Bowl competition. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 London Sevens
The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 26 and 27 May, was held at Twickenham and was part of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand were overall winners, defeating defending series champions and current 2006-07 leaders Fiji 29–7 in the Cup final. However, the Fijians put themselves in good position to win the overall season crown; they only need make the Cup semifinals in the final event, the Edinburgh Sevens, to successfully defend their season title. Pool Stages Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Finals * 1/4 final Bowl - 31-0 * 1/4 final Bowl - 19-0 * 1/4 final Bowl - 0-5 * 1/4 final Bowl - 5-19 * 1/4 final Cup - 26-10 * 1/4 final Cup - 15-5 * 1/4 final Cup - 14-0 * 1/4 final Cup - 39-10 * SF Shield - 0-19 * SF Shield - 17-12 (aet) * SF Bowl - 7-17 * SF Bowl - 19-12 * SF Plate - 15-5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Adelaide Sevens
The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia. It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21–7 in the Cup final. The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens The 2003 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2003 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2002–03 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, hel .... Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2007 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on 30 March until 1 April 2007 in Hong Kong at the 40,000 capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The event, the fifth leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series, was won by Samoa. The Format The Hong Kong Sevens is unique among the IRB Sevens events in several ways. First, because 24 teams compete instead of the 16 that compete in all other series events, the Hong Kong Sevens is divided into six pools instead of the normal four. Also because of the expanded number of teams, the points system for this tournament is also different. Most significantly, the winning team picks up 30 points instead of the normal 20, and the runner-up earns 24 points instead of the normal 16. Finally, only three trophies are awarded instead of the four in a normal IRB Sevens event. The Shield is not awarded, leaving the Bowl, Plate, and Cup. Teams are assigned to the knockout tournaments for each trophy as follows: *Cup — The six pool winners, pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 USA Sevens
The 2007 USA Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on February 10 and February 11, 2007 in the United States at 44,500 capacity Petco Park in San Diego, California. The USA Sevens is part of the IRB Sevens World Series. Although the 2006–07 season is the eighth of the Sevens World Series, this was only the fourth edition of the USA Sevens, which began in 2004 as a part of the 2003-04 series. This was the first time for the event in San Diego with past editions being held at The Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson. The overall winners of the event were Fiji. American referee Dana Teagarden became the first woman ever to referee a senior-level men's international in any version of rugby union when she officiated the France-Chile match. Teagarden was also referee for the Bowl final, making her the first woman to referee a men's competition final in any version of rugby union. The Format As with all normal events in the IRB Sevens (with the exception of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Wellington Sevens
The Wellington Sevens, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI Sevens, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington as part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. Pool stages Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Finals * 1/4 final Bowl - Portugal 12 - 24 Cook Islands * 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 19 - 12 Papua New Guinea * 1/4 final Bowl - Scotland 12 - 17 Argentina * 1/4 final Bowl - Australia 33 - 12 USA * 1/4 final Cup - Fiji 60 - 0 Canada * 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 14 - 7 England * 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 26 - 21 Kenya * 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 26 - 14 France * SF Shield - Portugal 26 - 19 Papua New Guinea * SF Shield - Scotland 26 - 19 USA * SF Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Dubai Sevens
The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...). The 2006 competition, which took place on December 1 and 2 at the Dubai Exiles ground, was the first Cup trophy in the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pool stages Pool A : Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : Finals Shield Bowl Plate Cup Round 1 table External links Dubai Rugby 7s* * on irbsevens.com Dubai Sevens Profile on UR7s.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubai Sevens 2006 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series 2006 in Emirati sport 2006 in Asian rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IRB Sevens World 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 competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product. The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2014. The season's circuit consists of 10 tournaments that generally begin in November or December and last until May. The venues are held across 10 countries, and visits five of the six populated continents. The United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and England each host one event. Each tournament has 16 teams – 15 core teams that participate in each tournament and one regional qualifier. Teams compete for the World Rugby Series title by accumulating points based on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
