Rugby Sevens At The 2022 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the men's tournament, while eight contested the women's tournament. South Africa won the men's tournament, while Australia won the women's. Schedule The competition schedule was as follows: Venue The tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at Villa Park, but instead took place at the Coventry Stadium in Coventry. The venue was moved because there were concerns with Villa Park being available. The football season was anticipated to start earlier because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduling. The adjacent Coventry Arena will play host to judo and wrestling. Medal summary Medal table Medallists Qualification Summary Men Sixteen nations qualified for the men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games: * The host nation. * The top nine nations in combined standings from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Coventry Building Society Arena
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to football team, Championship club Coventry City F.C. along with facilities which include a exhibition hall, a hotel and a casino. The site is also home to Arena Park Shopping Centre, containing one of UK's largest Tesco Extra hypermarkets. Built on the site of the Foleshill gasworks, it is named after its sponsor, Coventry Building Society who entered into a ten-year sponsorship deal in 2021. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, where stadium naming sponsorship was forbidden, the stadium was known as the City of Coventry Stadium. Originally built as a replacement for Coventry City's Highfield Road ground, the stadium was initially owned and operated by Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), with Coventry City as tenants. ACL was owned jointly by Coventry City ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angelo Davids
Angelo Davids (born 1 June 1999) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national rugby sevens team, where his regular position is wing and back. He also plays for the DHL Stormers in super rugby and the Western Province in the currie cup. Biography Davids attended Stellenberg High School in Bellville, where he earned a selection into 's squad for the 2017 Craven Week competition. Davids joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in 2018, right after finishing school. He represented the South African Academy side in various tournaments in 2018 and 2019, and was selected to represent the senior side at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens before withdrawing through injury. After also playing for in the 2018 Under-19 Provincial Championship, he was named in the Blitzboks squad for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens, and he made his debut in their 22–7 victory over Japan in their opening match. He featured in all their matches in that tournament, as well as at the 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waisea Nacuqu
Waisea Nacuqu (born 24 May 1993) is a Fiji national rugby sevens team player. Nacuqu is known as "game breaker" and has on many occasions scored match winning tries. He is well known for his speed and scoring tries. Nacuqu is from Votua village near the township of Ba near the bank of Ba River. He refused to go back to school after Class 7 at Votua Catholic School and played Soccer for Tavua and rugby for the Westfield Tokatoka Barbarians in Nadi. Nacuqu scored the winning try in the 2014 Tokyo sevens final against South Africa. He was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He later won a gold medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Nacuqu is a cousin for Former Fiji 7's player Pio Tuwai and current Flying Fijian, Josua Tuisova Josua Tuisova Ratulevu (born 4 February 1994) is a Fijian rugby union player. A wing or centre, he currently plays for Racing 92 in France's Top 14. He won a gold medal in sevens as par ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tevita Daugunu
Tevita Daugunu (born 12 November 1992) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. He was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Daugunu, Tevita 1992 births Living people Male rugby sevens players Fiji international rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sevuloni Mocenacagi
Sevuloni Mocenacagi (born 19 June 1990) comes from Nukuilau, Navosa on the Island of Viti Levu plays as a forward or centre in the Fiji national rugby sevens team. According to Gareth Baber, the coach of the Fiji Sevens team: "Last year he ocenacagiwas a forward and this year we're using him in that centre position. He's a threat every time he gets the ball, he's a big powerful runner." Mocenacagi was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He also won a gold medal 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 .... Honours & Awards * Player of the Final Vancouver Sevens 2018 References 1990 births Living people Fijian rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games medallists in ru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joshua Vakurinabili
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ibn Nūn''; la, Iosue functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. His name was Hoshea ( ''Hōšēaʿ'', lit. 'Save') the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English),''Bible'' the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus. The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In Numbers 13:1, and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to bibl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mfundo Ndhlovu
Mfundo Kevin Ndhlovu (born 5 April 1997) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team. His regular position is wing. Playing career Ndhlovu made his debut for the South Africa national sevens team at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, and also appeared in the 2018 Paris Sevens, where he was a member of a squad that not only won the tournament, but also won the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series title. In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West .... References External links * South African rugby union players Living people 1997 births People from Standerton Rugby union wings South Africa international rugby sevens players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siviwe Soyizwapi
Siviwe Sonwabile 'Shakes' Soyizwapi (born 7 December 1992 in Maclear) is a South African rugby union player, who is currently contracted by the South African Rugby Union to play for the South Africa Sevens national team. His usual position is fullback or winger. Youth rugby He played for the at the Under-18 Academy Week in 2010, earning a call-up to the South African Under-18 High Performance team before joining the Academy. He played for them at the Under-21 Provincial Championship level in 2012 and 2013, finishing the latter competition as the top try scorer. Professional career Eastern Province Kings He made his first class debut in the 2012 Currie Cup promotion/relegation series against the . Three appearances followed in the 2013 Vodacom Cup (scoring one try), as well as five appearances in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division (where he scored three tries) before reverting to the U21 side for the remainder of the season. Southern Kings He was initially named in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dewald Human
Dewald Dawid Human (born 19 May 1995) is a South African rugby sevens player, currently playing with the South Africa national team. He can play as a fly-half or fullback. Rugby career Youth rugby : SWD Eagles Human was born in Uniondale, South Africa. He attended and played rugby for Hoërskool Outeniqua in George, which is situated in the catchment area. In 2011, he was called up to represent the SWD Eagles' Under-16 team at the Grant Khomo Week tournament held in Queenstown. He was mainly used as a reserve, but scored one try in their 22–10 victory over the . In 2012, he represented the SWD Eagles at the premier high schools rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Port Elizabeth. He was the starting fly-half for his side in all three matches; in the second of those – a 33–39 defeat to against Western Province – he scored two tries and kicked a conversion for a points haul of 12 points. He was again selected in SWD Eagles' C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christie Grobbelaar
Christie Grobbelaar (born 15 June 2000) is a South African rugby union player. Grobelaar played in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ... where South Africa won gold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grobelaar, Christie 2000 births Living people South African rugby union players Male rugby sevens players South Africa international rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sakoyisa Makata
Sakoyisa Makata (born ) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is a forward. Biography Makata attended Stirling High School in East London, where he played rugby for the school's first team, also representing Border at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2016. He joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy in 2017 and also played for in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship. After playing for the Sevens Academy side from 2017 to 2019, Makata was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. In February 2019, He was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Las Vegas Sevens, and he made his debut in their opening match in that tournament, a 26–0 victory over Japan. Makata was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and me ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |