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Roma Seven
The Roma Sevens International Rugby Sevens Tournament is held every years since 2002 in Rome, Italy, at the Stadio dei Marmi. Men's tournament Participants in the Roma Sevens over the years: Australia national rugby sevens team, South Africa national rugby sevens team, Kenya national rugby sevens team, France national rugby sevens team, Argentina national rugby sevens team, Spain national rugby sevens team, Italy national rugby sevens team, Georgia national rugby sevens team, Netherlands national rugby union team (sevens), Ukraine national rugby union team, Army Rugby Union, Yug Rugby, Atlantis Sevens, Golden Lions, Stellenbosh University, Melrose RFC, Froggies, Samurai International R.F.C., Penguins R.F.C., Marauders R.F.C., Belgium Barbarians Gold Book Women's tournament The women's tournament has been played since 2009. 2009 5 & 6 June 2009 The tournament was won bSamurai Ladies International(UK). Other participants wereWooden Spoon , The Bassets Ladies Murrayfields Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Belgium Barbarians
Belgium Barbarians is an invitational rugby sevens team. They participate in 7's tournaments all around the world. Prize list * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2023: 1/4 Finalist Cup * Montreal 7's (Canada), September 2022: Finalist Cup * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2022: Finalist Cup * Howard Hinton 7's (France), October 2021: 1/2 Cup Finalist * New York 7's (USA), November 2019: 3rd * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2019: Winner Cup * Madrid 7's (Spain), June 2019: 1/4 Finalist Cup * Borneo 7's (Malaysia), March 2019: 1/4 Finalist Cup * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2018: 3rd * Madrid 7's (Spain), June 2018: 3rd * Benidorm 7's (Spain), May 2018: Winner Plate * Bornéo 7's (Malaysia), March 2018: Finalist Bowl * New York 7's (USA), November 2017: Winner Cup * Brussels 7's (Belgium), July 2017: Finalist Cup * Madrid 7's (Spain), June 2017: Winner Plate * Benidorm 7's (Spain), June 2017: Finalist Cup * Dublin 7's (Ireland), May 2017: 1/2 Cup Finalist * Waterloo 7's (Belgium), D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apolosi Satala
Apolosi Vonowale Satala (born 14 August 1978 in Namoli, Lautoka Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing, centre, number eight and Flanker . His nickname is Apo. He is the cousin of Namoli steelman, Viliame Satala. He is married to Olivia and they have two children and is a private in the Army serving with 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland. He grew up in the city of Lautoka and he played for Lautoka in the National Provincial Rugby Tournament in Fiji. He has represented Fiji in the Rugby Sevens as well as in fifteens. He plays as a prop/hooker in the sevens code. He is a member of the British Armed Forces and he also played sevens rugby for the army team winning many tournaments. He represented Fiji in the 2006 Commonwealth Games where Fiji won the bronze medal defeating Australia. He was picked by the Leeds Carnegie rugby club which plays in the National Division One. He played 8 games for them scoring his first try against Saracens in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryder (rugby Union)
William Ryder (born 6 June 1982) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. Ryder is well known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Fiji national sevens side. He is well known for his try scoring capability and goosestepping defenders. He was also one of the top try scorers of the World Sevens Series which has been overtaken recently. He has scored over 752 points to-date of which he has scored 105 tries. Fiji Times, 5 December 2014. He was a part of the team that won the sevens world cup in 2005 and also won a bronze medal at the in |
Chester Williams
Chester Mornay Williams (8 August 1970 – 6 September 2019) was a South African rugby union player. He played as a winger for the South Africa national rugby union team (Springboks) from 1993 to 2000, most notably for the team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in South Africa. He was the only non-white player on the team. During the tournament he scored four tries for South Africa in its quarter-final match and also appeared in the semi-final and final. Domestically he played rugby for the Western Province in the Currie Cup. After retiring, Williams pursued a career in coaching, including a spell with the South Africa national rugby sevens team, the Uganda national rugby union team, and the University of the Western Cape. He was portrayed by McNeil Hendricks in the 2009 Clint Eastwood film '' Invictus'', a biographical sports drama film about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and he also helped to coach Matt Damon and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon King (rugby Union)
Solomon King is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the New Zealand Sevens team. Career highlights *NZ Sevens 2006 - 2011 *chiefs WTG 2009 *New Zealand U21 2006 *North Harbour NPC 2011 *Bay of Plenty NPC 2006, 2010 *Bay of Plenty Development 2003 - 2006 References Sevens Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Solomon 1985 births Bay of Plenty rugby union players North Harbour rugby union players Coca-Cola Red Sparks players People educated at Massey High School Living people New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union players from Rotorua Expatriate rugby union players in Japan New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan New Zealand international rugby sevens players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins Injera
Collins Injera (born 18 October 1986) is a Kenyan rugby player. He holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team. Career Injera started playing rugby while at Vihiga High School in Vihiga. After graduation in 2005 he joined military team Ulinzi RFC playing in the Kenya Cup league. The team was later disbanded, and he moved to Mwamba RFC, a Nairobi-based team where he plays as a wing.Daily Nation, Buzz Magazine, 16 January 2009Top of the top/ref> Now a strong player for the Kenyan Sevens squad, Injera debuted with the team at the 2006 Dubai SevensDaily Nation, 15 January 2009/ref> and played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Kenya reached the semifinals. He became the top try scorer for 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series season with 42 tries. He also scored 210 points and finished second behind Ben Gollings of England in the individual points table. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Tomasi Cama
Tomasi Cama (born 11 November 1980) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played for Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup, and the New Zealand Sevens The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been o ... team. Cama won the 2012 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Award. He is the son of former Fiji sevens player Tomasi Cama. Playing career Cama started out in the Manawatu Colts in 2001 having a strong season and earning a spot in the Manawatu Development Squad in 2002. He played for the Manawatu Development Squad again in 2003. 2004 saw a change of colours when he wore the Wanganui colours in the NPC. After one season with Wanganui he went back to play for Manawatu. In 2006 Cama focused on his Air New Zealand Cup season for Manawatu and had a strong season. In 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afeleke Pelenise
Alfred Pelenise (born 14 November 1982), also known as Afeleki, is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played for the New Zealand Sevens team and Professional Rugby for Castres Olympique and FC Grenoble in France. Career highlights *New Zealand Sevens 2005–2008 *New Zealand Under 19s 2001 *New Zealand Under 21s 2002, 2003 *Canterbury 2005, 2006 *Tasman 2007 - 2010 *Castres Olympique 2008 - 2009 *FC Grenoble 2011 - 2012 *IRB Sevens Player of the Year The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year is awarded by World Rugby each year. It was first awarded in 2004. The award is based in large part on the player’s performance over the course of the World Rugby Sevens Series, along with other Sevens to ... 2007 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelenise, Afeleki 1982 births World Rugby Awards winners Living people New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union players from Christchurch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollie Phillips (rugby Union)
Ollie Phillips (born in Brighton) is a former English professional rugby union player. Phillips combined successful careers in both the 15-a-side game and also the Olympic version of the game, Rugby Sevens. Phillips captained England Sevens and was named '7s World Rugby Player of the Year' in 2009 while also pursuing a professional career in 15s with four clubs in England and France, where he was voted 'Overseas Player of the Year' in 2011. Since retiring from rugby, Phillips has volunteered as a charity ambassador. He currently works as a Director at PWC in London and in 2018 set up 'Optimist Performance', through which he works with companies and individuals by speaking and consulting in the core areas of: Teamwork, Leadership, Resilience and Change. Philipps was born in Brighton, and studied at Durham University, where he was a member of Van Mildert College, graduating in 2004. He later studied for an MBA at Cambridge, where he won a blue in the Varsity Match. Rugby He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Afrika
Cecil Sebastian Afrika (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where he plays at flyhalf. He also plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Afrika was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Afrika attended Hentie Cilliers High School in Virginia. Afrika represented the South African Schoolboys in 2006. He was part of the South African under-20 squad in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship that reached the third place playoffs. National sevens team Afrika debuted for the South African sevens team during the Dubai leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. During the Las Vegas leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series he was carried off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the Plate Final match against Fiji, South Africa won 12–7. He was part of the sevens team that took Bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Forbes
Derek Jamie "DJ" Forbes (born 15 December 1982) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and captain of the All Blacks Sevens team. Forbes is part Samoan, and also played rugby fifteens as a loose forward for Counties Manukau. Forbes was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Since receiving the captaincy role in 2006, he played in over 80 tournaments, won six Sevens Series titles and won one Gold and one Silver Commonwealth Games medal. Forbes stepped down as captain for the All Blacks Sevens to concentrate on earning a spot in the team for the 2016 Olympics. His uncle is the late former Samoan international Peter Fatialofa. Forbes was awarded the 2008 New Zealand Samoan Sportsperson of the year. He announced his retirement from rugby sevens in 2017. He appeared in 512 games in 89 tournaments and won six World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
