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Rugby Sevens At The 2010 Commonwealth Games
The rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was the fourth Commonwealth Games at which rugby sevens was played. Rugby sevens was one of only two sports contested only by males with no women's competition (the other being boxing). The rugby competition was held between 11 and 12 October 2010. The competition venue was the Delhi University Stadium within North Campus of the Delhi University. Namibia withdrew and was later replaced by Malaysia. Due to the withdrawal, Uganda was shifted to Group D while Malaysia was placed in Group C. Fiji, described as "perennial crowd favourites", was absent, due to the country being suspended from the Commonwealth following the 2006 military coup. There were security and health concerns surrounding the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but many main competitors had confirmed their participation. Qualified teams Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi University Stadium
The Delhi University Stadium is a Rugby sevens stadium, situated within the North Delhi, North Campus of Delhi University. Spread over , the stadium has a seating capacity of 2,500 permanent and 7,500 temporary seats. The construction work began in 2008 and it was inaugurated in July 2010, ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and also includes training area for Netball, Boxing, Women's Wrestling and Athletics. It hosts office of Delhi University Sports Council. It also houses other institutions of Delhi University like Delhi University Community Radio, Cluster Innovation Centre, Delhi School of Journalism. History After the games the stadium was handed over to the university by Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, thereafter in 2011, the university initiated an extensive upgrade plan, to create a multi-purpose arena with both outdoor and indoor facilities, after its completion the university students could access its facilities in late 2011. The university made an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand At The 2010 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. Medal table , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , , style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;", Aquatics Swimming ;Men ;Women Diving * Gabrielle Armstrong-Scott: 1m Springboard , 10m Platform Archery New Zealand sent a team of three men and three women. They competed in the compound bow individual and team events. Men Women Athletics New Zealand sent a team of 12 track and field athletes. Men ;Track ;Field – Throws ;Combined Women ;Track ;Field – Throws ;Field – Jumps ;Combined Cycling Track ;Men ;Women Men's Track * Shane Archbold * Sam Bewley * Eddie Dawkins * Westley Gough * Peter Latham * Ethan Mitchell * Marc Ryan * Jesse Sergent * Myron Simpson * Simon Van Velthooven * Sam Webster Men's Road * Jack Bauer * Greg Henderson * Gordon McCauley * Hayden Roulston Women's Track * Kaytee Boyd * Rushlee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Foley
Bernard Foley (born 8 September 1989) is an Australian rugby player of Irish descent. He plays professionally for the Australia national rugby team and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both fullback and fly-half as well as inside centre. Foley has earned the nickname " the iceman" after successful game winning penalty goals, 2 August 2014, 18 October 2015. Foley has had a vast amount of experience in rugby and played at a variety of differing teams and competitions both domestically and internationally. In his early years Foley played rugby sevens for Australia and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he received a silver medal in the final of the rugby sevens tournament for his services for the team that took place in Delhi, India. Foley has played for the amateur club team Sydney University since 2012, who compete annually in the state-based competition the Shute Shield. During the 2015–16 Japanese Top League season, after his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 2010 Commonwealth Games
Australia competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Medallists , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;", Archery Australia's archery team consists of 12 archers over 8 events Men Women Athletics Men's track * : took part in heats only Men's field Women's track Women's field Paralympic athletics Badminton Men Women Mixed Boxing Cycling Men's road Women's road Men's track ;Pursuit ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Points race ;Keirin Women's track ;Pursuit ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Points race Diving Australia's diving team consists of 12 divers Men Women Gymnastics Men's artistic ;Team ;Individual Women's artistic ;Team ;Individual Rhythmic Hockey Men ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi Final ---- Gold Medal Match Women ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi Final ---- Gold Medal Match Lawn Bowls Netball * Goal percentage (G%) = 100 ... [...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] |
Toby Arnold
Toby Arnold (born 11 September 1987) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Arnold currently plays for French club Lyon after signing in 2013. Arnold generally plays in the fullback and wing positions. He notably played for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship. He has also played for the All Blacks Sevens team, making his debut in 2009. A year later he was included in the squad to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Arnold gave up on his 2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... dream after a serious knee injury in that year left him rethinking his future. References External links All Blacks Profile* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Toby 1987 births New Zealand international rugby sevens players Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Mikkelson
Tim Mikkelson (born 13 August 1986 in Matamata) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Mikkelson plays for the New Zealand national rugby sevens team and is the most capped player in the team's history, surpassing former captain DJ Forbes record when he played his 90th tournament in Los Angeles in 2020. Mikkelson was then named player of the tournament for the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup and also received IRB Sevens Player of the Year for the 2012–13 season. Mikkelson has scored more than 200 career tries for New Zealand in 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 ..., putting him third on the all-time try scorers list in that competition.IRBSevens.com, All Time Player Tries, http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/allinttriesdetails.html Mikkel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwin Stowers
Sherwin Stowers (born 19 May 1986) is a New Zealand former rugby player. He played for the Blues Super Rugby side, for whom he made 11 appearances following his 2011 debut. He also played for Counties Manukau in the New Zealand Provincial ITM Cup. Stowers played for the New Zealand national rugby sevens team in the Sevens World Series. He played at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev .... He announced his retirement from professional rugby in 2017. References External links Counties Manukau profile* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stowers, Sherwin 1986 births New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand Māori rugby union players Blues (Super Rugby) players Counties Manukau rugby union players Rugby union wings Living people Rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lote Raikabula
Lote Raikabula (born 31 July 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby player who has played both rugby union and rugby sevens. He currently plays for the All Blacks Sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series & is the Rugby coach for Trinity College, Kandy. He has played more than 60 tournaments since his debut in 2006, playing in 20 tournament-winning teams. he has five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title and two Commonwealth Games gold medals. Raikabula has played rugby union for both Hawkes Bay and Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup. Raikabula has won five IRB Sevens World Series medals, a Rugby World Cup Sevens title, and two Commonwealth Games gold medals. He played ten years for the New Zealand sevens team from 2006 - 2016, retiring from international rugby shortly before the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, at the age of 33. Coaching In November 2016 he was appointed as the head coach of Rugby at Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka. His services as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Messam
Liam Justin Messam (born 25 March 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the , and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly plays as a blindside flanker but can fill in at Number 8 as well as openside flanker. After the retirement of then Chiefs captain Mils Muliaina, Messam was named the team's new co-captain from 2012 onwards, alongside Aaron Cruden. National team In October 2008, Messam was selected in New Zealand's end of year tour squad to tour Hong Kong and Europe. He played one test against Scotland and one match against Munster. He subsequently appeared several more times for New Zealand but was dropped a month out of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in favour of Victor Vito. Since his debut in 2008 he won 40 test caps for the All Blacks. In 2004, at the age of just 20, he captained the New Zealand sevens team to its fifth IRB Sevens World Series title and in 2005 led the team to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Baker
Kurt Baker (born 7 October 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a fullback or wing for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR). Between 2008 and 2022, Baker played for the New Zealand Sevens team in 233 World Rugby Sevens Series games and a total of 53 international tourments. In his rugby sevens career, he won 12 World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments, five World Rugby Sevens Series titles (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020), two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games (2010, 2018), two gold medals and one silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens (2013, 2018, 2022) and a silver medal at the Olympic Games (2020). Baker has also played for the Māori All Blacks. Club career Manawatu Upon leaving school, Baker was contracted by the Manawatu Rugby Union. In his second year out of school he was a part of 's 2008 national provincial championship squad. He was spotted by coach Dave Rennie and had signed with Manawatu at just 20 years old. Baker made his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosea Gear
Hosea Emiliano Gear (born 16 March 1984) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a wing. He has also played 14 international matches for New Zealand. Early life The younger brother of Rico Gear, he was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, where he attended Gisborne Boys' High School. He is of the Ngāti Porou Iwi. Rugby career He currently holds the record for most tries in a provincial season with 14 in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. He has played for the New Zealand Maori. After his outstanding performance for Wellington in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup, he was chosen for the All Blacks to tour Hong Kong and Europe on 26 October 2008 and made his debut against Australia in the Bledisloe Cup on 1 November. In 2010 Gear made his Rugby Sevens debut in the 2010 Commonwealth Games for New Zealand and was chosen for the All Blacks end of year tour. After an injury to Cory Jane, Gear was given a starting spot against England, a game in which he scored the first try. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
