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Men's tournament

Participants in the Roma Sevens over the years:

Australia national rugby sevens team The Australia men's national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is Nick Malouf, and the head coach is John Manenti . ...

South Africa national rugby sevens team The South African national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Overall, the team has won the World Rugby Sevens Series 4 times, as well as h ...

Kenya national rugby sevens team The Kenya national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. They are currently one of the 15 "core teams" of the World Series, with a guaranteed place in all 10 events each ...

France national rugby sevens team The France national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, and other international tournaments. France's best finish in the World Series has been finishing in seventh, which they accomplished twice in ...

Argentina national rugby sevens team The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics. The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success ...

Spain national rugby sevens team Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 15 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series, having qualified by winning the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament. Spain participated as a core team in th ...

Italy national rugby sevens team The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Serie ...

Georgia national rugby sevens team The Georgia national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. Georgia plays every summer in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. They have occasionally qualified to play in certain legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series, but they h ...

Netherlands national rugby union team (sevens) The Netherlands national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s. They are traditionally seen as "minnows", but have not been completely unsuccessful. EURFC member Rob Cuthber ...

Ukraine national rugby union team The Ukraine national rugby union team ( uk, Збірна України з регбі) represents Ukraine in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Cossacks (''Kozaki''), is one of the tier 3 teams in Europe that currently co ...

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, Yug Rugby, Atlantis Sevens,

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Gold Book

Women's tournament

The women's tournament has been played since 2009.

2009

5 & 6 June 2009 The tournament was won b
Samurai Ladies International
(UK). Other participants were
Wooden Spoon
,
The Bassets Ladies
Murrayfields Wanderers RFC. No match results are available

2010

3–4 June

Pool 1 * 41-0 * 0-24 * 14-17 Semi-finals: * 12-7 * 22-7 Bowl final: * 0-25

Pool 2 * 47-0 * 0-26 * 17-7 Plate final: * 7-14 Final: * 19-5

2011

3–4 June

Pool 1 * 17-12 Kusa * 10-19 * 14-10 Kusa * 12-17 * 0-31 Kusa * 0-24 Bowl Semi-finals: * 24-0 * 15-5 Bowl final: * 17-5

Pool 2 * 35-7 * 28-0 * 26-0 * 10-14 * 29-12 * 27-7 Semi-finals: * 14-15 * 7-12 Kusa Final: * 12-10 Kusa

2012Scores compiled from several sources, particularly th
FIRA website
where links to video from several games can also be found

18–19 May

Pool 1 * 14-21 * 34-0 * 10-14 * 28-0 * 14-10 * 0-52 Bowl Semi-finals: * 45-0 * 21-0 Bowl final: * 12-17

Pool 2 * 22-0 * w/o * 5-10 * 0-65 * 7-12 * 0-32 Semi-finals: * 38-5 * 34-0 Third place * 22-0 Final: * 24-21 *

Notable players of the tournament

Waisale Serevi Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968) is a Fijian former rugby union football player and coach, and is a member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Serevi is renowned for his achievements in rugby sevens, while also enjoying a long car ...

Ben Gollings Ben Gollings (born 13 May 1980) is an English former rugby union player who currently works as a rugby coach for Fiji sevens team. Gollings is best known for his time with the England national rugby sevens team. He is the career leader in poi ...

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 bo ...

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 ...

* Ollie Phillips *

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 *Ne ...

Tomasi Cama Tomasi Camaneisenirosi is a Fijian former rugby union footballer. He played for Nabua Rugby Club in Fiji and won 14 caps playing for making his test debut 10 August 1985 against at Ballymore, Brisbane scoring a try. He played four tests in th ...

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 In ...

Solomon King Solomon King (born Allen Verner Levy, August 13, 1930 – January 20, 2005) was an American 1960s and 1970s popular music singer. He is best remembered for his 1968 British hit single, "She Wears My Ring", which charted in 40 countries. Ear ...

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 19 ...

* William Ryder
Fritz Lee
*

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 ma ...

Justin WilsonHoward Graham
*

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 ...

Lepani Nabuliwaqa Lepani Nabuliwaqa (born 4 June 1980, in Suva), nicknamed Leps, is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. Career Nabuliwaqa was an influential member of the Red Rock sevens team which participated in Fiji domestic sevens competition ...

John Rudd (rugby union) John Rudd (born 26 May 1981 in London) is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing or at centre. John Rudd spent a decade as a professional rugby player representing London Wasps, Northampton, Newcastle Falcons and London Irish am ...

Rob Thirlby Rob Graham Thirlby (born 2 March 1979) is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing or full back for Yatton whilst also acting as the video analyst for Gloucester Rugby. He previously played for Moseley, Penzance-Newlyn, and for Redr ...

Renfred Dazel
*

Tim Walsh (rugby union) Tim Walsh (born 10 April 1979) is an Australian rugby union coach and a former professional player. He is currently head coach of the Australian women's sevens team and was previously head coach of the Australian men's sevens team. Walsh playe ...

* Will Matthews (rugby union) * Kyle Brown *

Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco (born 23 February 1983) is an Italian rugby union and rugby league footballer. Bergamasco has played both rugby league and rugby union, and is a dual-code rugby international, having played for both the Italy national rugby unio ...

* Mark Lee

References

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External links

Official Tournaments website
Rugby sevens competitions in Europe Women's rugby sevens competitions Women's sports competitions in Italy