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2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
The 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series was the second edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in rugby sevens. In August 2013, the IRB announced that the season would consist of six tournaments - in Dubai, the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia, São Paulo, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2013 to May 2014, with a sixth tournament to be announced later. However, the sixth tournament never materialized, and official literature referred to São Paulo as stop two of five. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, nine of which participated in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB . The competition As with the men's counterpart, the series winner was to be the team that collected the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes. The num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilee Cherry
Emilee Jane Cherry (born 2 November 1992) is a former Australian Rugby Union player. She represented Australia in Sevens Rugby and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Rugby career Born in Roma, Queensland and playing for Toowoomba Bears at a club level, Cherry debuted for Australia in November 2012. As of December 2015, she had 14 caps. Cherry is a dual international, having represented Australia in Touch football (rugby league). Cherry was the 2013/14 Women’s Sevens World Player of the Year, her game lifting after Tim Walsh took over as Head Coach in September 2013. She scored the most tries in the series (33), scored the most points (195) and was the stand-out player during the 2013–14 IRB World Series season as she was named the 2014 Women's Sevens Player of the Year. Representative honours include Touch Football Australia, Aussie Pearls and Queensland. Cherry was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |