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A restart kick that does not cross the 10 m line can either be played by the receiving team, but not by the kicking team, or a midfield scrum is awarded to the receiving team. A restart kick that crosses the side lines without being touched awards the receiving team either a midfield scrum or a line out on the halfway line, receiving team option.
Rugby is formally contested in two forms: 15s, the traditional version of the game, and 7s, which appeared 10 years after the game was invented in Melrose, Scotland, as a fundraiser for a local club.
Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens is administered by World Rugby, the body responsible for rugby union worldwide. The ...
The South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament that is held in South Africa. It is currently hosted in Cape Town and is part of the Sevens World Series run by World Rugby . A South African leg of the World series has been included in every edition of the competition since it began in the 1999-2000 season.
The winner chooses to either kick-off or selects an end of the playing field to defend in the first half. If the decision is made to kick off, the loser of the coin toss chooses an end to defend, otherwise they must kick off. [16] After half time the teams swap ends and the team that did not kick off in the first half starts play. [17]
The Oktoberfest Rugby 7s was a rugby sevens tournament held in Munich, [1] Germany, during the Oktoberfest event. In the first edition in 2017, Australia won [2] the title in the final against Fiji, the Olympic champion from Rio. In 2019, South Africa won against Fiji, who made it again to the finals.
Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby , it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport outside of the Summer Olympics .
The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. The USA Sevens was introduced in 2004, originally in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California.