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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 ...
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Players can also change positions during the match; common examples are the fly-half playing the full-back's position in defence [1] or a prop taking the hooker's position at line-outs. [ 2 ] Different positions on the field suit certain skill sets and body types, generally leading to players specialising in a limited number of positions. [ 3 ]
By the 1950s, the Rugby Football Union had produced a booklet called Know the Game, in which it is stated that "there are no hard and fast rules governing the names of the positions or the numbers worn", but it lists the custom in Britain as being 1 for the fullback, to 15 for the lock (now known as the number 8).
Rugby World Cup Sevens — Sponsored by World Rugby, and held every four years, this was the highest prize in the Sevens version of the game before the introduction of sevens to the Olympics in 2016. It was initially planned for the 2013 edition to be the last, but it was later decided to retain the World Cup Sevens and establish a new four ...
The Infobox Rugby World Sevens template is used to summarise information about a particular edition of the IRB Sevens World Series, for example, the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens