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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 ...
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 ]
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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).
The record rugby league sevens attendance remains the 80,000 that attended a 1933 match between Australia and England at Roundhay Park in Leeds. This match was also attended by English royalty. The first rugby league sevens tournament was played in Australia in 1961. [1] The major tournament was the World Sevens played prior to the beginning of ...
The total number of teams for the 2023–24 Sevens Series was reduced from sixteen to twelve, similar to the Women's series. [1] Canada men won the Promotion/Relegation play-off in London on 21 May 2023, [ 2 ] and thus make up the twelfth team and South Africa women were promoted from the Challenger Series.