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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.
{{National rugby sevens teams}} – Template with links to all men's national rugby sevens teams, with separate groupings for IRB Sevens core teams, other current teams, and defunct teams. {{Rugby union squad}} - used as the template for national and club squad templates to be used on player pages.
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 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]
Franklin's Kristi Kirshe and the USA Rugby 7s team open play Sunday. Here's everything you need to know about the rules and the Olympic tournament.
Template: Rugby sevens positions. 1 language ... Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Rugby sevens positions 1 Prop: 2 Hooker: 3 Prop 4 ...
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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 ...