HSBC Sevens Series
The Cape Town Sevens turned on a spectacle on it’s opening day. The second leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Cape Town brought out the best in local fans as they celebrated the way their team was playing. New Zealand and Fiji look good as the Blitzboks chase double at home. Blitzboks […]
The 2016/17 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series kicks off this weekend, as the Aussie Women chase another Dubai Sevens title. One of only three tournaments on the sevens series beside Las Vegas and the Sydney Sevens, where fans get to watch both the Men and Women compete, and the women open the Dubai Sevens Weekend on Thursday. […]
The 2016/17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series begins this weekend in Dubai. The Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens is from December 2-3 at wonderful The Sevens Stadium. 16 teams are competing in this, the opening leg of the ten tournament season. For 2016, Uganda are the invitational side in the Men’s competition [South Africa were invited to compete in the Women’s […]
It’s another season of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The 2016/17 season promises to be breaking new grounds with new audiences and countries watching the television broadcast. The ten tournament Sevens Series begins with the Dubai Sevens on December 2-4. Olympic Champions and two-time sevens series champions Fiji are chasing their triple crown this season. As they will be without master coach Ben Ryan, […]
New Zealand teams are currently preparing for matches and for critical tournaments across the globe. From the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, to Autumn International test rugby, NZ rugby teams named this week will each have success as their key goals. Several NZ Rugby Teams Named New Zealand (NZ) Rugby hold a proud place on […]
After what seems like a prolonged wait, New Zealand Rugby have released news that the NZ Sevens Head Coach will be experienced sevens and rugby coach Clark Laidlaw. The much discussed selection process had been long and seen much speculation, but the common thinking that Scotland-born Laidlaw was being canvassed for the role, has proved true. The […]
Samoa Sevens rugby is one of the best to watch in the world over. Samoa play the brand of rugby that is synonymous with Pacific Islanders with a Polynesian twist. They play hard, physical, brutal at times but overall it’s sevens rugby at it’s best. They have lost their touch in the past few seasons, […]
The opening round draws of the 2016-17 HSBC World Sevens Series has been announced by World Rugby. The season kicks-off in style as always at Emirates Airlines Dubai Sevens (7’s). Dubai and World Series defending champs Fiji leads pool A. Fiji and New Zealand begin the season without their prolific coaches Ben Ryan and Sir […]
Sir Gordon Tietjens has pulled the curtain on his legendary Rugby Sevens coaching career. After 22 years as the leader of the sport where he has been hugely responsible for transforming the Sevens game in New Zealand, into what it is today. The New Zealand (NZ) rugby announcement was predicted widely, but honestly no one […]
This weekend, the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series came to it’s exciting conclusion as Canada wins Clermont-Ferrand Sevens tournament in France, the final leg of the 2015/2016 season. A great achievement for the Maple Leafs all the while, as predicted by the Lowdown, the Aussies claim first series title in that nations history. As the season came […]
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