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By the numbers: Title chances and qualification options on the final HSBC SVNS World Championship weekend
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (900+ words) After six regular HSBC SVNS Series rounds, three SVNS 2 tournaments, a SVNS 3 challenge, and World Championship events in Hong Kong and Valladolid, the 2025/26 international sevens season has reached its grand finale in Bordeaux " with everything still to play for at…...
Australia primed to snatch HSBC women's World title from New Zealand
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (995+ words) Victory in the Grand Final in Bordeaux on Sunday, 7 June, would see Australia crowned the women's HSBC SVNS World Champions, no matter what fierce rivals New Zealand do." That equation seemed miles off when the green-and-gold lost five finals in…...
Riva's coming home: Why Bordeaux finale means so much to France's veteran skipper
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (921+ words) As captain of France men's sevens squad, Riva has experienced many of the sport's highest highs, including the great Olympic gold medal run at Paris 2024. The Bordeaux leg of the tour may not have the all the headline grandeur of…...
Bordeaux sets the stage for a thrilling HSBC SVNS World Championship finale
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (607+ words) The HSBC SVNS World Championship returns for one last dramatic tournament with three days of wall-to-wall action in the western French city of Bordeaux bringing the curtain down on an entertaining season of sevens rugby " with World Championship glory and…...
The relegation cauldron: The psychology of playing with relegation pressure
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1084+ words) The HSBC SVNS circuit reaches its final stop in Bordeaux this weekend, and the rugby world will be transfixed by the bright lights of the final event of the season. The cameras will chase the teams lifting the World Championship…...
Valladolid set for epic weekend as HSBC SVNS World Championship descends on Spain
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (611+ words) Twenty-four teams head to north-west Spain with World Championship glory and a place among next season's HSBC SVNS elite on the line. The HSBC SVNS World Championship returns for three days of wall-to-wall action in the Spanish city of Valladolid…...
How France became a global sevens force: Stephen Parez-Edo Martin
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1496+ words) There is a moment Stephen Parez-Edo Martin returns to often. It's not the gold medal ceremony at Paris 2024, or the lap of honour in front of 70, 000 delirious French supporters. It is a match played eight years earlier, thousands of miles…...
What it takes to play sevens rugby
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1079+ words) In a single game of sevens, a player will cover between 800 and 1, 500 metres. They will make roughly 10 to 15 high-speed entries, and face between three and seven "contact actions" per half. In other words, sevens players jog, sprint, tackle, and get…...
Australia reign in Spain with Valladolid double gold
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (576+ words) Australia completed an outstanding sevens double at the HSBC SVNS World Championship tournament in Valladolid, as their men's and women's sides lifted the titles on a thrilling finals day. Australia's women shook off their shock pool phase loss to USA…...
HSBC SVNS World Championship: Bordeaux draw delivers match-ups to savour
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (292+ words) World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin has made the draw for the third and final leg of this year's HSBC SVNS World Championship series in Bordeaux, on 5-7 June. After double glory in Valladolid both Australia's men's and women's sides will have…...