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Seven a side on a full-size pitch, seven-minute halves, and a whole tournament in two days. All the space of rugby with a third of the players, so the game is about the gap rather than the collision.
Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, France, Ireland and the United States. Fiji's record relative to its population is one of sport's great anomalies.
Widely used as a school and university format because it needs fewer players. Careers are shorter than in fifteens because the running load is extreme.
Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa in the men's game; New Zealand and Australia in the women's.
The Blitzboks are one of the most successful teams in the circuit's history, and the Cape Town Sevens is one of its best-attended rounds. Sevens has also been an important route into the professional game for South African players.
Sevens tournaments and touch leagues run all summer.
Drop-kick conversion · Restart catch · Offload / pass in contact · Footwork / beating a man · Cover tackle
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