With the Rio Olympics around the corner, the introduction to Rugby 7s to the competition has set a buzz to the summer with young talent pushing for a place in their national squads, striving for a chance to compete with the world’s best.
The perfect platform for this this talent to shine is during the GB7s International 7s tournament. The first leg is hosted at Meggetland, home of Boroughmuir Rugby later this month.
Britain’s top Rugby 7s Competition featuring Samurai, CoOptimist RFC, Wailers, Forces Exiles, Irish Wolfhounds, Apache, England IPF & Welsh Charitables to name just a few will be competing for early honours in this top class event.
Now the rest of the world has caught on and it’s an Olympic sport, GB7s Tour was created as a way for the best English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish qualified players to test themselves.
In 2015 the tour welcomes the Dublin-based Irish Wolfhounds, who will have their first test at Meggetland on the 30th May.
”Crucially, all of the teams have direct or informal links with the elite sevens of the RFU, WRU & IRU, who see the GB7s as a key route for developing and identifying international standard athletes,” explained Dickie Jeavons-Fellows, the GB7s general manager.
”Competition rules are focused on that aim with player categories split into home nations and overseas home nations players, being those currently eligible under IRB rules to be selected for England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland.”
Sevens is fast, fun and exciting to watch and the GB7s has a “direct comparison to the HSBC World Sevens Series.”
The first leg of the GB7s will be held at Meggetland on the 30th May.
Submitted by Justin Tito
