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2001 – 2013. 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 ...
A scrummage, commonly known simply as a scrum, is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. [1] Depending on whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ...
Years. Team. Comps. 2012–2016. United States. 15. Correct as of December 30, 2020. Nate Augspurger (born January 31, 1990) is an American rugby union player from Minneapolis, Minnesota [1] who plays scrum-half for the Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby (MLR).
Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror, but the United States Women's Rugby Sevens team is on the hunt for a medal with two games left in their ...
Antoine Dupont. Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team. [1][2] Dupont has won the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and three Six Nations Player of the Championships, the most by a French ...
National sevens team. Years. Team. Comps. 2019–. Samoa. 20. Correct as of 28 August 2023. Melani Matavao (born 19 November 1995) is a Samoan professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for the Samoa national team.
Hunt has represented England Under 20s, England A, England sevens as well as the England women's national rugby union team.Hunt played for England in the RBS 6 Nations as well as in the rugby 7s world tournament, winning both.
Mark Roche during Ireland's 2024 Summer Olympics quarter-final. Roche has played as a scrum-half for the Ireland national rugby sevens team since 2015. Roche played for Ireland in the 2017 Rugby Europe Grand Prix, helping Ireland qualify for the 2018 Hong Kong qualifier and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.