Sevens World Cup

It's been 27 years since South Africa welcomed the global rugby family to these shores for a Rugby World Cup. IOL Sport's Digimag showcases the upcoming ...

The emergence of the Blitzboks into world dominators over the years has only elevated my affection. Sevens, though, is not just about the on-field action. There is a special place in my sporting heart for Sevens Rugby.

New Zealand's All Blacks Sevens may have been less prominent on the world Sevens circuit over the last two years, but that has not prevented them from being ...

I think it came to the point [in Los Angeles] where everyone had a bit more time in the saddle. New Zealand missed the first four tournaments of the latest world series but took silver medals in their first tournaments back in Singapore and London, before they claimed the Los Angeles title. "There's no hiding from the fact that we are expected to win, but we also expect ourselves to win.

Here's everything you need to know to watch the action from the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.

to repeat as World Cup Sevens champions after also winning in Moscow, Russia, in 2013. New Zealand had the same exact success on the women’s side. On the women’s side, the bracket starts with the Round of 16 on Friday. The men’s tournament starts on Friday with a Pre-Round of 16 that has 16 teams across eight games vying for a place in the main Round of 16. Cape Town is the host city for the tournament. A country-by-country breakdown of broadcast partners is available [here](https://www.rwcsevens.com/where-to-watch-and-broadcast-partners).

"It is the first time for our country that a team will be participating in a World Cup," assistant coach Zakasoa Ravelonanosy told BBC Sport Africa. "We are ...

If we beat them, it's an earthquake for the rugby world. "It can be a surprise for them to meet us and the girls hope that we can win. "Everyone thought we were going to participate, like every year, trying to have a good result. We are in a dream. No one imagined that we could qualify. "It is the first time for our country that a team will be participating in a World Cup," assistant coach Zakasoa Ravelonanosy told BBC Sport Africa.

Australia's Sevens sides are out to continue their golden 2021-22 campaign as they head to Cape Town for the Rugby Sevens World Cup.

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Tournament is Quadrennial World Championship of Rugby Sevens. More Than 30 Hours of Men's Rugby World Cup Sevens Live Coverage Across NBC, Peacock and CNBC.

9-Sunday, Sept. How to Watch – Friday, Sept. Sun., Sept. From tomorrow through Sunday, Sept. – Sept. Platform (LIVE) Time (ET) Sat., Sept. National Team member Dan Lyle serve as studio analysts. 8, 2022 – NBC Sports presents live coverage of the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens this weekend from Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, from tomorrow through Sunday, Sept. Consisting of 24 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams, the tournament is played over the course of three days, with both champion teams being crowned on the final day of competition. The 2022 tournament marks the eighth edition of Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Ireland defeated Portugal 24-0 in their Rugby World Cup Sevens opener to book a quarter-final tie against England on Friday afternoon (1.39pm Irish time).

Jack Kelly collected and put Lennox over, while Matthew McDonald was denied a third try by some last-ditch defending late in the half. Ireland ensured victory early in the second half after Kelly won a turnover penalty inside the Portugal 22, Kennedy took a quick tap to tee up Cribbin. Kennedy was the top-scorer in this season's World Series with 50 tries in 52 games and he bagged the first try of the World Cup when he sprinted onto his own grubber to score.

Hosts South Africa will be captained by Siviwe Soyizwapi in the men's team, while Springbok Women's Sevens coach Paul Delport named Mathrin Simmers and ...

The Blitzboks will face Chile in the first match of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town on Friday.

After the two teams were deadlocked at 12-12 at full-time, Chile piled on the pressure in sudden death and slotted a drop goal from a penalty in front of the poles to book their spot with the Commonwealth Games gold medallists. It was a thriller of a match, but Chile ultimately managed a golden point in extra time to make it to the top 16. Cape Town – The Blitzboks will face Chile in the first match of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town on Friday.

Paul John's men will face Zimbabwe in the Bowl quarter-finals on Saturday in South Africa, after flat display at Cape Town Stadium in pre-round of 16 clash.

Canada's men's and women's teams are competing at the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa - watch live action beginning Friday at 2:45 ...

ET. The loser moves on to the challenge quarter-final match on Saturday at 4:59 a.m. ET in the round of 16. The Canadian women's team takes on China at 6:55 a.m. ET on Friday for a spot in the championship quarter-finals on Saturday (4:05 p.m.

After a season of ups and downs, when Australia men and women won the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Blitzboks took the Commonwealth Games title alongside ...

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The Blitzboks started their Sevens World Cup in commanding fashion on Friday night, overpowering Chile in the round of 16 at Cape Town Stadium.

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Defending champions New Zealand run in seven tries as Fiji, Australia and hosts South Africa also ease through their last-16 clashes at Cape Town Stadium.

The Blitzboks showed few signs of nerves in their opening Sevens World Cup fixture as they trashed minnows Chile in the final match of the day in Cape Town ...

The Imbokodo will be in action on Saturday morning, as they take on Japan in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals. If the Blitzboks beat Ireland on Saturday night, they will face the winner of the first championship quarter-final between New Zealand and Argentina in the semi-finals on Sunday afternoon. The Blitzboks showed few signs of nerves in their opening Sevens World Cup fixture as they thrashed minnows Chile in the final match of the day in Cape Town on Friday to progress to the quarter-finals.

Ireland women's team will face New Zealand in the quarter-finals with a hard fought win over Brazil.

At half-time we said to just take each moment at a time and don’t get carried away.” Ireland will face New Zealand, 47-5 conquerors of Colombia, in a quarter-final tussle on Saturday night (7.05pm, Irish time). Ireland raced into a 14-0 lead with tries from Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe and captain Lucy Mulhall, both of which the latter converted. “We set ourselves a goal of working really hard for ourselves on ‘D’ and hoping the attack looks after itself so that’s right to the final whistle. James Topping’s side, the ninth seeds, will face favourites and hosts South Africa in a Saturday night game (9.33pm, Irish time). Terry Kennedy, the leading try scorer in last season’s World series, scored the first, when winning the race to his own kick through. I think it showed, especially keeping them out off that counterattack in the first half.

For example, Samoa men blew away the USA in the round of 16, winning 40-12. samoa sevens. Uaina Sione of Samoa makes a dash (Getty Images). But ...

Just look at her Sevens World Cup tally after this one to open the scoring in a 47-5 win for the Black Ferns against Colombia. And when England women and England men took the field, they showed their respect with a moment of quiet reflection before play began. After hearing that Madagascar women had only one kit for the duration of the tournament – for training and playing in – Aussie women donated some kit to their cause, to train in.

The Blitzboks began their Rugby World Cup Sevens campaign with a routine win over Chile on Friday, while the Springbok Women were beaten by France.

From their own half, France made use of their speed out wide again, and this time it was Camille Grassineau who crossed over. Davids hit his target with this attempt off the tee to give them a 17-0 advantage. Muller du Plessis put in a nifty cross-kick which found Christie Grobbelaar, who scored in the corner.

The tournament favourites in the men's and women's events managed to reach the quarter-finals on a thrilling opening day of high-stakes rugby at the Cape ...

Samoa’s Steve Onosai got off to a hot start with a hat-trick. Jamie Farndale ran the length of the pitch in the try of the match as Scotland, who finished seventh at RWC Sevens 2018, opened with a 24-7 victory over Jamaica. He scored the first try of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 inside two minutes in a 24-0 win over Portugal, kicking through a gap in the Portuguese defence before chasing the bobbling ball to dot down. Canada’s young squad faced a China side looking for their first-ever win in an opening match at a World Cup, and the underdogs got off to a strong start when Hong Ting Ruan burst down the left wing to touch down in the corner. Fijiana, who finished third in the 2021/22 World Series, stormed past the 11th seeds as Ana Maria Naimasi scored two of their four tries before half time, then adding and converting another early in the second half to complete a hat-trick. France progressed to the quarter-finals with a 19-12 win over Canada in a close contest between the seventh and tenth seeds. France managed to block out the wall of noise from the stands and put in an impressive performance to knock out hosts South Africa with a 29-0 victory. New Zealand got their bid for a fourth World Cup victory off to a perfect start as they put Scotland to the sword, running in seven tries in a 43-5 win. Hosts South Africa put Chile to the sword in the final game of the day, thrilling the home crowd with a glittering collection of tries that showcased the Blitzboks’ array of technical and physical skills. Cape Town is host to the eighth edition of the tournament - the first to be held in Africa - and a boisterous crowd cheered on the world’s best players at the start of a three-day event that is expected to bring in a record-breaking 150,000 fans. The tournament favourites in the men’s and women’s events managed to reach the quarter-finals on a thrilling opening day of high-stakes rugby at the Cape Town Stadium. The hosts’ kicking game continued to cause problems as Sakoyisa Makata and Christie Grobbelaar gathered cross-field kicks to score, but Joaquin Huici’s try late in the first half gave the South Americans a glimpse of hope.

The Blitzboks sure don't have it easy at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town this weekend, and that has nothing to do with their competition.

"It's also an opportunity to get out of the hotel and stretch the legs. "Saturday we will pretty much follow the same process as Friday, but instead of the captain's run, we will have activation session and walk-through in the morning to prepare for our next opponent. "We will also allow the guys to sleep in and not be up for breakfast early, as well as allowing them to take a power nap before the build-up to kick off begins.

The Blitzboks came out blazing to thrash Chile 32-5 in their round of 16 clash on Friday night to claim their place in Saturday's quarterfinals.

Earlier in the day Sevens World Series champions Australia opened their RWC account with a thumping 48-0 victory over Madagascar in their round of 16 clash. Seraphine Okemba sealed the victory for the French with a final touchdown in the left corner to clinch a 29-0 victory. Earlier in the day Ireland men upset neighbours England 17-5 in their round of 16 clash to knock the Brits out of contention for the Rugby World Cup Sevens trophy. France continued to feed off the Bok women’s mistakes early in the second half as Chloe Pelle went over again to extend their lead to 24 points. The Blitzboks came out blazing to thrash Chile 32-5 in their round of 16 clash on Friday night to claim their place in Saturday’s quarterfinals. Captain Siviwe Soyizwapi entered the fray late and played a beautifully timed wide pass to Davids to score his second of the night and put the cherry on top of an excellent team performance for the Blitzboks.

The Blitzboks will face a pressure quarterfinal meeting with giant-killers Ireland in the quarterfinal match that will bring to the end Saturday's play in ...

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Off-street parking is available at the CTICC, Ryk Tulbagh Square, Picbel Parkade, Plein Park and other City Centre parkades. You can look forward to plenty of festivities in the village, such as daily dress up and dance competitions taking place on the Castle Lite stage located within the Fan Village. The excitement in The Mother City is heating up, and Castle Lite has announced a star-studded fan park entertainment line-up to match, featuring Youngsta CPT, Blxckie, Costa Tich alongside hometown favourite, GoodLuck.

SA's Zintle Mpupha in action during the Women's Challenge quarterfinals match against Japan on day 2 of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 at DHL Stadium in Cape ...

A knock-on brought about the final whistle and another defeat and more frustration for Delport. Off the final play of the game they had set up an overlap near the left hand corner but the potential match-winning offload never materialised. Crucially however, their error count started to stack.

There was even an ode to the SuperSport rugby commentary crew from one group, led by Cape Town-based friends Geoff Wylde and Matthew Robinson. "We were going to ...

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Errors cost Paul John's side in tight 14-5 defeat at Cape Town Stadium, with a 19th place play-off against Tonga set for Sunday.

For the players, downtime will be tougher than any opponent, with nearly eight hours between a semifinal and a final.

It is doubtful they’ll still be there at 10.05pm on Saturday, and if they are, most will probably need reminding of who is playing, such will be their state. This is one party in which less would have been more. We experienced that with the international formats of limited-overs cricket, the 1995 Rugby World Cup and, most famously, the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

SA's Zintle Mpupha in action during the Women's Challenge quarterfinals match against Japan on day 2 of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 at DHL Stadium in Cape ...

A knock-on brought about the final whistle and another defeat and more frustration for Delport. Crucially however, their error count started to stack. There was however sufficient time for the home team to reclaim the initiative and they duly bossed possession and field position for the rest of the match.

Nadine Roos scored four tries as the Springbok Women's Sevens broke their 2022 Sevens World Cup drought with a 13th/16th-place playoff victory over Columbia ...

Roos soon after got her second and it was arguably the pick of the lot as she gathered a clearance inside her own half, ran across the field, followed her own pass and split the defence to put the Bok Women 12-0 up at half time. After spending most of the first half on defence, the Imbokodo broke the deadlock when Roos won a turnover penalty, took a quick tap and burst through a gap to score, before converting her own try. The Imbokodo got their first win of the 2022 Sevens World Cup in style as sweeper Roos put on a masterclass, making big tackles on defence and incredible plays on attack.

New Zealand strutted into the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens as the men's and women's sides both picked up their second straight wins in Cape ...

Moses Leo then provided a moment of magic as he gathered a loose ball before exhibiting his blistering pace to evade four defenders and score New Zealand's second try of the game. It took just two minutes for New Zealand to level the score as Scott Curry put up five points before Akuila Rokolisoa made it 7-5 with a successful shot at goal before half-time. New Zealand strutted into the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens as the men's and women's sides both picked up their second straight wins in Cape Town.