World Rugby says it has sold two-thirds of the tickets for the sevens tournament. “The learnings we’ve got from the 2015-16 (world) series would be, we came second to a pretty good Australian team”.
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The French earlier also claimed a small footnote in the history books when they beat Spain 24-7 in the first Olympic rugby action since the United States won gold in the men’s 15-aside game at the 1924 Paris Games.
The Canadians arrived in Rio as medal favourites after capturing gold at last summer’s Pan American Games and finishing third on the world circuit this season.
Speaking as Team GB get set to take on hosts Brazil at the Deodoro Stadium on Saturday, Scarratt, a Women’s Rugby World Cup victor with England in 2014, said: “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to support the Keep Rugby Clean campaign ahead of the Olympic Games”.
She said: “As I started to referee more and more I got into it and started to focus on it a lot more and over the last few years the support from those at Scottish Rugby has been great and has helped me to travel to quite a few places to referee”.
“I think being here now in South America is a great statement”. Ruaridh will become part of the competing 12 and the group will continue to pull together as the focus remains on delivering for Team GB in Rio.
“The whole journey has been wonderful, and tomorrow it’s going to be very special for a lot of us and a very special day for rugby worldwide. But I chose to carry on and see where it went and look where I am now”. “If we put on a good performance, that’s going to kind of do leaps and bounds for the sport. Rugby’s a amusing game, injuries can happen just like that”. In the seven years since, global participation has doubled to 7.73 million, and the percentage of female players has risen from 10 percent to more than 30, according to World Rugby.
“It’s massive”, World Rugby’s Argentine vice chairman Agustin Pichot told reporters.
She was recruited to play Rugby by Eastern Illinois University her junior year of high school.
“My coach came to me in 2010 and he was like rugby is going to be in the Olympics in 2016 and you need to be on the residency program before then”, Doyle said.
The Sevens at the Olympics gets underway on August 6 with the women’s tournament while the men start on August 9.
Beaumont wasn’t fazed by the lack of star power in the lineups.
Fiji has such a strong team that former San Francisco 49ers running back Jarryd Hayne failed to make the team.
World Rugby has given anti-doping education to more than 15,000 players in recent years and continues to be committed to protecting clean athletes through intelligent testing and values-based education. He said he was confident there will not be the disappointing gaps in the stadium crowds that have been seen at soccer matches.
“This (semi-final) is where we want to be”.
To that end, they have enjoyed working with a significant but unexpected fan, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes.
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In Women’s Health’s September issue, the five Olympians talk openly about their relationships with their bodies, and how their body shapes enable them to play rugby.
