Exclusive: Bordeaux Begles to compete in London rugby sevens tournament Sport Business Investec Champions Cup winners Bordeaux Begles will send a team to the London City 7s in a major coup for the Square Mile tournament. The showstopping French Top 14 outfit, who in May won their second consecutive European title, will participate in the second edition of the London sevens tournament, which takes place in September [...]
London City 7s returns with capital crying out for live rugby Sport Business Dan James, founder of the London City 7s, pens his first of a new monthly column on short-form rugby in the capital. Rugby sevens has long been the better looking but somewhat inconsequential younger cousin of the traditional 15s game. If you were lucky enough to be one of the 113,000-plus fans in the record-breaking [...]
London City 7s: Rugby returns to the HAC in boost for Square Mile Sport Business Those who have trodden the streets of the City’s Finsbury Square and the surrounding area will be well aware of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Guarding the rare expanse of City grass is Armoury House, home of the HAC since 1735. It boasts its own cricket, football and rugby clubs, and is flanked on all [...]