Exclusive: Ultimate Sevens franchise rugby project to announce Reebok deal Sport Business The Ultimate Sevens franchise project will today announce Reebok as its title kit sponsor, City AM can reveal. The project – dubbed by some as the R360 of the rugby sevens world – will launch on Thursday with teams and players confirmed in London. The long-term plan will see franchises sold off, similar to other [...]
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 [...]
Fulham’s Craven Cottage could be future of new franchise Project Sevens Sport Business The investment vehicle behind a new privately funded rugby sevens league set to launch in 2026 is targeting Craven Cottage as a host venue, City AM can reveal. Tom Burwell, chief executive of Bia Sports Group – the investment team behind newly promoted Premier League football club Sunderland – explained that the as-yet unnamed sevens [...]
Olympics: Rugby sevens needs Dupont and USA to be medal contenders July 26, 2024 As a former sevens player, the Olympics is always an exciting time. We see the very best of a bunch of athletes who otherwise go under the radar across the rest of the calendar. But in a rugby-mad country like France, where stars like Toulouse and international No9 Antoine Dupont will be on show, this [...]
Olympics on the mind for sevens star Meg Jones in Madrid May 31, 2024 Meg Jones knows rugby is unfair which is why she is giving it everything to get to the Olympics. The 27-year-old has spent the past season playing for the all-conquering Red Roses in 15s but has now returned to the sevens fold ahead of the HSBC SVNS 2024 Grand Final in Madrid. The tournament serves [...]