SAO PAULO – The first Brazilian University Rugby Seven Championship 2010 congregated 156 athletes from six states (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo and São Paulo) between December 18th and 19th, in São Paulo. Ten teams were involved in the men’s competition and three in the women’s and they played more than […]
BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE – The second meeting of the Organizing Committee of the 5th World University Rugby 7 Championship (10-13 July 2012), was held on November 24th at Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze), in the presence of Alain Pamboutzoglou, Deputy-Mayor of Brive for Sport; Roger Fite Chairman of Territorial Rugby; Jean-François Bourg, Director of Sports City of Brive; Jean-Michel […]
8 male and 6 female teams participated in this year’s edition of the European Universities Rugby 7’s Championship, coming from France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom and representing 11 Universities. The event was organised by the University of Cordoba and CEDU in Cordoba, the city that will in 2012 host also the first […]
PORTO – Portugal is the new men’s University Champion of the World in Rugby Sevens. Spain conquered the women’s title. 3,500 people cheered the new University World Champion of Rugby Sevens. Portugal defeated the Russian University team 35-17 with the support of the Portuguese crowd who came from everywhere to see the Final of […]
Men’s Tournament PORTO – Russia and Chinese Taipei started another very exciting day of the men’s competition. Once again, the Russian team showed its tactic game winning from Chinese Taipei (45 – 0) and Lebanon (41 – 0). Portugal is another very strong team in this tournament, getting two wins against Lebanon (68 – […]
PORTO – The second day of the World University Championship of Rugby Sevens was plenty of sweat, anxiety, effort, dedication and tackles. There were some national teams that stood out, but there were also other ones who regretted their bad luck. “Tomorrow we have to win”, this was the main conclusion that a Hungarian […]
PORTO – The first day of the WUC Rugby Sevens was quite promising as well as the second when it comes to the male competition. Great expectations were definitely confirmed. Portugal made its first appearance in the tournament winning 50-7 against Poland. In the opening game, Russia kept on the good results with a […]
PORTO – The first teams to make their debut in the 4th WUC Rugby 7s were Poland and Russia. On the one hand, the Russian national team reinforced the ambition to be in the Final Cup of the 4th World University Championship of Sevens winning for 47-0. On the other hand, the Polish team, despite […]
