England national rugby sevens team

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England
England rugby textlogo.svg
UnionRugby Football Union
Emblem(s)Red Rose
Coach(es)Simon Amor
Captain(s)Tom Mitchell
Top scorerBen Gollings (2,652 points)
Most triesDan Norton (354 tries)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances6 (First in 1993)
Best resultChampions, 1993

The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently in the 2016-17 season. They have once won the Rugby World Cup Sevens — the inaugural tournament in 1993.

The England Sevens team has generated several notable sevens players. Ben Gollings holds the record for points scored on the Sevens Series with 2,652 points.[1] Dan Norton holds the record for tries scored on the Sevens Series with over 350 tries as of April 2020.[2] England's Simon Amor (2004) and Ollie Phillips (2009) have each won a World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award.[3]

History[]

England won the 1973 International Seven-a-side Tournament, the first sevens tournament with national representative sides, defeating Ireland 22–18 in the final.[4]

World Rugby Sevens Series[]

England is one of the more successful teams in the World Rugby Sevens Series. They have finished in the top three nine times — behind only New Zealand, Fiji, and South Africa.

Place Number Seasons
1st 0 —
2nd 4 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2016–17
3rd 5 2001–02, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
4th 2 2013–14, 2014–15
5th 5 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2017–18, 2018–19
6th 1 2012–13
7th 1 2000–01
8th 1 2015–16
9th 1 1999–00

Quadrennial tournaments[]

Rugby World Cup Sevens[]

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Champions 1st 10 8 2 0
Hong Kong 1997 Quarterfinals 8th 5 4 1 0
Argentina 2001 Quarterfinals 6th 6 3 3 0
Hong Kong 2005 Semifinals 3rd 7 5 2 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Quarterfinals 7th 4 3 1 0
Russia 2013 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
United States 2018 Runners-up[5] 2nd 4 3 1 0
South Africa Qualified
Total 1 Title 8/8 38 28 10 0

Commonwealth Games[]

Commonwealth record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Quarterfinals 6th 3 2 1 0
England 2002 Plate Winner 5th 6 5 1 0
Australia 2006 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
India 2010 Semifinals 4th 6 4 2 0
Scotland 2014 Plate Winner 5th 6 4 2 0
Australia 2018 Semifinals 3rd 5 4 1 0
Total 0 Titles 5/5 27 20 7 0

Rugby X Tournament[]

Rugby X Tournament
Year Round Pld W L D
England 2019 Quarter-finals 3 0 2 1

European competition[]

Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

Sevens GP record
Year Position
2002–2010 Did not
participate
European Union 2011 2nd
European Union 2012 1st
France Romania 2013 1st
European Union 2014 3rd
European Union 2015 3rd
2016 DNP*
2017 9th
2018 4th
2019 7th
Total 5/14

Note: In 2016, England did not enter a team in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens. Instead, Great Britain fielded a team.

World Series tournaments[]

England won the following legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series:

Current squad[]

For a complete list of players in the current World Series, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads § England.

Player records[]

The following shows leading career England players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored[6]
No. Player Tries
1 Dan Norton 354
2 Ben Gollings 220
3 Tom Mitchell 135
4 Richard Haughton 106
5 Rob Thirlby 101

See also[]

  • Rugby Football Union
  • England national rugby union team

References[]

  1. ^ "World Rugby Sevens: All-time leading points-scorers". The South African. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. ^ "Record tries for Dan Norton but England face daunting quarter-final against South Africa at Dubai Rugby Sevens". The National. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  3. ^ "Ollie Phillips: ‘I was a rugby hero and record breaker, but I still suffered from imposter syndrome’", Telegraph, Guy Kelly, 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ The Straits Times, 9 April 1973
  5. ^ "New Zealand crowned men's RWC Sevens champions", World Rugby, 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020

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