World Sevens Update: IRB to provide valuable funding in Pan Am region
Wed 1 July 2009 (Rugby 365)

The International Rugby Board and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have joined forces to fund an exciting new initiative aimed at increasing the competitiveness of rugby sevens in North America.

The four-year coach education programme, developed in collaboration with the North America West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA), will further boost the l... more »

Surfer or Cowboy? Two more big tournaments for North America
Fri 3 July 2009 (UR7s)

Surfer or Cowboy?! With the North American season well under the way Robin Heymann looks ahead to two very different but equally high profile tournaments set to commence this weekend.

The Independence Day – or ‘Fourth of July’ – celebrations will need to be put on ice in North Carolina with one of the biggest tournaments in the USA taking place over Satur more »

Across the Pond - Week 4
By tommi hughes on Thu 2 July 2009
 Been a very busy week in the US of A these last two weeks, mens and womens tournaments, two ne more »

Simply Serevi
by Nigel Starmer-Smith on Thu 30 April 2009

Following Waisale Severi’s ‘official’ playing retirement at the recent Melrose Sevens, UR7s thought it appropriate for our lead columnist Nigel Starmer-Smith, who has followed the greatest sevens player of all from his amateur playing days to coaching his country, to give us his thoughts on what made him so special.

'Small' by nickname and stature - sky- more »