53-553: The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series , Rugby World Cup Sevens , Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games . They have won a record 14 World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team played for the first time at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament . The All Blacks Sevens have won 14 of the 24 World Rugby Sevens Series, and have been
106-555: A basic salary of about €27,000-plus. Toward the bottom end of the scale is Ireland, offering its players a €18,000 to €23,750 development contract, less than minimum wage. Players in bold are still active. Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics The rugby sevens tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 24 to 30 July at Stade de France . Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) competed against each other in their respective tournaments. For
159-604: A regular event. The 12 invited teams all competed for the Shield, with the top three sides in that competition also earning core status for 2012–13. From 2013 on, the Hong Kong Sevens was played under the same 16-team format used in the rest of the series, with typically 15 core teams plus an invited team (for Hong Kong, usually the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series) competing in the main draw of
212-409: A series between 2014–2018, which saw them come in 3rd place a total of 4 times and placed 4th once, which is also the third time that they have placed 4th in a world series. In 2019, the team won its first series again since 2013, and it was followed by a Covid-19 disrupted 2020–21 season, which was then followed by a disappointing 2021–22 series, that saw them come in 8th place, which was the lowest that
265-666: A three-day event) is the most famous sevens tournament. The Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams through the 2011–12 series, but has featured 28 teams since 2012–13, with 15 core teams and the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series competing for series points. At the 2013 event, the remaining 12 teams were those in the World Series Pre-Qualifier; from 2014 forward, the remaining 12 teams are those in the Core Team Qualifier. In Hong Kong,
318-476: A truly global sport, one with widespread visibility and steadily improving standards of athletic excellence." New Zealand and Fiji dominated the first series, meeting in the final in eight of the ten season tournaments, and New Zealand narrowly won, overtaking Fiji by winning the last tournament of the series. New Zealand won the first six seasons in a row from 1999–2000 to 2004–05, led by players such as Karl Te Nana and Amasio Valence . The number of stops in
371-483: A win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss, 0 for a no-show. In case teams are tied after pool play, the tiebreakers are: As of the 2009–10 series, four trophies are awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament. In a normal event, the top two teams in each pool advance to
424-509: Is a fast-paced version of rugby union with seven players each side on a full-sized rugby field. Games are much shorter, lasting seven minutes each half. The game is quicker and faster-scoring than 15-a-side rugby, which explains part of its appeal. It also gives players the space for superb feats of individual skill. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. Currently, in a normal event, 16 teams are entered. World Rugby operates satellite tournaments in each continent alongside
477-582: Is determined by points earned in each tournament. World Rugby introduced a new scoring system for the 2011–12 series, in which all teams participating in a tournament are guaranteed points. Initially, World Rugby announced the new points schedule only for the standard 16-team events; the allocations for the Hong Kong Sevens were announced later. A new scoring system was introduced in 2019–20 requiring teams to play for 7th, 11th and 15th places, previously teams had tied for 7th–8th 11th–12th and 15th–16th places. The points schedule used at each standard event until 2023
530-410: Is summarised below. From 2023–24 the following points schedule is used for each event: Tie-breaking: If two or more teams are level on overall series points, the following tie-breakers are used: The tour received 1,147 hours of air time in 2005–06; 530 of which was live, and was broadcast to 136 countries. By 2008–09, the hours of air time had increased to over 3,300, with 35 broadcasters airing
583-603: Is the most successful rugby sevens team at the Commonwealth Games. They have won five of the seven Commonwealth Games tournaments so far, and have finished second once. The team have only lost 2 matches at the Commonwealth Games, losing to South Africa in the final of the 2014 tournament and losing to Fiji in the semi-finals in the 2022 tournament. New Zealand have won the Oceania Sevens twice, while they have been runners-up 4 times and also came in 7th place in
SECTION 10
#1732791184186636-504: The 2016–17 series , a dominant and consistent display by South Africa saw them reach the finals of the 2016–17 series rounds on eight occasions, winning five of these. As a result, South Africa were series champions with victory in the penultimate round in Paris. The season was a qualifier for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens with the top four teams that had not already qualified, coming from this season. The teams that made it through to
689-464: The World Rugby (WR) have ratified and released the qualification criteria for Paris 2024. The host nation France reserves a direct quota place each in the men's and women's tournament with the remainder of the total quota attributed to the eligible National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across three qualifying routes. The top four squads at the end of the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series secured
742-567: The 2019 tournament. On 20 June, the squad was named for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens tournament in France. Travelling Reserves: Tim Mikkelson , Sione Molia , and Joe Webber . Squad updated to: 20 June 2024 The following shows leading career New Zealand players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active. Several New Zealand players have won or been nominated for
795-558: The Core Team Qualifier. With the promotion place now determined at the Hong Kong Sevens, the London Sevens returned to the traditional 16-team format in 2013–14. The 2024 Rugby Perth Sevens features nine men’s and six women’s rounds over six months. The calendar includes stopovers in many of the usual destinations, from London to Langford, plus three new cities (Malaga, Seville and Toulouse) to replace traditional hosts Australia and New Zealand. The Hong Kong Sevens (an anomaly as
848-606: The Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third and fourth-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the losing quarterfinalists of the Bowl. A third-place match is now conducted between the losing Cup semifinalists in all tournaments; this was introduced for the 2011–12 series. In 2012–13, the season-ending London Sevens expanded to 20 teams, with 12 competing for series points and eight involved in
901-559: The Grand Final but they were beaten by Fiji once again by (12–27). This caused them to finish the tournament in 2nd place after losing the final. In 2024, The All Blacks Sevens failed again to obtain a Gold Medal at the Olympics after losing to South Africa in the quarter-finals (7–14), and finishing in 5th place after defeating Ireland (17–7) in the 5th place final. New Zealand have won 3 Sevens Rugby World Cups. Their first appearance
954-529: The Madrid, Spain Grand Final (Winner takes all) tournament. The All Blacks Sevens have played in 3 tournaments at the Summer Olympics, but have failed to obtain a Gold Medal from all 3 competitions. In 2016, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Fiji before finishing in 5th place by beating Argentina (17–14) in the 5th place final. In 2020, they improved from the previous tournament and made it to
1007-520: The Series began offering full-time contracts to their players. These annual salaries can range from €18,000 to €100,000. England offers among the more generous salaries, ranging from an estimated €25,000 to over €100,000. New Zealand has a graded system with salaries ranging from €23,000-plus to about €52,500 for its four top earners. The basic salary for Scottish sevens players ranges from €22,500 to €40,000. The Australian sevens players are estimated to be on
1060-490: The Sevens World Series which serve as qualifiers for Series events; in 2012–13 they also determined the entrants in the World Series Pre-Qualifier, and since 2013–14 determine the entrants in the Core Team Qualifier. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for
1113-421: The Shield was awarded for the first time in 2010. Originally, the six pool winners of the Hong Kong Sevens, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advanced to the Cup. In 2010 and 2011, a different system was used: In the transitional year of 2012, the Hong Kong Sevens was split into two separate competitions. The 12 core teams competed for the Cup, Plate and Bowl under a format similar to that of
SECTION 20
#17327911841861166-599: The United States have placed in the top three for several seasons but have not won the series title. The International Olympic Committee 's decision in 2009 to add rugby sevens to the Summer Olympics beginning in 2016 has added a boost to rugby sevens and to the World Sevens Series ; this boost has led to increased exposure and revenues, leading several of the core teams to field fully professional squads. The first international rugby sevens tournament
1219-417: The United States won the 2015 London Sevens to finish the season in sixth overall; Kenya won the 2016 Singapore Sevens, and Scotland won the 2016 London Sevens. Prior to the 2015–16 season World Rugby did a comprehensive review of all nine tournament hosts and adjusted the schedule, dropping two sites ( Japan and Scotland ), and adding three sites ( France , Singapore and Canada ) to the calendar. In
1272-561: The World Cup via this method were Canada , Argentina , Scotland and Samoa . The World Series will consist of 8 scheduled tournament stops from the 2023–24 season , which generally fall in the same order and timeframes. From 2020 to 2022, however, several of these events had to be cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic . A group of core teams, currently 12 in number, is announced for each season based on performances in
1325-595: The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award. The following table shows the players who have been nominated for the award at least twice and won the award at least once. World Rugby Sevens Series The SVNS , known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons , is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for
1378-417: The World Rugby Sevens Series a record 14 times. New Zealand were particularly dominant in the early years of the Series, winning the first six series. New Zealand have competed in three Summer Olympics Sevens Tournaments. Their best result is achieving a Silver medal in the 2020 tournament. New Zealand is tied with Fiji for the most Rugby Sevens World Cups with each team having 3 titles. New Zealand
1431-402: The World Rugby Sevens Series under previous formats. With 15 core teams, there was generally only one invited team at each 16-team tournament. Before 2012–13, when there were only 12 core teams, four places at each tournament were usually available to invited teams. Key : * indicates a tied placing In 2019, World Rugby announced a plan to create a second-tier competition that would allow
1484-493: The best thirteen sevens teams, with the addition of three invited teams, from their region to compete in a similar style format to the Sevens Series for the potential of gaining promotion to the World Rugby Sevens Series and becoming a core team. This breaks from the usual format of promotion and relegation in the sevens series. From 2013–14 series to 2018–19 the promotion/relegation was as follows: From 2020 to 2023
1537-399: The final (5–21), the second time was in 2017 when they lost to Fiji again in the final (0–26), the third time was in 2018, when they lost to Fiji again for the 3rd straight final (12–17), and the 4th time would be by having the 2nd best round-robin record in 2021 (4–2), behind Fiji who had a better record (6–0), and they would also finish the 2019 competition in 7th place. New Zealand have won
1590-544: The final and came in 3rd place after losing to Fiji (14–19) in the semi-finals in the 2022 tournament. The All Blacks sevens have been the Oceania Sevens Champions twice. In 2022 after having the best round-robin record of (5–1), they secured the title. In 2023, they retained their title after defeating Samoa (24–19) in the Final. They have been runners-up 4 times, the first being in 2014 by losing to Fiji in
1643-635: The first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series , the competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product. The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2014. The season's circuit consists of eight tournaments held in five continents, generally beginning in November or December and ending in May or June. All tournaments feature
New Zealand national rugby sevens team - Misplaced Pages Continue
1696-424: The first time, the rugby sevens matches commenced two days before the opening ceremony with the men's preliminary and quarterfinal stages. The competition took a break for the opening ceremony on 26 July before the medal-winning teams were officially unveiled a day later. The women's tournament was held from 28 to 30 July, culminating with the gold and bronze medal matches. The International Olympic Committee and
1749-663: The inaugural event in 1993, along with rugby joining the Commonwealth Games program in 1998. The first season of the World Sevens Series was the 1999–2000 season. At the Series launch, the chairman of the International Rugby Board, Vernon Pugh, described the IRB's vision of the role of this new competition: "this competition has set in place another important element in the IRB’s drive to establish rugby as
1802-403: The men's and women's spots for their respective NOC, with the continental champions from each of the six confederations (Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America) receiving the berths at their designated 2023 World Rugby Regional Association Olympic Qualification Tournaments. To complete the twelve-team field for Paris 2024, the remaining spot will be offered to the winner of
1855-527: The most success in the Commonwealth Games Sevens Series by winning 5 out of the 7 Tournaments. They won in 1998 by beating Fiji in the final (21–12), won in 2002 by winning against Fiji again (33–15), beat England in the 2006 Final (29–21), before beating Australia in the final in 2010 (24–17) and would go on to beat Fiji for the 3rd consecutive time in the final (14–0). In 2014, they were runners-up after losing to England (12–17) in
1908-565: The most successful team in the history of the world series. They won the first six series between 1999–2004, before placing 4th in the 2005 series, and then later winning back to back series again in the 2006–2007 seasons. In 2008, the team placed 4th for the second time, and were runners-up for the first ever time in 2009. In the years of 2010–2013, the All Blacks Sevens had another period of success by winning all 4 of those series, before going onto have 5 straight seasons without winning
1961-566: The naming rights to individual tournaments, while retaining its name sponsorship of the overall series. A renewed, 4-year deal was announced before the 2015–16 Series , this deal was also expanded to include the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series . In the year after the International Olympic Committee announced in 2009 that rugby sevens would return to the Olympics in 2016, most of the "core teams" on
2014-402: The previous season. Each core team has a guaranteed place in all of that season's events. The core teams have been selected through a designated promotion/relegation process since the 2012–13 season. A new system from the 2023–24 season, will see 12 core teams, with up to 4 being relegated each year. Key: * indicates a tied placing Non-core teams are also invited to compete in every season of
2067-429: The quarter-finals (14–15) and would finish in 5th place. They then would go on to win the next two World Cups in 2013 and 2018 by beating England in both tournaments (33–0) and (33–12), to become the first team in history to go back to back in consecutive tournaments. In 2022, they lost to Fiji in the final once again by (12–27), and finished runners-up for the second time in their World Cup history. New Zealand have found
2120-656: The same 12 teams. Teams compete for the World Rugby Series title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament. The bottom four teams play a repechange tournament against the top four teams of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series . New Zealand had originally dominated the Series, winning each of the first six seasons from 1999–2000 to 2004–05, but since then, Fiji, South Africa , Samoa and Australia have each won season titles. England, Argentina and
2173-504: The series after taking home the 2008–09 title. In the 2009–10 season, Samoa who finished seventh the previous year shocked the world – led by 2010 top try-scorer and World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Mikaele Pesamino – by winning four of the last five tournaments to overtake New Zealand and win the series. The number of core teams expanded from 12 to 15 for the 2011–12 series . Qualification for these places
New Zealand national rugby sevens team - Misplaced Pages Continue
2226-407: The series in 139 countries and 15 languages. Broadcast time increased further in 2009–10, with 3,561 hours of air time (1,143 hours live) carried by 34 broadcasters in 141 countries and 16 languages. In 2010–11, 3,657 hours of coverage were aired (1,161 hours live), with the same number of broadcasters as the previous season but six new countries added. For that season, Sevens World Series programming
2279-410: The series varied over the seasons, but experienced a contraction from 11 tournaments in 2001–02 to 7 tournaments in 2002–03 due to the global recession . In the 2005–06 season Fiji clinched the season trophy on the last tournament of the season finishing ahead of England. New Zealand regained the trophy in 2006–07 season in the last tournament of the season. South Africa was the next team to win
2332-418: The style of promotion/relegation was as such: From 2024 onwards the style of promotion/relegation will be as such: The World Series results are sometimes used as a qualifier for other tournaments. For example, the top four teams of the 2014–15 series automatically qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Similarly, certain teams from the 2016–17 series qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Summary of
2385-461: The team has ever placed in any of the World Sevens Series. The team won its 14th World Series title on the 13th of May 2023, wrapping up the 2022–23 season, after beating France in the semi finals of the Toulouse tournament, and wrapping up the series due to a points difference gap being greater than the 2nd placed Argentina side. The All Blacks Sevens finished in 4th place in the 2023–24 season after
2438-412: The top four teams qualifying to the 2016 Summer Olympics , with Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and Great Britain all qualifying through. The 2014–15 season and 2015–16 season were won by Fiji – the first time a team other than New Zealand won back-to-back season titles – led by 2015 and 2016 season Dream Team nominee Osea Kolinisau The two seasons also yielded teams winning their first tournaments –
2491-418: The top six placegetters for each series: Tally of top six placings in the series for each team, updated after the most recently completed 2022-23 season (obtained by summing the placings of each team as recorded in the above table of results by season). Summary of the top six placegetters for the regular season (since 2024): List of legs won by each team since 1999. Updated on 5 May 2024. Rugby sevens
2544-423: The tournament. In line with changes which began at the start of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series , the duration of the Cup final was reduced from 20 minutes to 14 minutes in 2017. In that season, the number of trophies was also reduced to two; the main Cup contested by the top eight teams from the pool stage, and a Challenge Trophy contested by the bottom eight teams from the pool stage. The season championship
2597-482: The venue in the 2012–13 season, giving the tour an event on each continent, but when Argentina joined the Rugby Championship those plans were shelved. With the same schedule, New Zealand again were the winners over South Africa. They took it again in 2013–14 with Spain the first team to be relegated after finishing last during that season with Japan replacing them. Heading into the 2014–15 season ,
2650-620: Was available in 332 million homes worldwide, with a potential audience of 760 million. The International Rugby Board reached a 5-year deal with HSBC in October 2010 that granted them status as the first-ever title sponsor of the Sevens World Series. Through the agreement, HSBC acquired title naming rights to all tournaments in the World Series, beginning with the Dubai Sevens on 3 December 2010. HSBC has since sub-licensed
2703-617: Was held in 1973 in Scotland, which was celebrating a century of the Scottish Rugby Union . Seven international teams took part, with England defeating Ireland 22–18 in the final to take the trophy. The Hong Kong Sevens annual tournament began in 1976. Over the next two decades the number of international sevens competitions increased. The most notable was the Rugby World Cup Sevens with Scotland hosting
SECTION 50
#17327911841862756-442: Was in the 1993 tournament which was held in Scotland. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals by the eventual winners England (12–21) before finishing in 7th place. In 1997, they placed 3rd after they were beaten in the semi-finals by South Africa (7–31). In 2001, they won their first World Cup by beating Australia (31–12), and would also make the final again in 2005 but went on to lose to Fiji (19–29). In 2009, they lost to Wales in
2809-416: Was played out at the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens . Canada (returning to core status for the first time since 2008), Spain and Portugal joined the 12 core teams for the next season. The Japan event also made a return for the first time since 2001 (lasting until 2015). New Zealand continued their dominance by finishing on top. Argentina was originally planned to begin hosting a tenth event with Mar Del Plata
#185814