7 Players a side, 7 minutes a side – all played on a normal size field. Fast, furious and the T20 of Rugby is how Sevens has been described.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens Tournament kicked off with Fiji against Portugal in Pool D at 11:37am on Friday 9 December 2011. Unconfirmed reports have the ticket sales for this event currently running at 40 000 with sales beginning to ramp up for the final day.
It DOES seem a bit strange to look at the field and see 16 players ‘missing’, although the format of the game does highlight the age old adage that the way to win is to capitalise on mistakes made by your opponents.
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