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2019 New Zealand Sevens
The 2019 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the New Zealand Sevens. It was held on 26–27 January 2019 at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton. An invitational competition for women's teams, the Women's Fast Four, was held alongside the men's tournament as the precursor to fully integrated men's and women's tournaments planned for Hamilton in 2020. Format The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket. Teams Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship, Tonga: Pool stage All times in New Zealand Daylight Time ( UTC+13:00) Pool A ---- -- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 20th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This series also, for the second time, doubled as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top four countries qualifying automatically. Fiji finished first in the Series, winning five of the ten tournaments. The United States finished in a best-ever second place, reaching the semifinals in all ten tournaments. The relegation battle was a three-way competition going into the final rounds involving Japan, Kenya, and Wales, with Japan finishing last to be relegated from the Series next season. The World Series Qualifier tournament saw Ireland promoted to core status for the first time for the 2019–20 season. Core teams Japan was promoted to core team status for the season after winning the 2018 Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 and became affiliated to World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) pp 67, 68 It organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament and the HKRU Premierships. History In November 2022, Glory to Hong Kong was played after a match between the teams from South Korea and Hong Kong. The HKRU said "The HKRU expressed its extreme dissatisfaction at this occurrence and has received a full explanation of the circumstances that led to this. Whilst we accept this was a case of human error it was nevertheless not acceptable." Media reported that the local organizer had earlier asked each team for a copy of their anthems to play at the competition, but the Hong Kong team did not submit one. Later in November 2022, the head of HKRU, Robbie McRobbie, said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Laugel
Jonathan Laugel (born 30 January 1993) is a French rugby seven forward who competed at the 2016 Olympics. He has been playing rugby sevens since 2011 and is contracted to the French Rugby Federation. He made his debut at the 2012 Wellington Sevens. Laugel competed for France at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Personal life Laugel has also participated in Judo and Basketball. He is studying management at the Grenoble School of Management Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) is a French graduate business school (Grande Ecole) renowned for its teaching in innovation and management. The consular institution was founded in 1984 in Grenoble, in the Auvergne-Rhone Alpes region, by the .... References External links * * * * FRF Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Laugel, Jonathan 1993 births Living people People from Montmorency, Val-d'Oise Sportspeople from Val-d'Oise Rugby union players from Île-de-France France international rugby sevens players Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remi Siega
The Remi (Gaulish: ''Rēmi'', 'the first, the princes') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Their territory roughly corresponded the modern Marne and Ardennes and parts of the Aisne and Meuse departments. Name They are mentioned as ''Remi'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), ''Rhē̃moi'' (Ῥη̃μοι; var. Ῥημοὶ) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) and Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), ''Remos'' by Tacitus (early 2nd c. AD), ''Rhēmō̃n'' (Ῥημω̃ν) and ''Rhēmoĩs'' (Ῥημοι̃ς) by Cassius Dio (3rd c. AD), and as ''Nemorum'' in the ''Notitia Dignitatum'' (5th c. AD). The Gaulish ethnonym ''Rēmi'' (sing. ''Rēmos'') literally means 'the first ones', that is to say 'the princes'. It stems from a Proto-Celtic form reconstructed as ''*reimos'' ('first, prince, chief'; cf. Old Irish ''rem''- 'in front of', Welsh ''rwyf'' 'prince, chief', Mid. Cornish ''ruif'' 'king'), itself from Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Goodchild
Joe Goodchild (born 12 April 1998) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff RFC as a wing. Goodchild made his debut for the Dragons in 2016 having previously played for the Dragons academy, Cross Keys RFC and Garndiffaith RFC Garndiffaith Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Garndiffaith in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons. The first games played by Garndiffaith RFC took p .... References External links Dragons profile Welsh rugby union players Rugby union wings [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Treharne
People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as Saint Luke. *Uncle Luke (born 1960), American rapper. Also known as Luke. * Luke (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from The Walking Dead Biblical books *Gospel of Luke, a Christian Gospel *Luke–Acts, the composite work of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament Music * ''Luke'' (album), by Steve Lukather * Luke (French band) * "LUKE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''Glory Wars'' *Luke Records, a record label Organizations *''Accademia di San Luca'', (the "Academy of Saint Luke"), founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome *Guild of Saint Luke, a medieval artists' guild named after Saint Luke Places * Luke (Čajniče), a village in the municipality of Čajni� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuben Morgan-Williams
Reuben Morgan-Williams (born 3 February 1998) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Ospreys regional team as a scrum-half. He is a Wales under-20 international. Career Morgan-Williams came through the Ospreys development pathway, beginning his career with feeder club Neath Athletic RFC. Morgan-Williams made his debut for the Ospreys on 2 September 2017, coming off the bench in the win over Zebre. Morgan-Williams previously played for the Ospreys academy and Neath RFC. A Wales U20 international, Morgan-Williams was part of the Grand Slam winning squad in the 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship The 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was a rugby union competition held in February and March 2016. Wales won the tournament, the Triple Crown and the Grand Slam. Final table Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 R .... In 2019, Morgan-Williams made his sevens debut, featuring for Wales in the World Rugby Sevens Series. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sione Tupou
Sione Maile Tupou (born 25 May 1994) is a Tongan international rugby union player. A back-row forward, Tupou captains Tonga in rugby sevens. He led the team at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens and 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he was a flag bear for Tonga in the Parade of Nations. Tupou made his debut for the Tonga XV in a 2023 Test against Canada in Nukuʻalofa. See also *List of Tonga national rugby union players List of Tonga national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Tonga national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tupou, Sione 1994 births Living people Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rugby union players Tonga international rugby sevens players Rugby union flankers Pacific Games bronze medalists for Tonga Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games competitors for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taniela Samita
Taniela is a given name of Pacific Islander origin. Notable people with the name include: *Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player *Taniela Moa, Tongan rugby union player *Taniela Rawaqa, Fijian rugby union player *Taniela Tuiaki Taniela Tuiaki (born 2 May 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played on the for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. Background Tuiaki was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Playing career Club Tuiaki played junior football with ..., New Zealand rugby league player * Taniela Waqa, Fijian footballer {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atieli Pakalani
Atieli Pakalani (born 2 August 1989) is a Tongan rugby union player. He is nicknamed the 'Tongan Hitman', and his usual position is on the wing. Pakalani played Super Rugby for the NSW Waratahs in 2011. In 2017 Pakalani joined Leicester Tigers. Biography Pakalani attended secondary school at Tamaki College in New Zealand. He joined ITM Cup team Auckland in 2009 on a two-year deal. He also captained the Tongan Under 20 team at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. In 2014 Pakalani represented Australia 7s at the time committing him to represent Australia only. In 2016 he was successful in an application to use a loophole in World Rugby's eligibility laws to allow him to represent Tonga and on 1 July 2017 he made his international debut for in a 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifier against . Pakalani competed for Tonga at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuyuki Sakai
is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained the Japanese squad when they played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. He was also a member of the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakai, Katsuyuki 1988 births Living people People from Mie Prefecture Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture Japanese rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
