The England national rugby sevens team competes in the

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and the

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. They have once won the Rugby World Cup Sevens — the inaugural tournament in 1993. Historically the team also competed in the

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finishing in second place four times, most recently in the 2016-17 season. The team has been replaced by a combined

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team in this competition. 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.

Dan Norton Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 ...

holds the record for tries scored on the Sevens Series with over 350 tries as of April 2020. England's

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(2004) and Ollie Phillips (2009) have each won a

World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year is awarded by World Rugby each year. It was first awarded in 2004. The award is based in large part on the player’s performance over the course of the World Rugby Sevens Series, along with other Sevens t ...

award.

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.

World Rugby Sevens Series

England is one of the more successful teams in the

. They have finished in the top three nine times — behind only New Zealand, Fiji, and South Africa.

Quadrennial tournaments

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

European competition

Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 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

: *

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens ( zh, t=香港國際七人欖球賽, link=no) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competiti ...

(2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) *

Dubai Sevens The Dubai 7s is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1970, the event is the longest running sports event in the Middle East. Events The Dubai 7s has six competitions each year: * World ...

(2004, 2005, 2010, 2011) *

Australian Sevens The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and on ...

(2003) * South Africa Sevens (2003, 2016) *

USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, having drawn over 80,000 fans to events. The USA Sevens was introduced in 2004 ...

(2006) *

Wellington Sevens The New Zealand Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington. The event was the third on the World Rugby Sevens Serie ...

(2009, 2013) *

Japan Sevens The Japan Sevens, also known as the Tokyo Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. It was a part of the Sevens World Series from 2000 to 2001 and from 2012 to 2015. History The fir ...

(2015) *

London Sevens The London Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Twickenham Stadium in London. It is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. London was added to the World Series for the first time in 2001. For many years the London Sevens was the la ...

(2003, 2004, 2009) *

Canada Sevens The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event from the 2015� ...

(2017)

Players

Player records

The following shows leading career England players based on performance in the

. Players in bold are still active.

Award winners

World Rugby Awards

The following England Sevens players have been recognised at the

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since 2004:

Rugby Players' Association Player of the Year

The following players have been voted as the RPA England 7s Player of the Year since 2012:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:England national rugby sevens team National rugby sevens teams Rugby union in England England national rugby union team