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Is anyone else headed to the Sports Business Club Panel on Thursday, 31 May in Sydney? Pulver, Greg Peters, Clarkie, Al Baxter, and David Barham will all be speaking about 7s, 3rd tier, and other things. I am headed there to ask about a rumoured "Super Sevens Series" competition. Each Super...

Have yet to find any pub in the Gold Coast that will put rugby on any TV other than the back corner when league is on. But only been looking around Main Beach vicinity for 3 years. Any help?

Bernard Foley might miss the Tahs Lions match for RWC7s duty, along with maybe another unamed Reds player.... http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/sevens-set-to-rule-foley-out-of-tahs-lions-clash-20130528-2n9mb.html

On selecting 15s players for the Olympics: The following is a quote from a South Africa Sevens HP manager. I was there collecting data in December, and toured their Stellenbosch Academy of Sports which houses the Sevens team and an academy/developmental 7s squad. I also witnessed this...

I don't think anyone would think that paying someone more makes them play better- unless maybe its incentive/bonus based on performance like Kenya 7s. The idea of paying 7s players on equal with Super Rugby is to attract and retain better rugby players on the 7s team. Some of the top 7s...

The south is historically weak in the USA, and have very rarely had a good showing at USA 7s Nationals. Belmont Shore is actually the reigning champions from Southern California. I think you referred to Life University winning the college national championship. Life Uni and Life Mens Club hold...

Born in Texas (my dad helped start the El Paso Scorpian Club), but did not start playing rugby until college (BYU) due to no youth/HS teams in my area. Played at Belmont Shore and Tempe in the 90s/early 2000s. 7s has already helped the USA XV cause. It opened more High Schools to include it in...

Aussie dad, American mom. Born/raised in the USA but living here now. Both teams are missing some Euro players as this game is before the June test period. USA will be better in 5-8 years now that rugby has started to penetrate youth/high schools much more. But they will need a...

USA versus Canada in 30 minutes: http://www.irb.com/live/video.html But got to love that in 2013, wind and rain may effect the live feed #UseAStadiumWithCableBroadband: RugbyCanada ‏@RugbyCanada22m Hey @USARugby & @IRBMedia Due to heavy wind/rain in #YEG, we may experience technical...

Aussie women play live here: http://wsws.irb.com/liveblog/blogid=1827.html at 6pm AEST (12mins from this post).

I know they are discussing pathways, I have heard some ideas personally from the ARU. They are strategising how the Super Rugby thing will work. But it does take time. I don't think there is much agreement on these things within the ARU, so it will take time to: A. figure out the best plan B...

I think this is a carryover effect from JON's utter displeasure with anything 7s. Pulver sees it as a huge opportunity, and has restructured the ARU with a new 7s department. Its only been 4 months, and Pulver has a 3rd tier agenda among other things, however, expect big things/changes to the 7s...

Maybe this will be the reality, but according to Tietjins (NZ) and the ARU, there will be no "parachuting" in of 15s stars unless they drop Super Rugby for a season. Whether or not they succumb to pressure in 2016 is another story. On the other hand, South Africa have a policy that ANY player is...

This is exactly correct. The AIS provided $355,000 last year to the ARU stipulating it must ALL go towards women. The amount has increased this year to $1.04M, and the AIS has yet to dictate how that money gets split, but it is assumed a higher percentage will go to the women based on the fact...

Higgers played 7s in 07/08 and was a beast. He makes my dream team. He can get 7s fit again if allowed the opportunity. Higgers, Pocock, Gill upfront Genia, JOC (James O'Connor), Folau, Ioane in the backs (scrum to wing) Speight, Cooper, Foley, Hooper, Mogg on the bench Although, how many of those have...

Rich get richer...NZ to offer up to $120,000 for sevens specialists: http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-sevens/nz-team-cash-in-ahead-rio-5437902

The great outlier is GB. The idea I agree most with is having GB compete on the Series in 14/15, and try to finish in the Top 4, then again in 15/16. That would remove England/Scotland/Wales from the Series and offer a chance to 2 other teams to develop(Series needs an Asian team on it- huge...

It is true, USA vs Canada for an Olympic spot. The loser goes to a final qualifying tournament with the likes of Oceania's 4th or 5th best team to beat to qualify. Note the table I posted above...Canada in 12th and USA in 5th over the last 3 IRB tournaments. They are closer than that, but the...

There are many reasons Australia isn't in the top 2-3 in the World. Australian rugby culture is probably one of the biggest...they have been slow to warm up to sevens as a legitimate sport. This leads to selection of 17-20 year-olds as a way to tooth them on an international stage. Having the...

Long time reader, but first time poster...I can probably give some insights here.... 1. Summer Sevens is in serious development within ARU. It might not launch in full this summer, but some pilot competitions will. Pulver has a high priority on this. It will be for men, women, and youth. It...