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The Tens was an experimental new tournament played between club teams. The sevens is an olympic sport played between nations with plenty of momentum behind it. It will also undoubtedly be better promoted. I doubt the Singapore event will rival Hong Kong anytime soon, but it'll certainly do...

The London event had 113,000 spectators last year. A few years ago it was practically empty. Check out the ad for this year's 'galactic' themed event: I think world rugby is moving in the right direction by having every event in major cities.

Some of them are journeymen, some are guys that suit 7's better than they do 15's (usually because they're a bit small for 15's) and others are young guys who will go on to play super rugby as others have in the past.

It went okay in Adelaide, which is the city in Australia with the smallest rugby presence. With decent promotion the event in Sydney should be great. Biggest population, most rugby fans, a significant number of expats from most participating nations. And the first year is the Olympic year...

The thing in Sevens favour is how much quicker teams can become competitive. We've certainly seen that with the emergence of sides like Kenya, Canada, USA etc. I wonder if the world series might evolve into something a bit like the ATP world tour in tennis. Where you could have many different...

Well 7's is a gateway to 15's. It's still the same sport. Pretty much the same rules. Obviously the tactics are different though. The more 7's I watch the more I enjoy it. It's a very skilful game, and not just ball skills but rugby skills. The battle at the tackle/ruck is arguably better than...

I think Sevens has the biggest potential for increasing participation and reaching a new audience. Success at the Olympics would create great awareness and inspire a new generation of kids to give rugby a go. I also think in time it could be comparable with 15's in terms of popularity...

We have to qualify for Rio first. If we don't make top 4 (which seems likely now), we're going to have to beat Samoa in what will come down to one match in the final of the Pacific Qualifying tournament. If we fail there, we'd have to win the repechage tournament which will include the loser...

Lets hope we can win the bowl and that England don't do any better than 7th. Qualifying for the Olympics is no sure thing for us if we miss out on the top 4. Especially given Samoa have suddenly remembered how to play.

It'd be advantaging themselves. At least those players in their squad with a chance of making the GB team. It's not an ideal conflict of interests.

Even if we now lose to NZ we can still qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals if we beat Scotland and they beat Portugal (would come down to points difference). However, it is now in a situation where it could actually be in the interests of the Scottish players to lose to Portugal, as that would...

Not sure where to put this either, but the Georgian U-18's have defeated Ireland Schools and Italy U-18's in successive penalty shoot outs (after two draws) to make the final of the Under 18 European Championship against France. Seems that the Georgian march towards the 1st tier of rugby is...

Well Wales and Scotland aren't bad at 7's. Wales won the world cup in 2009. I don't see why the three unions couldn't all contribute to it and develop a pathway that provides equal opportunities to players. England, Wales and Scotland could still play separately in the European sevens...

I didn't think they'd have to relinquish their British citizenship and that the treaty signed in 1998 enabled people to have both. Olympic eligibility isn't that strict, I think you just have to have citizenship for the nation you represent. So either way, people from Northern Ireland would be...

Actually since 1998 all Northern Irish are able to get passports and citizenship for the Republic of Ireland as well. So those from Northern Ireland would be eligible for both. And not all of Ulster is part of Northern Ireland. Some of the province of Ulster is part of the Republic.

If England miss out on the top 4 will they compete in the European qualifier (alongside Wales and Scotland), or will a combined GB team be involved? Maybe in 7's they should always compete as GB at an international level. Would open up more spots in the world series as well and help it grow...

No, and you wouldn't only broadcast it on this service. You'd ideally have some games on more mass market channels or services for sure. But if you could get a high % of rugby fans subscribing to a service like this then it would be a very significant revenue stream. Maybe you could even offer...

It also works directly on new smart TV's. But for say a baby boomer with a TV that's 5 years old and no gaming console they can get a chromecast. I think after the next broadcast deal - so from 2022, SANZAR should be looking to partner with one of these providers to create a rugby streaming...

People have thought the same about lots of superseded technology. The alternative is buying a $40 Chromecast, getting NetFlix and suddenly your monthly entertainment bill is 10-20% that of Foxtel. And it's not difficult to set up. All Foxtel really has now is Live Sport. There is nothing...

I think it'll happen, it's just a question of when. Streaming and on-demand TV is taking over. I read an article on the SMH website yesterday where Simon Hackett - the founder of internode predicted commercial television as we know it has 5 years left. Here it is...