Rugby World Cup Sevens - 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament (Paperback)

Chapters: 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament, 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens, Melrose Cup. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 85. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April 1993. The International Rugby Board invited the established rugby union nations but also were keen to involve emerging nations in the event, recognising the fact that Sevens was providing the bridge between the developed rugby nations and those whose rugby union traditions were less well established. England defeated Australia 21-17 to become the first team to hold the Melrose Cup and claim the title world champions. Prior to 1993, Rugby Sevens had already built up a substantial international presence. The relative ease with which the rules could be learnt and applied, combined with the ability to quickly organise teams due to fewer players, as well as providing a fast paced game for spectators enticed many nations to set up domestic tournaments, and appealed to a large international audience outside of the established power houses of the traditional 15-a-side game. Such was the international popularity of the game that the Scottish Rugby Union were able to organise a well attended International Tournament in 1973 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Rugby Union.. England came away victorious from that first international event. Soon after, in early 1975 the Chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, A.D.C. "Tokkie" Smith, was talking with tobacco company executive Ian Gow. Gow had been a spectator at the 1973 event and had proposed to Smith to sponsor a Rugby tournam...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=487067