Objective To determine the incidence, severity and nature of injuries sustained during the men’s and women’s 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 Sevens World Series (SWS) and 2016 Olympic Games Rugby Sevens ...

The latest innovative head injury assessment technology significantly assisted rugby sevens teams competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics earlier this month ©World Rugby The CSx technology "simplifies and ...

Rio Olympic organizers said Thursday they will have to scrap their original plan to stage rugby matches at the Sao Januario Stadium in 2016 because the club in charge of the venue missed the deadline ...

Rugby makes its return to the Olympics this month after a break of 92 years but it's sevens not that 15s that Rio will host. Here's the lowdown on an Olympic newbie that will showcase the skills of ...

The members of Fiji’s Olympic men’s rugby sevens team learned the game using plastic bottles, bundled-up shirts and even flip-flops as balls––about as far removed from the sport’s roots in a stuffy ...

World Rugby has announced the appointment of Phil Wilkinson, who was previously the international media manager for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as its senior communications manager ...

From highlight-reel tries to a marriage proposal, check out the best moments from the 2016 Rio Olympics rugby competition. New England Patriots safety Nate Ebner became the first active NFL player to ...

Just three days after signing a new contract with the New England Patriots, Ebner announced his intention to compete for a spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic men’s rugby team. Patriots head Bill Belichick ...

But the footballing minnows from Nauru stand in the way of the Australian men’s sevens team qualifying for next year’s Rio Olympics. The tiny Pacific island is Australia’s first pool opponent in the ...

Who will win the first Olympic rugby sevens match? The first-ever Olympic women’s rugby sevens match will be France vs. Spain on Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. ET. France will be favored after finishing fifth ...