GB Lions led by Luke Treharne defeated Tom Mitchell captained GB Royals team in the final of the Sevens and the City at Allianz Park on Saturday.
Hundreds of people from across the UK will flock to London this weekend as they gear up for one of the biggest sports festivals on the calendar – Sevens and the City.
Sun, Sea, Sand and… rugby sevens? Not a combination you would normally mix; however, for the Barbados national sevens team, they are doing just that…
Rugby sevens has flourished in recent years, since its humble beginnings at Melrose Rugby Football Club in 1883.
Sevens Rugby at the Commonwealth Games is one of the sport’s premier events, with the short form of rugby taking place in the last four Games, beginning in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
Music, sun, food and drink, international teams and great rugby were all on offer this weekend at Allianz Park, the home of Saracens rugby, for the inaugural Sevens and the City multi-sport festival.
Rugby sevens has flourished in recent years, since its humble beginnings at Melrose Rugby Football Club in 1883.
We are all well-accustomed to seeing Saracens and England wing David Stettle speeding down the flanks and crossing the whitewash; however, the Lymn-born flyer is taking up a new role alongside his own game, by fronting a sevens festival – Sevens and the City.