The London sevens is the English leg of the IRB's world seven series. It take place at Twickenham every year and is one of the top hold up of all the contests. It was also a 'founder member' of the IRB sevens back in 1999.
It is also the 'home leg' of the English rugby team, one of the most winning of the international sevens sides. The sevens side has provided the full international team with a number of players who were to win honours, including the likes of Austin Healy, David Strettle and Matthew Tait.
Twickenham has taken the responsibility of hosting a World Cup final in 1991, and world cup semi finals and quarter finals on other evenst. It has a big and exciting past as a rugby tadium.
The competition, as with the others in the IRB world 7s series (aside from Hong Kong) has 16 teams competing for the Cup, with those that lose transferred into various lesser competitions known as the Plater, the Bowl and the Shield respectively.
Being the residents of London means that any viewers traveling to this contest will be assure to have to find something else to do should they hope to prolong their stay. Such delights as the London Eye, the national gallery and many sporting events and stadiums abound, there is never any cause to be fed up in London.
It is also the 'home leg' of the English rugby team, one of the most winning of the international sevens sides. The sevens side has provided the full international team with a number of players who were to win honours, including the likes of Austin Healy, David Strettle and Matthew Tait.
Twickenham has taken the responsibility of hosting a World Cup final in 1991, and world cup semi finals and quarter finals on other evenst. It has a big and exciting past as a rugby tadium.
The competition, as with the others in the IRB world 7s series (aside from Hong Kong) has 16 teams competing for the Cup, with those that lose transferred into various lesser competitions known as the Plater, the Bowl and the Shield respectively.
Being the residents of London means that any viewers traveling to this contest will be assure to have to find something else to do should they hope to prolong their stay. Such delights as the London Eye, the national gallery and many sporting events and stadiums abound, there is never any cause to be fed up in London.
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