Odejobi ready for England Sevens debut in Las Vegas

Mark Odejobi former England Under 20 wing player is keen to make his England Sevens debut in Las Vegas this weekend.

For the USA Sevens player has been called back from London to replace Isoa Damudamu,who due to injury has left the team

Odejobi will join England in a very key situation,Odejobi has played for Esher this season in the RFU Championship.

England Sevens
Greg Barden (Royal Navy)
John Brake (England Sevens)
Dan Caprice (England Sevens)
Chris Cracknell (England Sevens)
Ben Gollings (England Sevens)
Simon Hunt (Birmingham & Solihull)
Nick Royle (England Sevens)
Dan Norton (Bristol Rugby)
Mark Odejobi (Unattached)
Tom Powell (England Sevens)
James Rodwell (England Sevens)
Mathew Turner (England Seven

Aussie Sevens side need to lift game

In order to taste the success in the third round of the Rugby Sevens World Series in Wellington, Australia need to improve their games,coach Michael O’Connor says.

"We came out of the blocks a little bit slowly,” coach Michael O’Connor told AAP after training in New Zealand’s capital on Wednesday.

“The team’s really evolving at the moment.”

In the opening two rounds of the tournament in Dubai and South African,they both finished at number seventh and sixth.

“Players we’ve bought in for this Wellington leg, we’ve now got nearly half the squad that have played here in Wellington before, so that experience factor I think is going to be very important,” O’Connor said.

Australian captain Bernard Foley is confident the return of fellow London Sevens-winning teammates Jacob Taylor and Henry Vanderglas plus the inclusion of key figure Brian Sefanaian is very crucial and their side confidence will boost because of their inclusion.

Australia is currently ranked sixth on the World Series ladder.

England coach: I don't like losing to NZ

After a fifth consecutive loss to New Zealand on the IRB world sevens series, England were left fuming and frustrated.After seeing his side's 29-14 loss in the final of the NZI Wellington sevens coach Ben Ryan didn't even try to hide his feelings.

"I don't like losing to them. We've just lost to them four or five times in a row now and occasionally – big respect for New Zealand – they deserved to win that game. Sometimes you can be a sore loser because we want to win the title, we don't want to come second."

England against Kiwi counterpart Gordon Tietjens in each of their past five meetings, including last year's Commonwealth Games semifinal in New Delhi.

Ryan on other hand believes that our side is more stronger than Kiwis and we have a great chance to win the world series title for the first time.

"We're still the leaders because we've been in more finals, so we'll hang on to that as long as we can. There's nothing about being joint leaders," Ryan said.

"The momentum will be with New Zealand in Las Vegas, where they will want to back it up, but there are four or five sides, including us, lining up to have a crack at them."

Emirates Airline London Sevens

When Twickenham Stadium opens its doors to the world’s finest rugby talent for the Emirates Airline London Sevens on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May, 2011,Sun, sand and Sevens will be the name of the game.

Almost 80,000 fans last year superhero themed event saw head through the gates over the two days, but we’re hoping to break the 100,000 barrier for the beach-themed 2011 event. So dig out the flip-flops and sombreros and enjoy the London leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series in style.

England sevens defeated by Portugal

Before next year's London Sevens Rugby corporate hospitality fans may be hoping that England's sevens team rediscover their form as they were defeated by Portugal.

Emirates Airlines Dubai Sevens surprisingly beat England seven by 14-12 and now to go through the quarter final stages England seven must beat Fijji.

Teams from around the globe will descend on Twickenham in 2011 for the Emirates Airlines London Sevens and England fans enjoying hospitality packages will be keen to see the team back to its best.

Head coach Ben Ryan was disappointed with the showing against Portugal.

"We dug ourselves into an almighty hole," he remarked. "We never got any flow into the game and killed a number of opportunities to win it."

Emirates Airline London Sevens

Join the biggest rugby party in the world, when the Emirates Airline London Sevens hits Twickenham on the weekend of May 21 and 22, 2011. With fast and furious action on the pitch and an electric atmosphere in the stadium, this is one party you don’t want to miss.

With almost 80,000 people attending, last year saw record breaking crowds in more ways than one, including the breaking of the Guinness World Record™ for the most number of people dressed as superheroes.

The Emirates Airline London Sevens is a unique event on the Twickenham calendar. Over two days, 16 international standard teams play more than 12 hours of free-flowing, high-scoring, world-class sevens. All to the backdrop of a festival atmosphere in the stands.

Games Star For Seven

AUSSIE Thunderbolts will be one of the big name teams looking to impress at the prestigious Hyperion Gold Coast International Sevens tournament at Albert Park today.

Among their squad are three members of the national Commonwealth Games silver medal side who are in the selection mix as coach Michael O’Connor mounts his campaign to improve Australia’s rising status in the new Olympic sport.

Contracted players Bernard and Shaun Foley have been training with the squad in Canberra this week under the watchful eye O’Connor, while Ed Jenkins, a distinguished performer in the green and gold, is also in the running despite missing the camp due to a prior commitment.

Shaun Foley and Jenkins were both late call-ups for the Darwin Sevens and Commonwealth Games squads but proved welcome additions, particularly in Delhi, and will no doubt be an integral part of the Surfers Paradise tilt.

Foley was also a key member of the Australian team during the first two legs of the IRB Sevens World Series last season before an ankle injury ruled him out for the remainder.

Jenkins made an explosive comeback to the Australian Sevens squad in May 2009 and, together with Bernard Foley, who debuted during the opening leg of the 2009/2010 series, was a key component in the team’s outstanding performances in their IRB Series win in London and finals appearance in Edinburgh.

The Aussie Thunderbolts will head Pool C, which also includes the Queensland Reds 7s, Davetalevu (Fiji), the Pacific MMI Rebels (Papua New Guinea) and Island Breeze (Fiji).