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The World Rugby SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby.The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held the previous season. [1]
The World Rugby Women's World Rankings is a ranking system for women's national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. [2] Led by England as of June 2023, [3] they attempt to compare the strength of at any given time.
The 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the tenth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby.New Zealand won the series at the last event in Toulouse, taking out six of the seven events on the tour to claim their seventh World Series title [1] with Australia and the United States placing second and third, respectively.
The 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for women's rugby sevens teams was the third season of the second-tier World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series that allowed a promotion pathway to the top-level SVNS. The women's challenger tour had 12 national teams competing and was played as three tournaments in Dubai, Montevideo and Kraków.
The total number of teams for the 2023–24 Sevens Series was reduced from sixteen to twelve, similar to the Women's series. [1] Canada men won the Promotion/Relegation play-off in London on 21 May 2023, [ 2 ] and thus make up the twelfth team and South Africa women were promoted from the Challenger Series.
The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
Ilona Maher and the United States women's rugby sevens national team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday.. The Vermont native and her Eagles teammates captured the country's ...
The United States women's national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. [2] The team finished second at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens, after defeating Russia in the semifinals. They have competed at three Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3]