England national rugby sevens team

The England national rugby sevens team competes in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. They have once won the Rugby World Cup Sevens — the inaugural tournament in 1993. Historically the team also competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series finishing in second place four times, most recently in the 2016-17 season. The team has been replaced by a combined Great Britain team in this competition.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see England women's national rugby sevens team.
England
UnionRugby Football Union
Emblem(s)Red Rose
Coach(es)Tony Roques
Captain(s)Tom Mitchell
Top scorerBen Gollings (2,652 points)
Most triesDan Norton (354 tries)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances6 (First in 1993)
Best resultChampions, 1993
Team England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The England Sevens team has generated several notable sevens players. Ben Gollings holds the record for points scored on the Sevens Series with 2,652 points.[1] Dan Norton holds the record for tries scored on the Sevens Series with over 350 tries as of April 2020.[2] England's Simon Amor (2004) and Ollie Phillips (2009) have each won a World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award.[3]

History

England won the 1973 International Seven-a-side Tournament, the first sevens tournament with national representative sides, defeating Ireland 22–18 in the final.[4]

World Rugby Sevens Series

England is one of the more successful teams in the World Rugby Sevens Series. They have finished in the top three nine times — behind only New Zealand, Fiji, and South Africa.

PlaceNumberSeasons
1st0—
2nd42002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2016–17
3rd52001–02, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
4th22013–14, 2014–15
5th52006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2017–18, 2018–19
6th12012–13
7th12000–01
8th12015–16
9th11999–00

Quadrennial tournaments

Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Champions 1st 10 8 2 0
Hong Kong 1997 Quarterfinals 8th 5 4 1 0
Argentina 2001 Quarterfinals 6th 6 3 3 0
Hong Kong 2005 Semifinals 3rd 7 5 2 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Quarterfinals 7th 4 3 1 0
Russia 2013 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
United States 2018 Runners-up[5]2nd4310
South Africa 2022 Challenge Trophy Winners 9th 4 3 1 0
Total1 Title8/84231110

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Quarterfinals 6th 3 2 1 0
England 2002 Plate Winner 5th 6 5 1 0
Australia 2006 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
India 2010 Semifinals 4th 6 4 2 0
Scotland 2014 Plate Winner 5th 6 4 2 0
Australia 2018 Semifinals3rd5410
England 2022 9th Place Playoff 9th 6 4 2 0
Total0 Titles7/73828100

European competition

Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

Sevens GP record
Year Position
2002–2010Did not
participate
European Union 2011 2nd
European Union 2012 1st
France Romania 2013 1st
European Union 2014 3rd
European Union 2015 3rd
2016DNP*
20179th
20184th
20197th
Total5/14

Note: In 2016, England did not enter a team in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens. Instead, Great Britain fielded a team.

World Series tournaments

England won the following legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series:

Current squad
For a complete list of players in the current World Series, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads § England.

Player records

The following shows leading career England players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored[6]
No. Player Tries
1 Dan Norton 358
2 Ben Gollings 220
3 Tom Mitchell 135
4 Richard Haughton 106
5 Tom Bowen 105

See also

References
  1. "World Rugby Sevens: All-time leading points-scorers". The South African. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. "Record tries for Dan Norton but England face daunting quarter-final against South Africa at Dubai Rugby Sevens". The National. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  3. "Ollie Phillips: ‘I was a rugby hero and record breaker, but I still suffered from imposter syndrome’", Telegraph, Guy Kelly, 5 November 2019.
  4. The Straits Times, 9 April 1973
  5. "New Zealand crowned men's RWC Sevens champions", World Rugby, 27 July 2018.
  6. World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2023
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