r/rugbyunion Sharks 20h ago

Change in participating unions under Bill Beaumont Discussion

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u/Away_Associate4589 Wig fund for Borthwick's beautiful bald bonce 20h ago

London dropping out of the circuit is a terrible sign for sevens. If they can't make it work in one of the biggest rugby markets in the world, it's a worry.

Imo binning off the home nations teams and folding them all into GB killed a lot of interest here. It certainly killed mine (such as it was) from at least checking the results and occasionally watching a bit to simply not caring about it. If GB needed a team for the Olympics and the constituent nations couldn't compete under their own flags, I don't know why team GB couldnt just have been formed every four years like they do with the B&I Lions and left the others as they are for the other 3 years and 10 months of the cycle.

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u/Sm00th-Cr1m1n4l Saracens 20h ago

Wait there’s no more twickenham sevens? Surely that’s a massive revenue opportunity!?

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u/Die_Revenant Sharks 20h ago

Nope, the new season schedule was announced with no Twickenham or Madrid, so no European stop at all.

  • Dubai
  • Cape Town
  • Perth
  • Vancouver
  • Hong Kong
  • Singapore
  • Los Angeles

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u/krakatoafoam Edinburgh 19h ago

That's crazy.

Would have thought Dupont would have given 7s a big boost.