rugby sevens

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contact sport field sport team sport variant of rugby union

Rugby sevens is a fast-paced, seven-a-side variant of rugby union known for its short matches, open play, and inclusion in major international competitions such as the Olympic Games.

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Label Occurrences
rugby sevens canonical 6
Rugby World Cup Sevens 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact sport ⓘ
field sport ⓘ
team sport ⓘ
variant of rugby union ⓘ
addedToOlympicProgrammeFor 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 7s ⓘ
sevens ⓘ
ballType oval rugby ball ⓘ
characteristic fast-paced ⓘ
high scoring ⓘ
open play ⓘ
commonTournamentFormat round-robin pools followed by knockouts ⓘ
conversionPoints 2 ⓘ
defensiveLineCharacteristic more space per player than 15-a-side rugby ⓘ
derivedFrom rugby union ⓘ
dropGoalPoints 3 ⓘ
emphasisOnSkill endurance ⓘ
one-on-one tackling ⓘ
speed ⓘ
support play ⓘ
fieldLength 100 metres ⓘ
fieldType rectangular grass pitch ⓘ
fieldWidth 70 metres ⓘ
firstKnownTournament Melrose Sevens ⓘ
firstKnownTournamentYear 1883 ⓘ
governingBody World Rugby ⓘ
halfDuration 7 minutes ⓘ
halvesPerMatch 2 ⓘ
isA seven-a-side form of rugby union ⓘ
kickingAllowed true ⓘ
lineoutPlayersPerTeam 2 to 4 ⓘ
majorSeries World Rugby Sevens Series ⓘ
World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series ⓘ
numberOfPlayersPerTeamOnField 7 ⓘ
olympicHostCityDebut Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
olympicSport true ⓘ
originCentury 19th century ⓘ
originCountry Scotland ⓘ
originTown Melrose ⓘ
penaltyGoalPoints 3 ⓘ
playedByGender men ⓘ
women ⓘ
scoringMethod conversion kick ⓘ
drop goal ⓘ
penalty goal ⓘ
try ⓘ
scrumSize 3 players per team ⓘ
substitutionRule limited rolling substitutions ⓘ
tackleAllowed true ⓘ
tryPoints 5 ⓘ
typicalMatchDuration 14 minutes ⓘ
typicalTournamentDuration 1 to 3 days ⓘ
worldChampionship Rugby World Cup Sevens ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olympic Games → sportDiscipline → rugby sevens ⓘ
2018 Commonwealth Games → sportsIncluded → rugby sevens ⓘ
World Rugby → organizesCompetition → rugby sevens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rugby World Cup Sevens
Lomu → relatedToField → rugby sevens ⓘ
WR → governsVariant → rugby sevens ⓘ
subject surface form: World Rugby
Canadian Olympic Team → competesIn → rugby sevens ⓘ
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games → sportsDiscipline → rugby sevens ⓘ