(Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images) TAGS: England Rugby Six Nations Wales. "They will have the opportunity to watch the Fiji men's and women's sevens squad members go head-to-head against each other whilst playing for their respective clubs." Head Coach Mike Friday has picked 16-players to travel for the USA Men’s Sevens National Team’s first international competition of 2021. Matthew Rees and Lewis Moody at the Six Nations launch. 25 Jan, 2020 01:25 AM 2 minutes to read. The event takes place in Madrid, Spain from Feb 20 to 21 and 27 to 28 with six senior national men’s and women’s sides competing across both weekends. The Gloucester pair are both quick out of the blocks but May is aiming to get a fast start before they face off for England and Wales this weekend. The first leg of the competition will kick-off next Friday 22 January at Lawaqa Park in Sigatoka. HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 23: Mike Phillips is interviewed during a Wales media session at the Kingsgate Hotel on June 23, 2010 in Hamilton, New Zealand. HSBC Group Head of Brand and Brand Partnerships Jonathan Castleman said: “As long-term global partner of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, we … World Rugby has further strengthened its commitment to injury prevention by announcing details of a zero-tolerance approach to reckless head contact in the sport. Hayter represented England in 30 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series rounds over five years, scoring 32 tries and 166 points. Sport | Rugby Sevens: New Zealand to continue hosting Sevens World Series stop, hopes to head to Fiji in 2023. JONNY May is gearing up for rugby’s version of the Fast Show when he goes head-to-head with club teammate Louis Rees-Zammit on Saturday in Cardiff. Bristol Bears star Semi Radradra has "a desire" to play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to Fijian rugby sevens head coach Gareth Baber. The New Smyrna Beach native, a two-time World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year, sustained a lower leg injury in a pool-play match against Kenya during this weekend's Madrid Sevens. Fijian rugby sevens boss hopes to secure Radradra’s services for Tokyo 2020. The rookies and the veterans. Head to Head: Rookies and Veterans. While injuries in the game are not on the rise, the federation continues to be proactive in furthering evidence-based strategies to reduce injury risk for all players. The World Rugby Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Mariette Adams and Dylan Jack debate which rookie and returning veteran will have the biggest impact on their team in the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby season. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product. 14/12/2016 07:00. Wales v England – Head to Head. Uganda's Rugby Sevens team opened the year with drills at 5,900 ft (1,800 m) in the Mount Elgon ranges in Kapchorwa, east of the capital Kampala. Published on January 31, 2020. ... the team's head coach.