World Rugby Release Monaco has been selected to host the World Rugby Sevens Repechage, the final qualification event for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, on 19-20 June, 2021 With 21 of the 24 teams already qualified for the Olympic rugby sevens competition, the remaining two women’s and one men’s spots will be determined in Monaco Rugby sevens’ Olympic preparations are being supported by US$4 million of World Rugby funding towards unions’ sevens programmes and high-performance preparation events The first inter-regional preparation event ahead of the Olympic Games will take place in Madrid, Spain, on 20-21 and 27-28 February, 2021 Contingency…

World Rugby Release The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee and the International Olympic Committee have announced the revised competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the opening ceremony now set for 23 July, 2021. In a reverse from the previous edition in Rio, the men’s rugby sevens competition will take place first, running over three days from 26-28 July, with the women’s competition following on 29-31 July, which sees the gold medal match falling on ‘Super Saturday’ – traditionally a highlight of the Games.The organising committee has…