How to pronounce “sevens” in English

Sevens easier, I think, actually, that goes back to the phases of the moon.

And sevens is definitely about the event, as well as the sport that's taking place.

The Rugby Sevens, the American women won the bronze medal.

And in sevens format being what it is, I think it lends itself really well to introducing the game.

And for sevens, at least anyway, people come as much to watch the Olympic class athletes-- world class athletes --as they do to be entertained.

of celebration part of sevens, and the costumes that people tend to wear, the fancy dress that people wear for sevens, and the fun that people have at sevens very much

So talking about the sevens and the 15s form of the game, Blaine, how does your training change

The issue of sevens as well is anybody can win on the day, which is a great upside.

The game of sevens is pure and ruthless form of rugby that there is, because anything can happen.

And rugby sevens became has officially been recognized What the U.S. first thought of was not to get a Gold Medal, but to take advantage of

Just-- the coming of age of Rugby Sevens-- rugby was reintroduced in 2016.

It's slightly less so in the sevens.

What is different about the sevens from your perspective?

I think probably more so in sevens it's your lungs.

There is zero hiding on a sevens field.

One of the best things about sevens is the atmosphere.

and I started to fall in love with major sevens I say oh this is what I want to do I want to be a songwriter and I went

I think there's a lot of synergies between the sevens fan and the population of the Bay Area-- not everybody, but generally the sort

I was in Vegas a few years ago for the sevens, and made the front page of the BBC News.

So I think that's very unique about sevens, and really unique about this tournament, and it's something to be excited about.

depending on-- you mentioned the kind of lung capacity required for the sevens, and the form of the game is quite different.

It's two representatives from each team, so sevens and 15s on both sides.

I think that's special to sevens.

Talk to us a little bit about what that means, both in the sevens and 15s form of the game, and how you handle that from a leadership perspective.

And do the fans getting too loud ever impact on your on-field communication, particularly the sevens?

And people keep on talking about it, and there's some great examples in the sevens game as well of the crossover athlete, and players that maybe haven't

Yeah, so I mean obviously, from a sevens perspective, you play multiple games in a weekend.

And have never won a tournament before, and they've never won a tournament since in sevens.

Yeah, but they both just mentioned that the thing with sevens is-- I mean, if you're the better team for 14 minutes,

So joining us today, we've got-- in the middle here, Rosie Spaulding, the general manager of this year's Rugby World Cup Sevens.

A lot of running, and you have to actually be very, very efficient in what you do as an athlete, because the game of sevens is very isolating for an athlete

Go back to the earliest writings there is, on Babylonian clay tablets, and they're just full of sevens.

So went over there played in all these tournaments across California, did Las Vegas, been like sevens, all big rugby tournaments, you probably ain't got any clue