England national rugby sevens team
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The England national rugby sevens team competes in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. They have once won the Rugby World Cup Sevens — the inaugural tournament in 1993. Historically the team also competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series finishing in second place four times, most recently in the 2016-17 season. The team has been replaced by a combined Great Britain team in this competition.
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Union | Rugby Football Union | ||
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Emblem(s) | Red Rose | ||
Coach(es) | Tony Roques | ||
Captain(s) | Tom Mitchell | ||
Top scorer | Ben Gollings (2,652 points) | ||
Most tries | Dan Norton (354 tries) | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1993) | ||
Best result | Champions, 1993 |
The England Sevens team has generated several notable sevens players. Ben Gollings holds the record for points scored on the Sevens Series with 2,652 points.[1] Dan Norton holds the record for tries scored on the Sevens Series with over 350 tries as of April 2020.[2] England's Simon Amor (2004) and Ollie Phillips (2009) have each won a World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award.[3]