2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series
- 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series
The 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series will be the tenth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions are New Zealand, who won the 2007–08 series by winning the season's first 5 tournaments. New Zealand won the 2007–08 series with one tournament remaining after winning the Plate Final of the London leg. [1]
Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days.
The series' tournaments are identical to 2007–2008 and span the globe:
Individual tries
References
External links
* [http://www.irbsevens.com Official tournament site]
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