Scotland Sevens

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Not to be confused with Scotland national rugby union team (sevens).

A lineout during the 2008 Edinburgh Sevens

The Scotland Sevens,^[1] is a rugby union sevens tournament that is a part of the IRB Sevens World Series. It was originally held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh between 2007 and 2011, before moving to Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow for 2012.^[2] It is the penultimate event in of the season in IRB Sevens circuit. The hosting contract between the International Rugby Board, which operates the IRB Sevens, and the Scottish Rugby Union runs from 2007 through 2011. The first and second tournaments was held near the beginning of June, with Emirates Airline as the title sponsor. The events included a Festival of Rugby on the nearby training pitches outside Murryfield when it was held there.

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Year	Host	Cup Final			Plate Final
2007	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	New Zealand	34–5	Samoa	Fiji	31–7	Kenya
2008	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	New Zealand	24–14	England	South Africa	14–5	Scotland
2009	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Fiji	20–19	South Africa	New Zealand	34–12	Australia
2010	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Samoa	41–14	Australia	Scotland	19–0	Argentina
2011	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	South Africa	36–35	Australia	Fiji	26–14	Samoa
2012	Scotstoun, Glasgow	New Zealand	29–14	England	Samoa	31–12	Wales
2013	Scotstoun, Glasgow	South Africa	28–21	New Zealand	United States	17–7	Argentina

Notes and references

↑ The Scottish Rugby Union brands the tournament as either "Edinburgh Sevens" or "Edinburgh 7s", while the International Rugby Board sometimes refers to the event as the "Scotland Sevens".
↑ "World Series moves to Glasgow". irbsevens.com. 9 December 2011.

External links

v t e Scotland Sevens

Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

v t e IRB Sevens World Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

2013–14 events	Australian Sevens Dubai Sevens Hong Kong Sevens Japan Sevens London Sevens Wellington Sevens Scotland Sevens South Africa Sevens USA Sevens

Former events	Paris Sevens Singapore Sevens Shanghai Sevens Tokyo Sevens Mar del Plata Sevens Punta del Este Sevens Kuala Lumpur Sevens Fiji Sevens

Current stadiums	Skilled Park The Sevens Hong Kong Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Glasgow Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

Rugby union in Scotland

Governing body

Scottish Rugby Union

National teams

Mens	Men's A B Club XV U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 7's School's British and Irish Lions

Womens	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Commonwealth Games

Professional Club	Pro 12 Heineken Cup

Amateur Club	Scottish League Championship Premiership National League Championship Leagues Regional Leagues - East, West, Caledonia Scottish Cup British and Irish Cup Border League Reserve Leagues University Leagues Women's Premier League

Defunct	Grampian Alliance League Highland Alliance League SuperCup

See also

v t e Rugby union in Edinburgh

Governing body	Scottish Rugby Union (Edinburgh and District Rugby Union)

Pro 12/Heineken Cup teams	Edinburgh Rugby (Reivers/Gunners)

Premiership teams	Boroughmuir RFC Currie RFC Edinburgh Academicals RFC Heriot's Rugby Club Stewart's Melville RFC Watsonians RFC

National Leagues teams	Murrayfield Wanderers RFC

Regional Leagues teams	Edinburgh Northern RFC Forrester RFC Inverleith RFC Leith RFC Lismore RFC Portobello RFC Royal High Corstorphine RFC Trinity Academicals RFC

Women's Rugby	1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Edinburgh University WRFC QMU WRFC

Defunct clubs	Fettesian-Lorettonian Club Merchistonian FC

Stadiums and related articles	Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Sevens Raeburn Place Goldenacre Inverleith Caledonian Thebans RFC

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