Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The World Sevens Series is an international rugby union series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. The tournaments span the globe, with this year's tour covering Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and England. 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, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format, with the Hong Kong Sevens being the most famous. New Zealand and Fiji are traditionally the strongest teams, although recently Australia, England, South Africa and Samoa have all won tournaments. Previous Winners 2000 - New Zealand 2001 - New Zealand 2002 - New Zealand 2003 - New Zealand External links The official tournament homepage US-based sevens website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.