BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Samoa will play in the men’s sevens rugby tournament at next year’s Paris Olympics after beating Papua New Guinea 24-0 in a qualifying final at the Oceania Sevens tournament ...

In front of 40,000 plus fans on hand at the Hong Kong Sevens, Samoa has claimed their third consecutive IRB World Series tournament championship with a 24-21 win over rival New Zealand. The win vaults ...

After two decades as the most successful coach in rugby sevens history, Gordon Tietjens could be forgiven for easing his way into retirement. However, the veteran New Zealander is working just as hard ...

Newcastle Falcons flanker Semo Sititi has been called up to the Samoa squad for next weekend's IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong. Sititi, who turned 31 last week, will take part in the same ...

Fiji’s streak of consecutive pool play wins came to an end, and the loss stung the 2015 Las Vegas champions more since it came against its South Pacific neighbor. Samoa rallied to stun Fiji 28-24 in ...

It wasn’t the Plate Final, not the Bowl Final, and definitely not the Shield Final. The USA Sevens team has made history in Adelaide with their first ever trip to a Cup Final in an IRB World Series ...

WELLINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Samoa's rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens says he will not seek to renew his contract when it expires in August due to the uncertainty hanging over the international ...

There’s something about that home cooking in Las Vegas. The USA Sevens rugby team defended its title at the HSBC Las Vegas Invitational on Sunday, defeating Samoa in the Cup Final at Sam Boyd Stadium, ...

The win gave Samoa 30 points and an overall 124 points in the season standings. The Kiwis dropped to second with 121 points. Kurt Baker, who scored four tries in New Zealand's semi-final victory over ...

NEW DELHI — Going into the rugby sevens tournament at the Commonwealth Games here, a list of teams with the potential to win gold would have included all the usual suspects: New Zealand, Australia, ...