Amsterdam Sevens – May 17-18, 2013 (IRB Women’s Sevens World Series)

from NRB:

Amsterdam- Mar 16 marked two months to go until the Dutch Rugby Union and the city of Amsterdam host the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Rugby Tournament.

The Rugby World Series, which is in its first year, gives women rugby players across six continents the opportunity to represent their county at an elite level. The four leg series has already visited the UAE (Dubai) and USA (Houston) and will soon touch down in China (Guangzhou, March 30/31).

The final leg of the Rugby World Series will take place in Amsterdam over the weekend of the 17/18 May and will feature the Dutch as one of six core teams (England, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and USA), with the remaining six places awarded to nations based on their regional tournament rankings. At the end of the two-day competition one team will then be crowned 2013
IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Champions.

Willem de Jong, Chairman Dutch Rugby Union thinks that the final leg of the IRB World Series in Amsterdam is the perfect opportunity to promote rugby in the Netherlands. “The city, the sport and the history of the Amsterdam Sevens provide the bestmix for us to do just that!”.

To mark its debut year, the IRB WSWS tournament will be held in conjunction with the iconic Amsterdam Rugby Sevens event to be held at the National Rugby Centrum Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Sevens is in its 42nd year and attracts hundreds of former internationals and teams from around the world. George de Vries, Tournament Director of the Amsterdam 7’s mentions “The collaboration is recognition for our hard work over the past 42 years the event has been organised and means that dreams can come true. It will help us to keep improving our tournament and the development of Dutch rugby in every possible way”.

IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2012/13

Round 1 – UAE: Dubai, November 30 – December 1, 2012 – 7he Sevens Stadium
Round 2 – USA: Houston, Texas, 1-2 February, 2013 – BBVA Compass Stadium
Round 3 – China: Guangzhou, 30-31 March 2013 – Guangzhou University Town Stadium
Round 4 – Netherlands: Amsterdam, 17-18 May 2013 – NRCA Stadium

Rugby World Cup Sevens, Moscow, June 28-30 2013

FULL IRB WOMEN’S SEVENS WORLD SERIES STANDINGS >>

BROADCAST/LIVE RESULTS
Yes, Amsterdam 7s will be broadcasting on their Youtube channel! Get live score results by following YSC on Twitter or Facebook.

Watch the Amsterdam 7s promo video here.

HASH TAG (Twitter)
The hash tags for this event are #Amsterdam7s & #AMS7s. Also we recommend anytime you talk about Women’s Rugby on Twitter you include #wrugby . 

POOLS & SCHEDULES

ROSTERS
Netherlands
Inge Visser
Joyce van Altena
Anne Hielckert
Dorien Eppink
Linda Franssen (C)
Lorraine Laros
Nicole Kwee
Kelly van Harskamp
Annemarije van Rossum
Pien Selbeck
Tessa Veldhuis
Paula Schouten

France
Squad: BILLES Julie (USAP), GRASSINEAU Camille (Bordeaux), HEBEL Marie-Charlotte (Rennes), HORTA Fanny (USAP), IZAR Shannon (Lille MRCV), LAGOUGINE Anaïs (Bordeaux), LE DUFF Christelle (USAP), LE PESQ Jade (Rennes), MAYANS Marjorie (Saint-Orens), MUGNIER Amélie (Saint-Orens), PELLE Chloé (Lille MRCV), VAUPRE Amandine (Ovalie Caennaise)

USA
Sadie Anderson
Bui Baravilala
Emilie Bydwell
Katie Dowty
Vix Folayan
Kelly Griffin
Nathalie Marchino
Vanesha McGee
Deven Owsiany
Jill Potter
Christy Ringgenberg
Kimber Rozier

Australia
Shannon Parry (Redlands, QLD), Sharni Williams, Captain, (Royals, ACT), Shontelle Stowers (Warringah, NSW), Saofaiga Saemo (Power House, VIC), Nikki Etheridge (Toowoomba Bears, QLD), Katrina Barker (NA), Tiana Penitani (Maroubra, NSW), Evania Pelite (NA), Alicia Quirk (Sunnybark, QLD), Brooke Anderson (Souther Districtis, NSW), Emilee Cherry (Toowoomba Bears, QLD) & Charlotte Caslick (NA).

South Africa
Mandisa Williams (Border, captain), Nosiphiwo Goda (Border), Benele Makwazela (Western Province), Zenay Jordaan (Eastern Province), Yolanda Meiring (Blue Bulls), Lorinda Brown (Eastern Province), Natasha Hofmeester (Western Province), Shona-Leah Weston (Blue Bulls), Nomaphelo Mayongo (KwaZulu-Natal), Mathrin Simmers (South Western Districts), Phumeza Gadu (Eastern Province), Veroeshka Grain (Western Province).

England
Claire Allan (VC) (Richmond)
Sonia Green (Saracens)
Natasha Brennan (Wasps)
Rachael Burford (Thurrock)
Abigail Chamberlain (Richmond)
Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks)
Francesca Matthews (Richmond)
Alexandra Matthews (Richmond)
Katy McLean (C) (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks)
Marlie Packer (Bristol)
Emily Scott (Thurrock)
Kay Wilson (Bristol)

Brazil
1- Angelica Gevaerd (Binha) – SPAC
2- Barbara Santiago (Bárbara) – Niterói
3- Beatriz Futuro (Baby) – Niterói
4- Edna Santini (Edninha) – São José
5- Julia Albino Sardá (Júlia) – Desterro
6- Luiza Campos (Luiza) – Charrua
7- Maíra Bravo Behrendt (Maíra) – SPAC
8- Maria Gabriela Avila (Gabi) – SPAC
9- Mariana Barbosa Ramalho (Mari) – SPAC
10- Tais Balconi (Tatá) – Desterro RC
11- Thais Cruz (Xuxu) – SPAC
12- Vanessa Gardelim (Vanessa) – São José