Great Britain 7s
Fixtures
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 11/29 08:26 | - |
New Zealand 7s
vs
Great Britain 7s |
- | View | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 11/29 11:32 | - | Spain 7s vs Great Britain 7s | - | View | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 11/29 15:50 | - | Australia 7s vs Great Britain 7s | - | View |
Results
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/29 13:30 | - | Spain 7s v Great Britain 7s | L | 31-12 | |
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/29 10:04 | - |
France 7s
v
Great Britain 7s |
L | 41-5 | |
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/28 15:56 | - | Great Britain 7s v Belgium 7s | W | 19-10 | |
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/28 10:44 | - | Great Britain 7s v Lithuania 7s | - | View | |
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/27 15:12 | - | Belgium 7s v Great Britain 7s | W | 14-19 | |
| Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series | 06/27 10:44 | - |
Portugal 7s
v
Great Britain 7s |
D | 21-21 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 05/04 18:05 | - |
Great Britain 7s v
Fiji 7s
|
W | 31-19 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 05/04 01:24 | - |
France 7s
v
Great Britain 7s |
L | 24-10 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 05/03 22:13 | - |
South Africa 7s
v
Great Britain 7s |
L | 12-7 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 05/03 19:34 | - |
Argentina 7s
v
Great Britain 7s |
L | 33-26 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 04/06 09:18 | - | Uruguay 7s v Great Britain 7s | W | 29-33 | |
| World Rugby SVNS Series | 04/06 04:34 | - |
Great Britain 7s v
New Zealand 7s
|
W | 24-22 |
Wikipedia - Great Britain national rugby sevens team
The Great Britain men's national rugby sevens team is the men's international rugby 7s team that is the representative team of Great Britain. The team competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series as well as the Olympic Games and European Games. Historically, Great Britain was represented in rugby 7s by England, Scotland and Wales but the inclusion of Rugby 7s at the Olympic and European Games, together with funding issues has resulted in the formation of a permanent combined team from 2023. The separate England, Scotland and Wales teams were due to play in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games, although both competitions are now defunct.
After first having played at the World Games in 2001 and 2005, Great Britain made their debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where they won the silver medal, losing the final to Fiji.
History
When rugby sevens was admitted to the Summer Olympics in 2009, it was not initially known how Great Britain could qualify. As the three nations that make up Great Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, all compete separately in international competition, it was suggested that if any of them gained a qualifying spot then Great Britain would qualify. However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), stated that Great Britain must select a lead nation to be the only one able to gain the qualification spot. The individual British rugby unions selected England to be the lead nation as the Rugby Football Union was the only British union to fund a full-time rugby sevens programme. England secured Great Britain's qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics by finishing fourth in the 2015 Sevens World Series.
Wales rugby sevens winger Lloyd Lewis has said that the decision to combine three nations to form GB sevens teams will limit players' opportunities. He added that a GB team means that there will be more competition for places and less availability for Welsh players.