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Barney Pascall, Managing Director of ultimate.sevens, says Sevens is one of rugby’s biggest talent factories.
Around half of the players in the England and Canada squads that reached the Women’s Rugby World Cup final had either started in or been developed through Sevens.
And Barney says the same is true across the men’s game, with plenty of recognisable names using Sevens as a key part of their journey to the top.
For him, that’s why the format matters far beyond the competition itself: it can develop elite players, introduce new fans to rugby and strengthen the wider ecosystem around the sport.
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