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IRB Women's Sevens World Series
Bok de Korverweg 6 1067 HR AMSTERDAM Phone: 020-4808100 Timings: Friday 17 May 2013 Saturday 18 May 2013 http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/IRB%20Womens%20Sevens%20World%20SeriesAbout
Although the Netherlands isn’t quite renowned as an international rugby nation, Rugby Sevens, a fast-paced seven-a-side variant of the sport, has become immensely popular with young Dutch sportsmen and women. Not only does the game utilise fewer players than regular 15-a-side rugby, the matches are shorter, and the emphasis is on speed, sharp passing and breakaways, resulting in games that are typically high scoring, exciting affairs.The annual Amsterdam Sevens tournament is always popular with both male and female players each spring, and its joined in 2013 by the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series, a new elite women’s competition introduced for the 2012/2013 season. Touching down in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and finally in Amsterdam (on 17 & 18 May 2013), the Dutch national team is competing against the best Rugby Sevens players from around the world and they’ll be cheered on by thousands of screaming fans at the city’s NRCA Stadium.
