Rugby Sevens

Baru-baru ini, Rugby Sevens diadakan di Wellington, New Zealand.Perarakan setiap pasukan rugby diadakan di sepanjang Lambon Quay dan Courtney Place (jalan di bandar Wellington). Rugby Sevens diadakan setiap tahun dan berpusat di Wellington. Sukan rugby bukanlah asing lagi di New Zealand kerana pasukan All Blacks sentiasa mendapat perhatian tatkala beraksi di padang mahupun di khayalak ramai. Rugby sevens merupakan sukan rugby yang menggunakan 7 orang pemain instead of 15 pemain. Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut, saya lampirkan definition dar wikipedia:

Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or simply 7's, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. The game originated in Melrose, Scotland, where the Melrose Sevens tournament is still played annually. The game is popular at all levels, with amateur and club tournaments generally held in the summer months. Sevens is one of the most well distributed forms of rugby, and is popular in parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and especially in the South Pacific.^[2]

Notable international competitions include the IRB Sevens World Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Rugby sevens is also played at some multi-sport events such as the Commonwealth Games, taking place four times (1998 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2002 - Manchester, England, 2006 - Melbourne, Australia, and 2010 - Delhi, India), each time the gold medal being won by New Zealand.

Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and will make its debut in the 2016 Summer Olympics. This follows a vote by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to include the sport. That decision was backed at the 121st International Olympic Committee Session inCopenhagen on October 9, 2009.^[3]

.Laman web rasmi Rugby Sevens boleh didapati di SINI

Enjoy semua gambar semasa perarakan Rugby Sevens.Credits to FUAD. yang bertungkus lumus bergerak ke dataran perarakan bersama rakan-rakannya. Enjoy :)