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The Fiji Sevens side is one of the most popular and successful Sevens teams and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record nine times since its inception in 1978. Fiji has also won the Sevens World Cup twice, winning that event in 1997 and 2005 (coincidentally, the two times it has been held in Hong Kong). The Fiji national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens. Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby football in which only seven players per side feature. ... The Hong Kong Sevens (香港七人欖çƒè³½) is generally considered the premier tournament on the World Sevens Series in Rugby Union. ... The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the worlds premier international contest in the Sevens version of rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every four years. ... Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby football in which only seven players per side feature. ... The World Sevens Series is an international rugby union sevens series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. ... The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the worlds premier international contest in the Sevens version of rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every four years. ...
The International Rugby Board (IRB) expanded the sevens rugby competition to become a series of 11 tournaments around the world. The debt the FRU incurred from the 2000 sevens series were horrific. At the end of December 2000, the FRU was burdened with accumulated losses of F$933,306. Fiji appealed to the IRB for funding arguing that the sevens tournament was built around Fiji and they would not be able to participate without such funding. From that appeal flowed participation funds that enabled the islands teams to play in the World Sevens Series fully funded. By the end of November 2001, the FRU was sitting on a surplus of F$560,311 compared with the previous year's net loss of F$675,609. The International Rugby Board (IRB; known until 1998 as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB)) and headquartered on St. ... The World Sevens Series is an international rugby union sevens series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. ... IRB is a TLA for International Rugby Board Irish Republican Brotherhood Institutional Review Board This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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