The New Zealand women's sevens side has virtually sealed Olympic qualification after dispatching Russia 29-10 in yesterday's Canada 7s Cup final in Langford to clinch their fourth consecutive event....

Think about a sevens wish-list for next year's Olympics... Is there is room for a raid of All Black talent in a 12-man team for Rio?

Kieran Read forgoes Olympics next year due to an increased "leadership" role that will almost certainly mean captaining the All Blacks.

In the very heartland of football, Premiership Rugby and the British Council are introducing the oval-ball game.

There is a logjam at the top of the Sevens World Series log after Fiji gave another rousing display to dispatch the All Blacks Sevens in the Hong Kong Cup final.

When Lavinia Gould wakes, her eyes concentrate on the message on her bedroom wall. Under the Olympic rings 2016 she has written "black jersey" on a piece of A3 paper.

The All Blacks Sevens are closing the gap on World Series leaders South Africa, but Gordon Tietjens' men will be licking their wounds after defeat to Fiji in yesterday's Las Vegas Cup final.

A depleted All Blacks Sevens have fallen 35-19 victim to a heady mix of Fijian flair and power in the Cup final of the USA Sevens in Las Vegas.

Speedster Portia Woodman broke a tense final deadlock and Australia's resistance as the New Zealand women won the latest sevens tournament in Brazil.

NZ defended their Sevens Wellington crown and jumped to second in the overall standings on the world series after beating England in last night's final.

Police say a booze clampdown, good-natured party-goers and lower crowd numbers have made for a hassle-free Sevens so far.

They came for the costumes, the crowds and the carnival-like atmosphere - but not all, it seems, came to watch the rugby.

The walking dead have joined specialist Ebola biohazard teams, superheroes and chain gangs as crowds arrive for the Wellington Sevens.

DJ Forbes will play his ninth sevens tournament in Wellington today, and next year's edition could be his last.

Murphy Taramai spent last year's Sevens Wellington tournament in the crowd dressed as a member of the band OutKast.

New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has a habit of picking players to debut at the Wellington leg of the international series and this year could be no different.