Kinsale Sevens

Infobox Sports league
title = Kinsale Sevens

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caption = Kinsale Sevens in action
sport = Rugby Sevens
founded = 1998
country = Ireland
website = [http://www.kinsalesevens.com Kinsale Sevens]
Founder = Kinsale Rugby Football Club

The Kinsale Sevens (also know as Heineken Kinsale Sevens, Kinsale Sevens By The Sea) is Ireland and Europe's premier seven-a-side club rugby event.The event takes place across the May Bank Holiday Weekend (Friday to Sunday) at the Kinsale Rugby Football Club [ [http://www.kinsalerfc.com Kinsale RFC, Home of the Kinsale Rugby Sevens ] ] , Kinsale, Ireland and sees teams from around the world compete against each other in ladies, mens (junior and senior) and veteran competitions.

Format

Participants find themselves battling it out over a two day period (Saturday and Sunday - traditionally, the Friday is dedicated to a fun 10-a-side competition) with the finals of the feature events taking place on the Sunday.

The event is open to everyone and applications to participate can be submitted to the official website.

Notable past winners

* South Sea Drifters (Fiji)
* Kooga Wailers (Eng) [http://www.koogawailers.co.uk/]
* Wekas (NZ)
* Marauders (Eng)
* DLSP (Irl)
* Clontarf (Irl)
* Cork Constitution (Irl)
* Garryowen Football Club (Irl)
* Shannon RFC (Irl)
* Gloucester (Eng)
* Waterpark (Irl)
* Dungannon (Irl)
* Fiji Babaas (Fiji)
* Susie Saloons (Netherlands)

References

External links

* [http://www.kinsalesevens.com/ Kinsale Sevens]