1973 International Seven-a-side Tournament

1973 International Seven-a-side Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Scotland
Dates7 April 1973 – 7 April 1973
No. of nations7 (plus a SRU President's VII)
Final positions
Champions  England
Runner-up  Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
None
Next tournament of this type would be the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens →

The 1973 International Seven-a-side tournament was the first rugby sevens tournament to feature national representative teams,[1] predating the first official Rugby World Cup Sevens by twenty years. Held in Scotland as part of the Scottish Rugby Union's centenary celebrations, the tournament featured players from all eight of the members of the IRB. Although not sanctioned by the IRB as an official world cup the winners, England, were hailed by the press as the world seven-a-side champions.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IRB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Straits Times, 9 April 1973