New York 7s Preview

Both squads remain unchanged from last weekend’s fixtures in Vancouver, making it a second appearance for Glasgow Warriors Pro Academy player, Ben Salmon. After a tough weekend for both squads the experience in the Women’s side will no doubt keep the squad firing, with Olympians Heather Cowell, Abigail Brown and Grace Crompton remaining in the squad.

New York marks the last round of the SVNS World Series before all eyes are on Hong Kong for the start of the World Championships, where relegation and promotion between SVNS and SVNS 2 will be the talking point.

Great Britain 7s Director of Rugby, Ciaran Beattie, said: “The women are consistently taking steps forward but we’re looking to turn individual performances into something that can be on show for the whole 14 minutes. If we’re able to do that, I have complete faith we’ll be able to get across that line. We just need to keep taking those steps forward.

“From the men’s side, in honesty it’s just been a difficult weekend riddled with illness and injury. We came into Vancouver with some real high hopes of positive performances, whilst we saw it in spells, I just don’t think it was consistent enough. We’re all staying positive though and looking forward to playing in a new location of New York.”

World SVNS Series Pool Fixtures Saturday 14 March– All Matches available live on Rugby Pass (UK kick-off times)

Men
Spain v Great Britain – 14:22
Fiji v Great Britain – 16:56
Argentina v Great Britain – 19:52

Women
New Zealand v Great Britain – 15:50
France v Great Britain – 18:24
Fiji v Great Britain – 21:20

(Remaining fixtures will be dependent on pool stage results)

The teams

Women’s squad
2. Abigail Brown – Loughborough Lightning / RFU (CC)
4. Grace Crompton – Harlequins / RFU
6. Evelyn Clarke – Loughborough Lightning / RFU
10. Katie Shillaker – Harlequins / RFU (CC)
11. Abigail Pritchard – Gloucester Hartpury / RFU
17. Chantelle Miell – Saracens / RFU
20. Saran Jones – Brython Thunder / WRU
22. Holly Thorpe – Sale Sharks / RFU
23. Heather Cowell – Harlequins / RFU
27. Georgie Lingham – Leicester Tigers / RFU
47. Gabby Healan- Brython Thunder/ WRU
64. Amy Williams – Brython Thunder / WRU
67. Ellen Scantlebury – Exeter / RFU

Men’s squad
3. Finlay Callaghan (Scotland Sevens)
4. Roan Frostwick (Scotland Sevens)
5. Marcus Kershaw (Great Britain Sevens)
6. Matt Davidson (Scotland Sevens)
8. Jacob Henry (Scotland Sevens)
11. Ethan Waddleton (Great Britain Sevens)
12. Ben Salmon (Glasgow Warriors Pro-Academy)
13. Fin Lloyd Gilmour (Great Britain Sevens)
14. Ryan Apps (Great Britain Sevens)
15. Tom Burton (Exeter University)
23. Josh Radcliffe (Scotland Sevens)
24. Charlton Kerr (Great Britain Sevens) CAPTAIN
44. Sunni Jardine (Great Britain Sevens)