The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. "We have also advised our Rugby Sevens Men's and Women's players that we may not be able to renew their contracts when they expire over the summer and are in discussion with UK Sport and World Rugby about this. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. The English women's national rugby sevens team has been competing in the Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournaments since 1997. 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England men and women’s rugby sevens players are launching a crowdfunding initiative to help them in their preparation towards the Tokyo Olympics, after they were made redundant by … Of the squad of almost 20 men, just four have so far been contracted by Premiership clubs – the most high profile being World Series all-time highest try scorer Dan Norton, who signed a short-term deal with London Irish. The governing body made the decision to cut funding as it faces projected losses of between £73m and £107m for this financial year. Olympic silver medallist Phil Burgess told Telegraph Sport: “We are using the crowdfunding to help connect with people that support rugby and would like to help out our drive to get to the Olympics. England men and women’s rugby sevens players are launching a crowdfunding initiative to help them in their preparation towards the Tokyo Olympics, after they were made redundant by the Rugby Football Union last month. Will Muir followed in the footsteps of Premiership wing Ruaridh McConnochie - who started his career in sevens - in signing for Bath. According to a report published by The Telegraph, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) informed England men's and women's teams that their contracts would not be renewed at the end of the month. Dan Norton is one of the top performers for the England sevens team The futures of England men's and women's rugby sevens sides are in serious doubt. 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England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently in the 2016-17 season. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. The RFU is currently in a redundancy process, aiming to cut their workforce by 25 per cent, with their losses caused by the pandemic projected to be £107m. These players, however, will not be paid as professionals and many will be balancing full and part-time jobs. It was expected the bulk of both squads would be made up of English players. The RFU are in talks with UK Sport and World Rugby about how to fund the GB team in the build-up to and during the Tokyo Olympics next summer. Players have taken it upon themselves to launch campaigns across social media to make rugby fans aware of their plight. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. A large number of the women’s squad have signed with Premier15s sides in order to keep playing rugby, but it is understood clubs are willing to release players so they can take part in a truncated 2021 World Series leading up to Tokyo. England men and women's rugby seven players were made redundant in August. Rugby sevens players are some of the fittest athletes in the world, but how do they train to ensure peak performance during tournaments? The Rugby Football Union has confirmed to Sky Sports News it has told players they may not be offered new contracts when their current deals expire. When the RFU made the decision to cut the rugby sevens programmes last month, players lost their only source of funding, causing them to seek alternative sources of revenue to aid their preparations. The RFU said: "To ensure we have a sustainable RFU we have announced a proposal to reduce the number of roles across the organisation. England are also one of six teams announced by the International Rugby Board as "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13. As well as looking to the wider public for support, the England rugby sevens sides are seeking investment from sponsors, the corporate world and high net worth individuals.

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