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SPAIN FACE ENGLAND, FRANCE AND TUNISIA AT THE VILLAJOYOSA STADIUM

The Villajoyosa Rugby Stadium will host world class rugby on Saturday 15 September 2012. Sevens teams from England, France, Tunisia and Spain will meet in an international tournament organized by the Valencian Federation of Rugby in collaboration with its ERF national counterpart.  sevensposter

The Spanish national Sevens team made some historic achievements last season, including qualifying for the World Sevens Series which will see them travel to countries such as New Zealand, South Africa, USA and Japan amongst others, as well as the World Championship which will be held in Moscow in 2013. Tiki Hinchausti’s team come to the home of the “joneses”  to help prepare for their first date of the demanding world series, which will take place on the Gold Coast (Australia) on 13 and 14 October.

There are few introducions needed for teams as established as England and France, who are third and seventh in the official IRB (International Rugby Borad) rankings respectively. Tunisia hope to take advantage of this occasion on the Alicante coast to focus before they play in Rabat for a place in the World Championship in Russia on September 28.

The teams who are participating in this international tournament will be training in the sports complex of Valencia OLIVA NOVA GOLF as of next Monday 10 September right up until  the day of the championship.

The competition will take place on 15th of September from 16:00 to 21:00 hours, and entry will cost 10 euros. The games will be broadcast live on channel Nou Valencia 2, and the games may be transmitted by other regional channels as well.

This is a unique opportunity to see the Spanish sevens team play live before it embarks on the greatest adventure in its history, and also to enjoy an extravaganza of rugby involving England, France and Tunisia as well as Spain.

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