Rugby is an Olympic sport. It’s official! And Rio 2016 will host the first ever Rugby Sevens Olympic tournament. It doesn’t get much better than that!

Today’s vote by the IOC to include Rugby Sevens in the Olympic Programme is the culmination of nearly five years of hard campaigning by the International Rugby Board (IRB) – campaigning which we at Seven46 are exceptionally proud to have played a part in. continue reading this article

It’s not often your name gets used as a catchphrase by the leadership of a winning Olympic bid in front of the world’s media.

In fact, I can safely say that it’s never happened to me before (we’re more used to being low profile, backroom types!) - and probably never will again.

But, on Saturday, as Rio celebrated its hosting of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ‘Nick Varley’ was one of the phrases of the day. continue reading this article