The Middlesex Sevens is a rugby union sevens

Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...

 tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium

Twickenham Stadium

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 in London

London

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, England

England

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. It was first held in 1926, and started by Dr J.A. Russell-Cargill, a London based Scot. The event was held at the end of the rugby union season in May every year for 75 years and moved to August in 2001 due to lack of available stadium dates and players in May.

This Rugby Union

Rugby union

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 tournament is a charitable event, now officially called the Middlesex Charity Sevens, with the current beneficiaries being Wooden Spoon

Wooden Spoon Society

Wooden Spoon is a children's charity founded in 1983, when the England rugby team received the Wooden Spoon in the 5 Nations. Spoon is dedicated to helping children and young people who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially by using sport as a method of improving lives while...

 and the RFU's RFU Injured Players Fund. Middlesex Charity Sevens has raised over £10 million for charities.

The Middlesex Sevens has seen many notable great players take the field including Waisale Serevi

Waisale Serevi

Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi is a former Fijian rugby union footballer, and coach. Although he played fifteen-a-side rugby throughout his playing career, Serevi is most notable for his achievements in rugby sevens....

, Eric Rush

Eric Rush

Eric James Rush is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and a Rugby Sevens legend, arguably one of the greatest Sevens players to grace the game...

, Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...

, Henry Paul

Henry Paul

Henry Paul , is a dual code rugby international. Paul has previously represented New Zealand in rugby league and England in rugby union XV's and 7's. He currently holds the world record for the most consecutive kicks on the field.Paul's usual position is loose forward/Lock. He can also operate in...

, Robbie Paul

Robbie Paul

Robert Rawiri 'Robbie' Hunter-Paul is a New Zealand rugby league player. He currently plays for Leigh Centurions in England. He played for the New Zealand national team 27 times. He is the younger brother of Leeds Carnegie player Henry Paul.-Early years:Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, his junior...

, Clive Woodward

Clive Woodward

Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBE is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is currently the British Olympic Association's Director of Elite Performance.-Early life:Woodward was born in Ely...

, Will Carling

Will Carling

William David Charles Carling, OBE is a former Rugby union player for Harlequins, and a former captain of England from 1988 to 1996, winning 72 caps.-Early life:...

, JPR Williams, Prince Alexander Obolensky

Alexander Obolensky

Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky was a Russian Rurikid prince and an international rugby union footballer who played for England. He was popularly known as just "The Prince" by many sports fans.-Biography:...

, David Sole

David Sole

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, Va'aiga Tuigamala

Va'aiga Tuigamala

Va'aiga Lealuga Tuigamala MNZM is a Samoan rugby footballer. As well as playing for the All Blacks, he represented Samoa in both rugby union and rugby league, playing at centre and wing...

, Martin Offiah

Martin Offiah

Martin Offiah MBE is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer.He is known as "Chariots" Offiah after the film Chariots of Fire...

, Ben Gollings

Ben Gollings

Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Rugby Lions and formerly for England Sevens.-Career:...

, Simon Amor

Simon Amor

Simon Daniel Edward Amor is an English rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half or fly-half for London Scottish and is a former captain of the England Sevens squad...

, David Strettle

David Strettle

David Strettle, , is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing for Saracens and England.- Biography :Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University...

, Josh Lewsey

Josh Lewsey

Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played fullback, wing or centre for Wasps.-Career:...

, Andy Ripley

Andy Ripley

Andrew George Ripley, OBE was an English rugby union international, who represented England from 1972 to 1976, and the British Lions on their unbeaten 1974 tour of South Africa.-Early life:...

 and Ollie Phillips

Ollie Phillips (rugby union)

Ollie Phillips is a rugby union footballer who plays at wing or full back for Stade Français and England Sevens.- External links :*...

 amongst others.

Traditionally the Middlesex Sevens has been an invitation tournament with entertainment derived from overseas and qualifying sides challenging the rugby union top teams. In 2005 the tournament became a twelve team competition with Guinness Premiership

Guinness Premiership

The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...

 teams only participating. In 2008 the tournament reverted to sixteen teams. The 2010 final was played between London Irish who fielded three Armitage brothers and ULR Samurai wuith a strong international contingent.
Brazil was amongst the teams invited to take part in the 2011 Vauxhall Middlesex Charity 7s. The Final was played between Esher RFC and Samurai.

The Women's Middlesex 7s was introduced for the first time in 2011 and was won by Wooden Spoon Women.

List of winners

• 1926 Harlequins
• 1927 Harlequins
• 1928 Harlequins
• 1929 Harlequins
• 1930 London Welsh
• 1931 London Welsh
• 1932 Blackheath
• 1933 Harlequins
• 1934 Barbarians
  Barbarian F.C.
  The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...
  
  
• 1935 Harlequins
• 1936 Sale
  Sale Sharks
  Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
  
  
• 1937 London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1938 Metropolitan Police
  Metropolitan police
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• 1939 Cardiff
  Cardiff RFC
  Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
  
  
• 1940 St Mary's Hospital
• 1941 Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
  Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
  The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
  
  
• 1942 St Mary's Hospital
• 1943 St Mary's Hospital
• 1944 St Mary's Hospital
• 1945 Nottingham
• 1946 St Mary's Hospital
• 1947 Rosslyn Park
  Rosslyn Park F.C.
  Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...
  
  
• 1948 London Wasps
  Wasps FC
  Wasps FC is the amateur side of the Wasps rugby union club formed in 1867. The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999...
  
  
• 1949 Heriot's FP
• 1950 Rosslyn Park
  Rosslyn Park F.C.
  Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...
  
  
• 1951 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1952 London Wasps
  Wasps FC
  Wasps FC is the amateur side of the Wasps rugby union club formed in 1867. The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999...
  
  
• 1953 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1954 Rosslyn Park
  Rosslyn Park F.C.
  Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...
  
  
• 1955 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1956 London Welsh
• 1957 St Luke's College
• 1958 Blackheath
• 1959 Loughborough Colleges
  Loughborough University
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• 1960 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1961 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1962 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1963 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1964 Loughborough Colleges
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
  
  
• 1965 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1966 Loughborough Colleges
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
  
  
• 1967 Harlequins
• 1968 London Welsh
• 1969 St Luke's College, Exeter
• 1970 Loughborough Colleges
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
  
  
• 1971 London Welsh
• 1972 London Welsh
• 1973 London Welsh
• 1974 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1975 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1976 Loughborough Colleges
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
  
  
• 1977 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1978 Harlequins
• 1979 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1980 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1981 Rosslyn Park
  Rosslyn Park
  Rosslyn Park may refer to:* Rosslyn Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide* Rosslyn Park F.C., a rugby union team in England...
  
  
• 1982 Stewart's Melville FP
  Stewart's Melville FP
  Stewart's Melville FP RFC is a Scottish rugby football club in Edinburgh. Members of the Scottish Rugby Union, they play in the Premiership Division Two. They play at Inverleith. Its ground, was the venue for Scotland’s home games between 1899 and 1925, during which time the first match against New...
  
  
• 1983 Richmond
  Richmond F.C.
  Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
  
  
• 1984 London Welsh
• 1985 London Wasps
  Wasps FC
  Wasps FC is the amateur side of the Wasps rugby union club formed in 1867. The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999...
  
  
• 1986 Harlequins
• 1987 Harlequins
• 1988 Harlequins
• 1989 Harlequins
• 1990 Harlequins
• 1991 London Scottish
  London Scottish F.C.
  London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
  
  
• 1992 Western Samoa
  Samoa national rugby union team
  The Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions. The Samoa Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of Samoa. In Samoa, Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was...
  
  
• 1993 London Wasps
  Wasps FC
  Wasps FC is the amateur side of the Wasps rugby union club formed in 1867. The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999...
  
  
• 1994 Bath
  Bath Rugby
  Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
  
  
• 1995 Leicester Tigers
  Leicester Tigers
  Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
  
  
• 1996 Wigan Warriors
  Wigan Warriors
  Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
  
   (RL)
• 1997 Barbarians
• 1998 Barbarians
• 1999 Penguins
• 2000 Penguins
• 2001 British Army
  Army Rugby Union
  The Army Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the British Army and a constituent body of the Rugby Football Union . The ARU was formed on 31 December 1906 and marked the fulfilment of Lieutenant J.E.C...
  
  
• 2002 Bradford Bulls
  Bradford Bulls
  Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
  
   (RL)
• 2003 Northampton Saints
  Northampton Saints
  Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
  
  
• 2004 British Army
  Army Rugby Union
  The Army Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the British Army and a constituent body of the Rugby Football Union . The ARU was formed on 31 December 1906 and marked the fulfilment of Lieutenant J.E.C...
  
  
• 2005 Gloucester
  Gloucester RFC
  Gloucester Rugby are a professional English rugby union club situated in the west country city of Gloucester. The club plays in the domestic Aviva Premiership...
  
  
• 2006 London Wasps
  London Wasps
  London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
  
  
• 2007 Newcastle Falcons
  Newcastle Falcons
  The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
  
  
• 2008 Harlequins
• 2009 London Irish
  London Irish
  London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
  
  
• 2010 ULR Samurai
• 2011 Samurai International

By Wins

Team	Premiership Titles	Years of Titles Won
Harlequins (rugby)	14	1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1967, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2008
Richmond Richmond F.C. Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...	9	1951, 1953, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983
London Welsh	8	1930, 1931, 1956, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984
London Scottish London Scottish F.C. London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...	7	1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1991
London Wasps Wasps FC Wasps FC is the amateur side of the Wasps rugby union club formed in 1867. The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999...	5	1948, 1952, 1985, 1993, 2006
Loughborough Colleges Loughborough University Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...	5	1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976
St. Mary's Hospital	5	1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946
Rosslyn Park Rosslyn Park Rosslyn Park may refer to:* Rosslyn Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide* Rosslyn Park F.C., a rugby union team in England...	4	1947, 1950, 1954, 1981
Barbarians Barbarian F.C. The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...	3	1934, 1997, 1998
Blackheath	2	1932, 1958
British Army Army Rugby Union The Army Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the British Army and a constituent body of the Rugby Football Union . The ARU was formed on 31 December 1906 and marked the fulfilment of Lieutenant J.E.C...	2	2001, 2004
Penguins	2	1999, 2000
ULR Samurai	2	2010, 2011
St Luke's College	2	1957, *1969
Bath Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...	1	1994
Bradford Bulls Bradford Bulls Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....  (RL)	1	2002
Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Cambridge University R.U.F.C. The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...	1	1941
Cardiff Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...	1	1939
Exeter	1	*1969
Gloucester Gloucester RFC Gloucester Rugby are a professional English rugby union club situated in the west country city of Gloucester. The club plays in the domestic Aviva Premiership...	1	2005
Heriot's FP	1	1949
Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...	1	1995
London Irish London Irish London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...	1	2009
Metropolitan Police Metropolitan police Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...	1	1938
Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...	1	2007
Northampton Saints Northampton Saints Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....	1	2003
Nottingham	1	1945
Sale Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...	1	1936
Stewart's Melville FP Stewart's Melville FP Stewart's Melville FP RFC is a Scottish rugby football club in Edinburgh. Members of the Scottish Rugby Union, they play in the Premiership Division Two. They play at Inverleith. Its ground, was the venue for Scotland’s home games between 1899 and 1925, during which time the first match against New...	1	1982
Western Samoa Samoa national rugby union team The Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions. The Samoa Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of Samoa. In Samoa, Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was...	1	1992
Wigan Warriors Wigan Warriors Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011.... (RL)	1	1996

External links

• Middlesex Sevens
• Middlesex Sevens Profile on UR7s.com