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Samurai Rugby Football Club was founded by Terry Sands in 1996, being inspired by the playing spirit and tenacity of the Japanese national rugby team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Samurai Rugby has gone on to become one of the best 7s clubs in the world. It operates on a purely invitational basis, usually creating a new squad of coaches and players for each tournament, with a win/loss ratio which is the envy of the sport.
Squads are usually a mix of professional and amateur players and coaches, but more especially a mix of nationalities with frequently at least five or six countries being represented. Players do not get paid for playing and being selected to play for Samurai Rugby is seen as an honour, even for professional players. We have both Women’s and Men’s teams. We are a great example of the beauty of the amateur ideal and what it can produce.
Our Mission is to be the world’s best rugby 7s club in our talent cultivation, performances and our development of the sport. Every year we travel the globe to play in some of the most iconic rugby tournaments, including Dubai 7s, Safari 7s in Kenya, Amsterdam 7s, Hong Kong 10s, St Petersburg 7s, Colorado 7s, and Edinburgh City 7s. We also compete in the UK elite 7s competition the Super Sevens Series, a four-leg series which regularly attracts teams from the English Premiership rugby clubs.
Not many things in the world are truly unique. Samurai Rugby players’ and coaches’ consistent presence at Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cups is unique. A real phenomenon in world rugby, no other team or club even gets close to our production line of world class athletes.
To celebrate, our 2021 as our 25th year, but more especially to fund our 2021/2022 Mission of identifying young talent, nurturing it and providing them access to the big stage of elite 7s competitions, we are trying to raise £25k. Please will you consider donating to the club, it's important to keep our production line of talented Olympic and Commonwealth Games players and coaches going. See our elite stats below, they're off the chart!
Thank you and yours in rugby.
Samurai RFC
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