A 90-meter intercept try by women’s sevens player of the year Maddison Levi has clinched Australia’s fifth successive Dubai title against archrival New Zealand in the final.

With four losses and no points scored in her side’s Dubai Sevens debut, it would be easy to assume Ameera Marghalani might be put off the idea of playing rugby again. Instead, after leaving the pitch following a 29-0 loss to AUC Rugby that was their narrowest defeat in the competition,

Post-Olympics is a weird old time in rugby sevens. Many teams are going through retirements, revamps and resets. As a consequence, there are