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The Rugby League World Sevens, usually referred to as the World Sevens and sometimes as the World Cup Sevens,〔 was a pre-season rugby league sevens tournament made up over the years primarily of New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), Australian Rugby League (ARL) and mostly recently National Rugby League (NRL) teams, along with teams representing NSW Country and nations including Tonga, France, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Russia, Fiji, the USA and England. When the National Rugby League was formed in Australasia in 1998 the World Sevens competition was dropped, but it returned in 2003 when Parramatta successfully defended their title from the last time in 1997. ==Format and rules== The World Sevens format saw entrants divided into eight pools.〔 The top team in each pool progressed into the quarter finals.〔 Until 2004, second placed teams from each pool would play each other, as would third placed teams. In 2004, when the competition was known as the ''Cougar Bourbon World Sevens'', this format changed, when only the top placed teams played for the major prize. Each match played up to and including the semi-finals had two 7 minute halves with extra time played in the event of tie at the end normal time.〔 The final is longer with two 10 minute halves. In 2004, the tackle limit was reduced from 6 to 4. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rugby League World Sevens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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