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England Rugby teams qualify for both rugby Sevens tournaments at Tokyo 2020

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England Rugby teams qualify for both rugby Sevens tournaments at Tokyo 2020

Great Britain will play in the men’s and women’s rugby Sevens tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England triumphed in both European qualification events.

Dan Norton the all-time leading try-scorer in World Rugby Sevens Series history scored a hat-trick in the first half to silence the home crowd as his team ended as comfortable victors.

It means Britain can bid to go one better than the silver medal they won at Rio 2016 when rugby sevens made its Olympic debut and Fiji clinched gold.

England won their pool with three wins from three before beating Italy 35-0 in the quarter-finals and Portugal 29-12 in the last four.

France beat Ireland 19-12 in their semi-final clash with the Irish going on to beat Portugal 26-12 for bronze.

Both minor medalists could still qualify for Tokyo Summer Games 2020 as they will now enter next year’s repackage tournament.

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