Dubai Rugby Sevens

This weekend in Dubai was the annual "Dubai Rugby Sevens" Tournament. Rugby Sevens is a new'ish' version of rugby where each team has 7 players (instead of the standard 15) but the game is still played on a full-sized pitch. Each game is only 14 minutes (2 - 7 minute halves), so a new game starts on the field every 20-30 minutes. Between games (and during half-times) is a big singing and dancing session in the stands. There is no assigned seating, so the stands do tend to get pretty rowdy.

We enjoyed two days of the action in year number 2 for the new "Sevens Club". Check out the stadium pics:

(The stadium is built entirely out of construction scaffolding)

(The bowels of the stadium look very different from most stadiums)

(The stadium looks good from the inside.)

Here is the group that we went to the tournament with. We were all a little bit subdued (the picture was taken on day #2):

Here is Jaclyn, supporting her win-less USA team:

The headlining act (crowd-pleaser) at the Sevens was Austin Powers, leading the dancing from the field.

(Oh, and costumes are an integral part of the event.)

More to come soon...

Adam and Jaclyn