The announcement made a few days ago of the organization of an international Rugby 7 tournament in Porto-Vecchio on May 9th, under the auspices of the Corsican League, clearly contributes to the development of this discipline initiated during the previous mandate but reshaped and reinforced by the current leadership team led by President Dumé Marcellesi.
A first international appointment called Corsica 7 that will put Corsica in the spotlight of Rugby 7. The League’s president emphasizes the importance of this event by recalling its origins but also placing it in a broader context.
How did the idea of organizing a tournament in Corsica come about?
Rugby sevens, or Olympic rugby, is a discipline that enjoys the warm season, a somewhat festive game. The sevens spirit is often mentioned with a free-flowing game. In this context, there are many destinations that have established themselves over the years as major stops on the associative circuit and the international circuit, whether European or global. These destinations highlight many things, including the quality of the sites, and we thought why not here…
