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Teams of seven play two short halves on a full-size grass pitch. The figure is taken from World Rugby, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Rugby sevens halves last seven minutes

Teams of seven play two short halves on a full-size grass pitch Sevens began in Melrose in the Scottish Borders in 1883 and became an Olympic sport at Rio in 2016. Pool matches at elite level use seven-minute halves, while finals can run to ten minutes each way. The shorter game leaves far more space than the 15-a-side version. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Teams of seven play two short halves on a full-size grass pitch. The figure is taken from World Rugby, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.