Former Police Sports Club rugby player and two term Secretary of the section, Corporal Gary St. Clair, died on Carnival Monday morning after a short illness.

An American Sochi silver medalist, Elana Meyers, will return to the US Olympic Training Centre (OTC) in Chula Vista, California to target a place at the 2016 Rio summer Games. Meyers was named on Friday in an 18-woman USA rugby sevens training squad.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced the dates for the HSBC Sevens World Series 2014/15, which has gained in significance with the recent announcement that the top four-ranked nations will qualify from it directly for the Olympic Games in 2016.

USA Rugby on Thursday announced the creation of an "all-star" men's sevens tournament, likely to be staged in June. Twelve city-based teams will compete in the event, with the winner joining New York City in the World Club 7s in London on 16 and 17 August.