{"id":224094,"date":"2025-10-19T02:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/224094\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T02:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:09:21","slug":"in-pictures-albany-7s-provide-a-winning-weekend-as-1100-players-from-77-rugby-teams-try-try-and-try-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/224094\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: Albany 7s provide a winning weekend as 1100 players from 77 rugby teams try, try and try again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">More than 1000 players and probably twice as many spectators came to Albany for the AFGRI Albany 7s, the biggest sevens event in WA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Launched by Albany Storm president Paul Osborne in 2017, the event has grown massively, attracting 77 teams and 1100 competitors this time around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Held on October 11 and 12 on the pitches at North Road, the event catered for teams aged from under-eight to under-15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">There was some local success, too, with the Storm winning the under-14 cup final and the under-15s reaching the final of the shield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Rugby WA regional manager Jason Marrable said the event was a community favourite which helped clubs develop their young players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThey can test their skills against the metro clubs and get into some high quality rugby,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a568e93b2f6c7678b0f49ba4e75de387ef4aeefb.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd gathered to watch the Albany 7\u2019s last weekend.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA large crowd gathered to watch the Albany 7\u2019s last weekend. Credit: Laurie Benson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bea9349babf739a2eb37f4835f9708d3c20fa2dc.jpg\" alt=\"Albany Storm under-15s reached the shield final.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconAlbany Storm under-15s reached the shield final. Credit: Laurie Benson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16137d7bbc199bbd6bc5aaa2bdd08c798ea8ca28.jpg\" alt=\"The Albany Storm under-11 team. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe Albany Storm under-11 team.  Credit: Laurie Benson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cd322dd057c0f58a9d96ad0507cf6b15627aead0.jpg\" alt=\"Under 14 Associate Gold. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconUnder 14 Associate Gold.  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Credit: Laurie Benson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/b1a15c08f21828b52b8fcce954e6686b0cbae7b3.jpg\" alt=\"Creed Shepherd, Reagan Gough and Myles King. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCreed Shepherd, Reagan Gough and Myles King.  Credit: Laurie Benson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cc2e789bf2d857d12f80763a9fdb1013fa3849e0.jpg\" alt=\"Kai Duncan, Tate Eckersley and Ollie Swarbrick. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconKai Duncan, Tate Eckersley and Ollie Swarbrick.  Credit: Laurie Benson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 1000 players and probably twice as many spectators came to Albany for the AFGRI Albany 7s,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[135983,64,63,87601,135984,1625,44,52350,760,135985,588,85],"class_list":["post-224094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-albany-advertiser","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-great-southern","tag-great-southern-sport","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-regional-wa","tag-rugby","tag-socials","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}