Is Sevens slowly dying?

Remember the days when Sevens weekends brought in thousands of fans and tickets were as scarce as hen’s teeth?

- with Jacques van der Westhuyzen

Now, if you have a little bit of time on your hands, you can just about count the number of fans in the stands.

Sevens rugby is in decline.

Remember the time when some suggested Sevens would eventually become bigger than the XV-man game.

The shortest format of rugby fought long and hard to be included in the Olympics and it duly made its bow in 2036 in Rio.