Britain announces squad for Rio

The British Olympic Association has today announced the names of the 24 men and women who will compete in rugby sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The selected athletes are: 

Men’s Squad

Mark Bennett (Glasgow)

Dan Bibby (Putney)

Phil Burgess (Farnborough)

Sam Cross (Newport)

Alex Davis (Bristol)

James Davies(Carmarthen)

Ollie Lindsay Hague (London)

Tom Mitchell (Wandsworth)

Dan Norton (Bristol)

James Rodwell (Cotteridge)

Mark Robertson (Galashiels)

Marcus Watson (Weybridge)

Women's squad

Claire Allan (Ealing)

Abbie Brown (Exeter)

Heather Fisher (Birmingham)

Natasha Hunt (Gloucester)

Jasmine Joyce (Haverfordwest)

Katy McLean (South Shields)

Alice Richardson (Worcester)

Emily Scarratt (Leicester)

Emily Scott (Corringham)

Danielle Waterman (Bristol)

Joanne Watmore(Chester)

Amy Wilson-Hardy (Poole)

Traveling reserves

Luke Treharne (Wales Sevens)

Ruaridh McConnochie (England Sevens)

Megan Jones (England Sevens)

Kay Wilson (England Sevens)