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London Irish sign Sevens superstar Dan Norton
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London Irish have announced that Dan Norton, the leading try-scorer of all time in the 7s format, has agreed to link up with the club on a short-term contract. Norton has scored over 350 times whilst wearing the England 7s jersey, firmly placing his name in the history books of the 7s game.
A distinguished 7s career has seen the speedster help Team GB to a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, and the England team to a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
Earlier this calendar year, Norton continued his record-breaking fashion by surpassing the record for most matches played in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
"I am really looking forward to getting started with London Irish and for the opportunity to go back to the format I played at grassroots level," Norton said.
"Hopefully my experience on the 7s circuit can translate onto the pitch with Irish and I can help the club wherever I can" explained Norton.
"Dan has had a fantastic career with England 7s and we are excited to see what he can do in the XV game environment" said Declan Kidney, Director of Rugby.
"Hopefully Dan can bring his experience from over the years and have a good impact on the squad."
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Go to commentsWas anything but fine margins, the scoreline was flattering for that game. They were beat in every margin but most emphatically be effort of Argentina. They were slow and likely arrogant in their prep following the England series. You can see the effect on the selection and poor messaging all the playmakers started receiving from the coaching setup there after.
Otherwise though there was also a lot of really good stuff that can too easily be labelled as lucky by people intent on making a point. The team was far from certain and clinical though and the best that can be said of their losses was that they were largely due to some atrocious decisions with cards twice against SA and the neckroll last weekend (you can't take away the 14 point try, that is typical French rugby and to be expected).
This team is good enough to be able to cope with those sorts of difficulties if they could just execute a bit better (but only as well as they have traditionally mind you). Sound selections aside. Some good positivity in this article but we know it's not going to be easy as the ABs have just been trying to return to their DNA after Fosters control but countries like Aussie have a much bigger task in that respect and SA is even trying to change their DNA (again). Those two opponents (along with France obviously) are going to provide some tough competition in seeing who can lead into the 2027 RWC with the best prospects and form behind them.
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