We have formed the Duggan Sevens team in celebration of the life and memory of our former friend and teammate: the late great Shane Duggan. Shane was half of a pair of legendary twins that played for us at BSAK and Harlequins from Under 5s to Under 16s. It’s fair to say that the Duggan twins were instrumental in the successes we enjoyed in the UAE tournaments, and we were incredibly lucky to have them for as long as we did.

While our Harlequins team were on tour in Kenya in 2018 we received the devastating news that Shane had been taken from us in a road accident. In response to this our team pulled together and we went to play a memorial tournament at Shane’s Castleknock school in Dublin. Afterwards we decided to try to keep our team together, and continue to play in celebration of Shane’s remarkable rugby talent.

2022 Dubai 7s marks the first of hopefully many outings for the Duggan Sevens. We are proud that this ambition, first formulated in despair in Nairobi, will be joyfully realized for Shane’s old Abu Dhabi friends, team mates, coaches and comrades. We would be proud to see you at the tournament in Dubai on December 1-3; and for those of you who manage to find us, you will be rewarded by seeing many recent alumni, as well as Shane’s amazing and talented twin, Conor, in action.