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Kevin Barrett OS is England’s captain for the Emirates Airline IRB Sevens. Kevin left Stonyhurst in 1998; he was part of the Stonyhurst Sevens squad which won The National Rosslyn Park Schoolboy Sevens in 1997.

Currently with Saracens, he helped England to win the cup trophies at the Wellington and London legs of the IRB Sevens World Series last season. There are 8 tournaments in the Emirates Airline IRB Sevens series and 2 were played last month, in Dubai and South Africa.

 “I am really excited to be captain. Ben Ryan gave me the news and I feel very privileged but we have lots of leaders in the team, like Ben Gollings, Chris Cracknell, Isoa Damudamu and James Rodwell so I’m hoping I can call on all of them.” said Barrett. "We benefitted from going out a bit earlier this year and had some great training sessions.  I’ve been playing sevens for a while now but to go out as captain is always a proud moment and I’m really enjoying it.”

In South Africa, England won their pool, beating Argentina, Scotland and Tunisia.  They then lost 19-22 to New Zealand which put them in the Plate semi-final where they beat Australia 24-5 before winning the Plate beating South Africa 21-7.

In Dubai, England again won their pool, beating Kenya, Russia and the USA.  They then beat Argentina 17-12 in the Cup quarter final, before losing the semi-final 19-28 to Samoa. The remaining 6 tournaments will take place in New Zealand, USA, Australia, Hong Kong, England and Scotland. Each tournament carries a points system and overall, England currently lie third on 28 points behind Fiji (36) and New Zealand (48).

For more information, go to http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/schedule.html

This is not the only good news for Stonyhurst rugby this season, with Joe Ansbro (OS 04) winning his first cap for Scotland 'A' against Romania and two of our 1st XV (James Morris and Harrison Collins) representing Sale Sharks Academy.