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The '''Netherlands national rugby sevens team''' is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the [[Hong Kong Sevens]] since the 1980s.

==Tournament History==

===Rugby World Cup Sevens===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|[[Rugby World Cup Sevens|Rugby World Cup Sevens Record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
|-
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens|1993]]
|Group stage
|21st
|5
|0
|5
|0
|-
|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} [[1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens|1997]]
|colspan=6 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens|2001]]
|-
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens|2005]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament|2009]]
|-
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament|2013]]
|colspan="6"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament|2018]]
|colspan="6"|''Did not enter''
|-
|colspan=1|'''Total'''||'''0 Titles'''||'''1/7'''||'''5'''||'''0'''||'''5'''||'''0'''
|}

==Hong Kong Sevens==
In the 1988 Hong Kong Sevens, one of their players, Marcel Bierman, broke his neck in a tackle, subsequently requiring a wheelchair as an assistive device. <ref name=McLaren2>McLaren, p72</ref>

In the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they beat [[Bahrain national rugby union team (sevens)|Bahrain]] by a large margin: 24-4.<ref name=McLaren1>McLaren, p70</ref> That year the team had the distinction of including four brothers: Hans, Andre, Mats and Peter Marcker.<ref name=McLaren2/>

Bill McLaren was particularly impressed by Bart Wierenga
:"''the player who made the biggest impression was a gangly lad with a head of hair like a wind-blown thatched cottage, Bart Wierenga, who ran his heart out in a series of tingling performances.''"<ref name=McLaren2/>

On the team's lap of honour, Wierenga wheeled Marcel Bierman around the pitch, to loud cheers and claps from the audience.<ref name=McLaren2/>

==Hong Kong Sevens==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year 
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Venue 
!colspan=3|Cup
!colspan=2|Plate
|-
!width=15%|Winner 
!width=8%|Final Score 
!width=15%|Runner-up 
!width=15%|Winner
!width=15%|Runner-up
|-
|1989<br /> ''[[1989 Hong Kong Sevens|Details]]''
|[[Government Stadium]]
|'''{{ru7-big|NZL}}'''
|'''22-10'''
|{{ru7-big|AUS}}
|{{ru7-big|TON}}
|{{ru7-big|NED}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Rugby union in the Netherlands]]
* [[Netherlands national rugby union team]]

==References==
* [[Bill McLaren|McLaren, Bill]] ''A Visit to Hong Kong'' in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) ''The Whitbread Rugby World '90'' (Lennard Books, 1989)
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{{National sports teams of the Netherlands}}
{{Rugby union in the Netherlands}}
{{National rugby sevens teams}}

[[Category:Netherlands national rugby union team]]
[[Category:National rugby sevens teams]]