The names of the shields are in honour of the people who made rugby sevens a reality. For the men, this is Ned Haig, a butcher from Melrose, Scotland, who created the first ever sevens game, in 1883. For the womens, this is Emil Signes, who's work promoting womens rugby led to the hosting of the first womens sevens tournament in Hong Kong in 1997.

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