The Impi’s team is participating in the Melrose Sevens Tournament in Scotland

The Monaco Impi’s rugby 7s team is ready to go to Scotland and participate in the 1883 Centenary Cup Competition of the Melrose Sevens Tournament, this Saturday, April 8.

Since their inception in 2017, the Impi’s have participated in several editions of the Emirates Dubai 7s Tournament and will participate for the first time this year in a European tournament.

For this mythical tournament, the Impi’s (“warriors” in Zulu) will wear the colours of the Monegasque Rugby Federation and the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation.

The Melrose Sevens tournament is a return to the roots of sevens rugby. Melrose greatly contributed to its development, being recognized as the very first tournament in the world to include sevens rugby in 1883.

The team that will participate in the Melrose Sevens will comprise of 4 players from the Monegasque national team (Ian Soren Cabioch, Romain Roccia, Florian Rodrigo, Ioan Tolosano), Jamaicans Tyler Bush (captain), Conan Osborne, Oliver Melville and Rhodri Adamson, Augustin Slowik (Stade Niçois), Lucas Oudard (Clermont Ferrand), Branden Holder (Vannes) and Oliver Brown (England).