Sevens: Around the World

(IRB.COM) Friday 27 January 2012
 
 Sevens: Around the World
Surf's up: See who won the battle of the waves in the first challenge of the season

Have you ever been in a helicopter ride around the world's tallest building, surfed on the Gold Coast or gone head to head with a bull rhino? This season, players on the World Series have done.

As part of the new HSBC Sevens Around the World series, players from all the teams on tour are getting the chance to relax away from the rugby and enjoy some once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

On the Gold Coast France's giant wing Jean-Baptiste Gobelet proved a water baby at heart when he starred on a surf board alongside kiwi Solomon King, Aussie Jessi Parahi and USA's Peter Tiberio.

A week later South Africa captain Kyle Brown joined Wales skipper Richie Pugh and Fijian flyer Osea Kolinisau for a chopper ride around the 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

And down in South Africa local boy Frankie Horne welcomed Puma 'panther' Manuel Montero, Scottish flyer Andrew Turnbull and former gridiron star Miles Craigwell in taking a ride around the Kragga Gamma game reserve.

Sevens Around the World - the season so far

Gold Coast: Surf's up

Dubai: Chopper ride

Port Elizabeth: on Safari

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