Sevens Series becomes SVNS – with eight festival destinations revealed

Farewell previous construction, hey SVNS. It’s a rebrand. And a brand new path for sevens.

It was on our radar whereas a new Sevens World Series format takes shapeand now it’s revealed that the Sevens Collection turns into SVNS, slimming right down to seven occasions internationally and a grand last to conclude, held in Madrid. And apparently, there isn’t any extra London Sevens on the circuit.

World Rugby is promising “eight iconic festivals, immersive experiences”, with HSBC staying because the title sponsor.

The locations as Sevens Collection turns into SVNS

Listed here are the eight stop-offs on the revamped tour:

What’s the format of SVNS?

There will likely be 12 groups within the males’s competitors, 12 within the girls’s.

The highest eight groups in each competitions after the Singapore SVNS competition, will likely be lined up for the brand new  Grand Closing occasion in Madrid.

The groups ranked ninth to twelfth will be part of the highest 4 groups from the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Collection, in a relegation play-off competitors, additionally in Madrid. The highest 4 positioned groups of this play-off will safe their place on subsequent yr’s SVNS.

World Rugby additionally say that “SVNS delivers gender parity with all seven rounds and the Grand Closing that includes mixed males’s and ladies’s competitions and equal participation charges, with a 70 per cent uplift in World Rugby’s funding in participation charges as a dedication to sustainable progress.”

What was mentioned as Sevens Collection turns into SVNS

World Rugby Chief Govt Alan Gilpin mentioned: “We’re excited to be launching HSBC SVNS, the supercharged new identification for our Olympic format, with iconic locations and a brand new idea on and off the sphere, broadening the attain and enchantment of the game past its conventional audiences.

“Our ambition is for SVNS to be on the forefront of our progress technique, interesting to a youthful, leisure-hungry viewers. In eight iconic locations performed over seven months, we are going to carry collectively a really immersive competition of rugby, music, meals and experiences to create the last word weekend-long get collectively for younger individuals, the most popular ticket and open a brand new period for the game.

“For the primary time in rugby sevens historical past, all places will likely be unified beneath the identical strategy, which means that the general expertise is identical and we will optimise business income for reinvestment, together with enjoying our half in guaranteeing that sevens is a viable profession path for the gifted gamers and Olympians.”

HSBC ambasador Brian O’Driscoll mentioned: “HSBC is the right associate to assist information SVNS into this thrilling new chapter. Constructing on a protracted track-record of profitable partnership, and with the worldwide community and experience that the game must fulfil it’s potential, I can’t wait to see what the long run has in retailer for the game.”

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