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    2020-2021 World Sevens Series

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    • Stargazer
      Stargazer last edited by

      A bit strange to start a new thread about the 2020-2021 World Sevens Series with a cancellation, but it happens to be the first news about the upcoming season.


      Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021

      Following the recently announced conclusion of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with New Zealand confirmed as both men’s and women’s champions, World Rugby and its partners are continuing to focus on planning for the 2021 Series and the build-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which are now less than one year away.

      After a comprehensive consultation process and constructive dialogue with the host organisations, it has been decided that the combined men’s and women’s Dubai and Cape Town rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021, which were provisionally scheduled for 26-28 November and 4-6 December, 2020 respectively, will not take place due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.

      The decisions were taken in line with relevant government and international public health authority advice and with the health and wellbeing of the rugby community and the wider public taking precedence. Both hosts are due to return to a full Series schedule beyond this season.

      World Rugby and its partners continue to focus on delivering the remainder of the 2021 men’s and women’s Series, while working in full collaboration with all stakeholders to closely monitor the ongoing and challenging COVID-19 environment.

      With 21 of the 24 teams already qualified for the Olympic rugby sevens competition in Tokyo, planning for the Olympic Repechage final qualification event in the first half of 2021 is ongoing.

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      • Stargazer
        Stargazer last edited by

        Wales isn't the first, and probably won't be the last.

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        • Machpants
          Machpants @Stargazer last edited by Machpants

          @Stargazer yup England have already done it. Proves that, despite even the Olympics, 7s is just a side show. Ditch it, and tens, nines, all the other crap like thirteens. Concentrate in real core value rugby

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          • booboo
            booboo @Machpants last edited by

            @Machpants said in 2020-2021 World Sevens Series:

            @Stargazer yup England have already done it. Progress that, despite even the Olympics, 7s is just a side show. Ditch it, sand tens, nines, all the other crap like thirteens. Concentrate in real core value rugby

            🙂

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            • Snowy
              Snowy @booboo last edited by

              @booboo said in 2020-2021 World Sevens Series:

              @Machpants said in 2020-2021 World Sevens Series:

              @Stargazer yup England have already done it. Progress that, despite even the Olympics, 7s is just a side show. Ditch it, sand tens, nines, all the other crap like thirteens. Concentrate in real core value rugby

              🙂

              Sniggered at that too.

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              • Bones
                Bones @Machpants last edited by

                @Machpants said in 2020-2021 World Sevens Series:

                @Stargazer yup England have already done it. Proves that, despite even the Olympics, 7s is just a side show. Ditch it, and tens, nines, all the other crap like thirteens. Concentrate in real core value rugby

                I couldn't disagree more. Setting up a 7s programme at my old club was excellent - gave plenty of us something else to do in summer and gave us a good core of fit, tight players in the prems that was very successful following that "inaugural" setup.

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                • Machpants
                  Machpants @Bones last edited by

                  @Bones Oh I'm not talking about amatuer level, touch, 7s etc are great for that. But the pro money is in 15s, and men's at that ATM. Everything else is a drain, so with the world economy wrecked, we need to concentrate pro at 15s

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                  • Bones
                    Bones @Machpants last edited by

                    @Machpants I had no idea it is. So it costs WR to run the 7s?

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                    • Machpants
                      Machpants @Bones last edited by

                      @Bones for sure, they make all their money on RWC and spend it on everything else. NZR makes loses on all rugby apart from ABs, franchises sometimes break even but they have disbursements from NZR (who get the money from ABs 15s).

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                      • Bovidae
                        Bovidae last edited by

                        Sevens is seen by WR as a way to promote rugby in emerging rugby nations. It can't be all about tier 1 nations.

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                        • Snowy
                          Snowy last edited by

                          HSBC might be a bit upset at their investment in sevens and I doubt that it is a drain on WR?

                          Can you back that up @Machpants ? They have some hugely successful tournaments - some not so much.

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                          • Machpants
                            Machpants @Snowy last edited by

                            @Snowy nah can't find the article that was analysing the books. Google fail

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                            • Kiap
                              Kiap last edited by Kiap

                              I think Wales were the lowest core team and WR might've tried to keep them in by dropping relegation.

                              So, with England out, does the Twickenham Sevens fold as well?

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                              • Machpants
                                Machpants last edited by

                                England might still field a 7s team but they'll be 'amateur'/ not paid full time. The full time 7s paid gig is pretty new anyway

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                                • Stargazer
                                  Stargazer last edited by

                                  The 2021 Hamilton and Sydney Sevens have been called off.

                                  World Rugby media release: https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/583528/rugby-sevens-boosted-by-preparation-investment-ahead-of-olympic-games

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                                    mikey07 @Stargazer last edited by

                                    @Stargazer disappointing but fully understandable given the circumstances I’m assuming we won’t get any 7s at all

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                                        • booboo
                                          booboo last edited by

                                          Opotiki?

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                                          • Bones
                                            Bones last edited by

                                            Opotiki?

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                                            • booboo
                                              booboo last edited by booboo

                                              Don't get me wrong. I quite like the idea of the teams going out to the small towns. Just seems really random, but suppose no more or less random than anywhere else.

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                                                ARHS last edited by

                                                Has there been any squad or contracted announcement? Saw a face in video clip of a newbie from the event at Blake Park but can't remember his name.

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                                                • Stargazer
                                                  Stargazer @ARHS last edited by

                                                  @ARHS I haven't seen an announcement, but maybe the new faces are the guys they picked from Ignite 7s?

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                                                  • Bovidae
                                                    Bovidae @booboo last edited by

                                                    @booboo said in 2020-2021 World Sevens Series:

                                                    Don't get me wrong. I quite like the idea of the teams going out to the small towns. Just seems really random, but suppose no more or less random than anywhere else.

                                                    Not that far to travel from their Mount base. No distractions either. 🙂

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                                                      ARHS @Stargazer last edited by

                                                      @Stargazer Yes- might have been Ollie Sapsford or Dan Sinkinson

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                                                        Stargazer @ARHS last edited by Stargazer

                                                        @ARHS Sapsford was already added to the squad pre-Covid (last season).

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                                                        • taniwharugby
                                                          taniwharugby last edited by

                                                          https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300212015/rising-star-brady-rush-following-in-famous-father-erics-footsteps-in-nz-sevens-squad

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                                                          • Stargazer
                                                            Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                                                            So the contracted AB7s and BF7s for 2021 are:

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                                                            Media release:

                                                            Three uncapped players join sevens squads

                                                            Three uncapped players join sevens squads

                                                            Northland’s Brady Rush, son of All Blacks Sevens legend Eric Rush, is set to follow in his father’s footsteps, joining the All Blacks Sevens squad as a contracted player in 2021.

                                                            So the newbies are:

                                                            Northland’s Brady Rush, North Harbour’s Moses Leo and in the women's squad, Waikato’s Manaia Nuku.

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                                                            • Bovidae
                                                              Bovidae last edited by

                                                              Montessa Tairakena has missed out too.

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                                                              • Stargazer
                                                                Stargazer @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                @Bovidae

                                                                Yep, some changes are expected, like Caleb Clarke, Scott Gregory, Niko Jones, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, Joe Ravouvou (in France), Salesi Rayasi not being in the men's squad because they've decided to focus on XVs only. And they have significantly reduced the size of the squad from 25 to 20. So they only replaced two of the seven players who have left the squad.

                                                                In the women's squad, Kayla Ahki (McAlister) and Montessa Tairakena aren't in the squad anymore, and - according to the media release - Ahki has been replaced by Manaia Nuku, because she decided to return to France. It doesn't say anything about Tairakena, so we can only assume she's injured, no longer available or just not picked.

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                                                                • Bovidae
                                                                  Bovidae last edited by

                                                                  Tairakena was involved in the Ignite7 tournament.

                                                                  Nuku must be rated ahead of Miller for the school girls.

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                                                                  • Stargazer
                                                                    Stargazer @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                    @Bovidae Or they can't/won't sign a schoolgirl. Not sure how old Nuku is and whether she's still at school, but Miller is (I think). Or the position they're playing?

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                                                                      Bovidae @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                      @Stargazer Nuku was the captain of the Condor Girls team that Miller was also in last year.

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                                                                        Stargazer @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                        @Bovidae Yeah, last year. But will she still be at school in 2021, that's the question.

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                                                                        • Crucial
                                                                          Crucial last edited by

                                                                          Miller is only 16 (or just turned 17)
                                                                          Has some school still to go.
                                                                          I think Nuku has just finished school

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                                                                          • Bovidae
                                                                            Bovidae last edited by

                                                                            Players can get a development contract while still at school. Jazmin Hotham did according to an article I was reading.

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                                                                              • Tim
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                                                                                'The injuries I had, people think of them as career-ending': All Blacks Sevens' new recruit spent 18 months on the sidelines

                                                                                'The injuries I had, people think of them as career-ending': All Blacks Sevens' new recruit spent 18 months on the sidelines

                                                                                In 2018, having undergone his fourth major surgery in a little over a year, Moses Leo could have been forgiven for turning his back on playing professional rugby player. Now, just three years' later, Leo is gearing up to play international sevens.

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                                                                                • Stargazer
                                                                                  Stargazer last edited by

                                                                                  19 - 20 February 2021, Blake Park, Mt Maunganui

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                                                                                  • OleOleOle
                                                                                    OleOleOle @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                                    @Stargazer It would be great to see the team lists.

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