Talking from Hong Kong, World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin has said of nailing down the details of the second season of the revamped SVNS series: “We want to get to the point where, at the end of Madrid, we can say ‘next season looks like this’.”
After the buzz of the Hong Kong Sevens, the SVNS series moves onto Singapore and then a ‘Grand Final’ event in Madrid at the end of May, where there will be titles decided, as well as a relegation-promotion play-off between the bottom sides and the top teams from the Challenger Series.
But in the interim, some unions are wondering what their fate will be and if they will remain on the series, or if the sport’s governing body will seek to place themselves in new markets.
For example, Rugby World understands that the Vancouver Sevens was not originally included in plans for the inaugural SVNS series, but was a late inclusion. Will the Canadian event – which is so important to the…
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