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{{Infobox sports league |
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|title=New Zealand Sevens |
| title = New Zealand Sevens |
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|logo=New Zealand Sevens logo 2018.png |
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|caption=New Zealand Sevens logo --> |
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|sport=[[Rugby sevens]] |
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|founded=2000 |
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|country= New Zealand |
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|most_champs= {{ru7|NZL}} (10 titles) |
| most_champs = {{ru7|NZL}} (10 titles) |
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|website= [https://www.sevens.co.nz/ sevens.co.nz] |
| website = [https://www.sevens.co.nz/ sevens.co.nz] |
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[[File:Sereviwarmup.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Fiji's Waisale Serevi at Wellington in 2007.]] |
[[File:Sereviwarmup.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Fiji's Waisale Serevi at Wellington in 2007.]] |
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The '''New Zealand Sevens''' |
The '''New Zealand Sevens''' was an annual [[rugby sevens]] tournament held at [[Waikato Stadium]] in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], New Zealand.<ref name=sky-2018/><ref name=hamilton-2018/> For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in [[Wellington]].<ref name=sky-2018/><ref name=stuff-2017/> The event was the third on the [[World Rugby Sevens Series]] circuit and is generally held in late January or early February. |
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 27 December 2023
Most recent season or competition: 2023 New Zealand Sevens | |
Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Founded | 2000 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Country | New Zealand |
Most recent champion(s) | Argentina (2023) |
Most titles | New Zealand (10 titles) |
Official website | sevens.co.nz |
The New Zealand Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1][2] For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington.[1][3] The event was the third on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit and is generally held in late January or early February.
History[edit]
Wellington[edit]
Wellington first hosted a tournament in 2000 as part of the inaugural Sevens World Series. The event was the first to be held in the newly-developed Westpac Stadium.[4] The tournament built a reputation for a party atmosphere, with a large proportion of attendees choosing to wear fancy dress.[5] Movie figures such as the Men in Black (MIB) and Austin Powers were crowd favorites and an impersonator of Austin Powers was a regular for many years performing for the crowd.[4] Host team New Zealand dominated the sevens competition in Wellington, winning just over half of all the tournaments held.
Hamilton[edit]
The location of the tournament was moved to Hamilton in 2018,[3] after attendances in Wellington had declined.[6] The tournament was hosted as part of an integrated men's and women's event from 2019.[7] Discussion was also begun on alternating the host location of the tournament between Hamilton and Suva, in Fiji, following the 2020 edition.[8][9]
Results[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "HSBC New Zealand Sevens: Hamilton". Sky. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "HSBC New Zealand Sevens". HamiltonNew Zealand. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Sevens World Series event moving to Hamilton from 2018". Stuff. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Sevens' man steps away from annual city 'party'". Dominion Post. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Sevens Rugby - the party, the costumes, the players". Talking Rugby Union. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Plenty of finger-pointing about demise of the Wellington Sevens". Stuff. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Rugby sevens: Hamilton sevens to stage men and women". The New Zealand Herald. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand Sevens tournament could alternate between Hamilton and Fiji". Stuff. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Pacific Island nations possible hosts for NZ Sevens - NZ Rugby boss Steve Tew". Stuff. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "2021 Hamilton, Sydney Sevens cancelled due to COVID-19". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
- ^ Ekin, Kim (3 September 2021). "Four stages of World Rugby Sevens Series cancelled in space of an hour". Rugby Pass. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- New Zealand Sevens official site
- Profile on UR7s.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 May 2016)