Response to new HSBC SVNS model
Rugby 7s Senior Women, Rugby 7s Senior Men
World Rugby has announced a new three-level model for the HSBC SVNS series.
World Rugby has announced a new three-level model for the HSBC SVNS series.
This new model means that as one of the eight teams competing in the 2025 HSBC SVNS World Championship, Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team will play in the HSBC SVNS Division 1 next season.
For Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team, this means that they will no longer be competing for a spot in the top level this weekend. The teams competing in the HSBC SVNS Play-off that finish within the final rankings of 9th to 12th will qualify for HSBC SVNS Division 2 rather than earn promotion for next season.
Despite the change to the series, Rugby Canada expects to have both of Canada’s sevens teams be featured at BC Place in HSBC SVNS Vancouver next year.