6 March, 2021, 2:45 am
Ana Moceura on attack for Blue Diamond against Hot Spring Savusavu during the Fiji Bitter Nawaka Sevens at Prince Charles Park last
weekend. Picture: BALJEET SINGH
Mark the month of May in your calendar for some serious rugby 7s business around the world.
It is the month that World Rugby has planned to recommence the World Rugby Sevens Series.
The decision will see rugby sevens fans around the world looking forward to the highly anticipated return of top rugby 7s actions at selected venues around the globe.
World Rugby, on Wednesday, announced plans to unveil the 2021 series after it was suspended by COVID-19 after the 2019 tournament in Sydney, Australia.
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Cape Town will host the final leg of the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series.
This follows World Rugby s announcement or a revamped and shortened series.
The event will be held at Cape Town Stadium from 10-12 December.
Unlike in previous seasons, the
Cape Town Sevens will be the final leg of the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series.
This comes after World Rugby on Wednesday announced a revamped and shortened series for 2021.
The South African leg returns to Cape Town Stadium from 10-12 December after a Covid-enforced absence in 2020.
The condensed 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series includes five women s and four men s rounds and kicks off in Paris with back-to-back women s tournaments on two weekends in May, before the teams set sail for the Olympic Games, scheduled for Tokyo in July.
World Rugby has announced that the 2021 women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is set to be postponed until next year because of the coronavirus pande.
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