2021-Team-Pack V5.Pdf
WORLD SCHOOL SEVENS BIO The World School Sevens is an U18 International Sevens boys and girls rugby tournament that has grown significantly since its inception in 2016 with teams travelling from Japan, USA, Canada, Australia, Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. As well as national representative teams it also includes expat, barbarian and invitational sides including the New Zealand Fijians, Tongan Barbarians, Samoan Barbarians, Cook Islands and Niue. The event in 2019 peaked with thirty-two sides including seventeen international teams and was heading towards close to fifty teams before Covid struck. This included interest from new markets including France, Zimbabwe, UAE and South Africa. The event provides quality competition and has resulted in over twenty players going on to represent their nation at Sevens at the highest level. National representation at the senior level includes teams from Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada and Tonga. Our first All black played in the 2016 Tournament. Many nations are now using this event to identify and develop their players for the Olympic Sevens, Commonwealth games, HSBC Sevens series or for genuine rugby development. The event takes place on Friday and Saturday December 18th and 19th 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand. Teams are accommodated in various hostels at private schools in Auckland with some of the best facilities available for training. In 2021 we will introduce two divisions the Elite Division – National teams and Composite sides and the Schools Division. - entirely made up of school teams The weeks activities include a warm up game or mini tournament, an official New Zealand welcome, a players breakfast , a few social gatherings and the tournament itself which takes place over two days.
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