2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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For the men's competition, see 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series.

2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
(Cancelled)
Hosts
  • Canada (2 invitational events only)
Date18–26 September 2021

The 2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was a planned series of rugby sevens tournaments for national women's rugby sevens teams that was cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of an official season of the Women's Sevens Series, two invitational "Fast Four" tournaments are scheduled to be played in Canada.

Teams[]

Following the cancellation of all official tournaments scheduled for the 2021 series,[1] two invitational events are to be contested by the following teams:[2]

Mexico replaced France after a late withdrawal by France due to travel issues.[3]

Tour venues[]

In July 2021, four tournaments had been planned for the women's tour [4] but due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,

  • The Paris and Hong Kong events were cancelled in August,[5] and
  • The Singapore and Cape Town events were cancelled in September.[1]

Invitational tournaments are scheduled to be played.[1]

2021 Fast Four invitational tournaments
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Vancouver BC Place Vancouver 18–19 September 2021
Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton 25–26 September 2021

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to double-up in Canada and Dubai". World Rugby. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The wait is over as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series returns in Canada". World Rugby Sevens. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ Davidson, Neil (10 September 2021). "Field for Canadian rugby sevens events diluted by pandemic-related issues". Lethbridge News Now. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 schedule updated". World.Rugby. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ Burke, Burke (5 August 2021). "World Rugby Sevens Series legs in Hong Kong and Paris cancelled". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021.

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