London to Host Stars of Women’s Sevens in May

The London Sevens is to host an IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup event in May.

The showcase women’s event, featuring 12 invitational international teams, will follow in the footsteps of a successful tournament in Dubai last December and one scheduled for Hong Kong in just a few weeks.

The IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup will be played alongside the final round of the HSBC Sevens World Series at Twickenham on 12-13 May in front of what tournament organisers are hoping will be a record crowd for a sevens event at the iconic venue.

The 12 teams invited by the IRB are: sevens world champions Australia, hosts England, Dubai winners Canada, USA, the Netherlands, Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 hosts Russia, Brazil, China, Kazakhstan, France, South Africa and Portugal.

Women’s Rugby is one of the fastest growing forms of the sport and with the rugby family counting down to sevens’ debut in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the event will provide high-level competition for the teams and a strong platform to demonstrate the considerable performance advances in elite Women’s Rugby to a worldwide television audience.

“These are exciting times for women's rugby around the world. Participation is growing while we continue to work with our member unions to ensure elite women’s competition goes from strength to strength ahead of Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 and our sevens debut in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,” said IRB Chairman. Bernard Lapasset. “These invitational IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup events are the first step on the road to delivering an annual IRB Women’s Sevens World Series along similar lines to the hugely successful men’s HSBC Sevens World Series. I am sure that London will be a resounding success and give fans in the stadium and around the world another opportunity to see just how competitive women’s rugby is.”

Tickets are now available for the London Sevens, and for the month of March the weekend tickets are available from just £20. After that, weekend passes start from £30, single day tickets from £18 and kids tickets at £5 each day.

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