GRR: LA 7s
New Zealand women and South Africa men were crowned HSBC SVNS 2025 champions after securing stirring victories at the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles.
The crowd of over 27,000, the crowd's enthusiasm, the type of crowd (young, old, very young, supporting all countries) was all a big step forward for the event.
The LAX SVNS pools and schedule are set with two days of World-Class rugby in four competitions.
Remember that eight teams in each of Men and Women will play for the World Championship. Meanwhile, eight teams in each of Men and Women will play in requalification tournaments (World Rugby is calling it the Play-Off tournament) for teams not in the top eight in the SVNS World Series.
World-class athletes are the big draw for the LA Sevens, there's more to it than that.
Thirty-two teams will be at Dignity Health Sports Park, with the two world Championship tournaments and also two requalification tournaments.
The best 7s teams in the world will be on display, and when fans want to take a break from all the action, there's a bunch of other stuff going on.
The LA Sevens International Fan Festival is back and will be taking place all around the Dignity Health Sports Park venue throughout the weekend of May 304.
The Festival includes music and entertainment, global flavors, and cultural vendors.
The Hong Kong 7s kicks off tonight USA time and the USA men want you to see how they have improved.
Captain Stephen Tomasin said that it is true that the team expends a lot of physical and mental energy early in tournaments to play tough against strong teams only to see decision-making and energy fall away late in the tournament.