2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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 impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of an official season of the Women's Sevens Series, two invitational "Fast Four" tournaments were played in Canada.

Teams

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

Mexico replaced France, withdrew late due to travel issues.[3]

Tour venues

In July 2021, four tournaments had been planned for the women's tour [4] but all were subsequently cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The Paris (October 2021) and Hong Kong (5–7 November 2021) events were cancelled on 5 August 2021.[5]
  • The Singapore (29–30 October 2021) and Cape Town (10–12 December 2021) events were cancelled on 3 September 2021.[1]

Two invitational tournaments were played instead:[1]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 10 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.