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2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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

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.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "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. [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. [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.
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    "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 schedule updated". World.Rugby. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
  5. [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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