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HSBC SVNS Singapore: Tickets on sale for world-class sevens and family fun

By Finn Morton

33 days ago

The New Zealand men's and women's teams celebrate with their trophies after winning their respective cup final matches during day three of the HSBC SVNS Singapore at the National Stadium on May 05, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

Tickets for HSBC SVNS Singapore 2025 are now on sale, with the world’s best rugby sevens players returning to the National Stadium on April 5-6. With top-level athletes competing to be the best, and with off-field fun for the whole family, this event is not to be missed.

Argentina made history in Singapore last season as they claimed their first-ever HSBC SVNS league title which capped off a phenomenal run during the regular season. New Zealand won a Cup Final double with both the women’s and men’s teams triumphing in thrilling deciders.

With Jorja Miller leading the way on both sides of the ball, the Black Ferns Sevens got the better of a valiant Australia side who had lost Madison Ashby during the tournament. That was also a league title decider with the Trans-Tasman foes equal on the standings before that event.

In the final match of the weekend, the All Blacks Sevens beat Ireland quite dramatically to complete the New Zealand blackout. Ireland had been incredibly consistent that season and finished second on the standings, but they didn’t win a Cup Final during the campaign.

On top of the on-field spectacle that delivered some stunning results including South Africa’s win over Hong Kong Sevens finalists USA in the women’s draw, ticketholders also experienced “a festival of entertainment” around the Singaporean venue.

Fans had opportunities to meet and mingle with rugby legends Bryan Habana, Chloe Dalton and Dan Norton, and also had the chance to enjoy some face painting and fitness sessions, the incredible beach club experience, and some tasty food markets.

That party-like fun makes SVNS Singapore one of the best stops on the HSBC SVNS Series, and it’ll be a similar story this time around. This will be the sixth of seven events this season, which will see the league winners crowned before the World Championship stop in Los Angeles.

“We are delighted to be returning to National Stadium in Singapore for what promises to be a hotly contested weekend of world-class rugby sevens on the pitch and a festival of entertainment for all the family to enjoy around the iconic venue,” SVNS General Manager, Sam Pinder, said in a statement.

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“The HSBC SVNS League Winners will be crowned in Singapore and teams will be fighting to secure a top-eight place in the standings to reach the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles meaning there will be all to play for as many of the starts of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will showcase their epic skills and athleticism.

“Over 3,700 people interacted with the local participation programme in 2024 and we will be launching more family fun activities for 2025, including the fan-favourite beach club, fitness events and food markets. It is going to be a weekend to remember so snap up your tickets now.”

The HSBC SVNS Series 2025 gets underway in less than two weeks’ time with Dubai’s The Sevens Stadium once again hosting the opening leg of the campaign. Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver, Hong Kong China, Singapore and Los Angeles are also hosting tournaments.

New Zealand women and Argentina men are the defending League Winners, but neither side went on to claim the overall title in Madrid. Australia dominated France in the women’s draw to claim that honour, while Antoine Dupont’s France got the better of the Argies.

In the Olympics, Dupont led France to a historic rugby sevens gold medal, while the likes of Miller, Risi Pouri-Lane and Sarah Hirini starred for Team New Zealand en route to the team’s second consecutive gold medal after taking out the top prize in Tokyo three years ago.

On this year’s HSBC SVNS Series, the 12 best women’s and men’s sides will compete in each competition in effort to become world champions. China are the only newly promoted side into the women’s league, but they won’t be easily beaten after smashing Fiji at the Paris Games.

Uruguay and fan-favourites Kenya have been promoted to the top-flight competition after showcasing their flair and skills on the Challenger Series last season. Both teams have claimed major scalps on the circuit before, so all teams will no doubt be wary of the threats they pose.

Ticketholders to HSBC SVNS Singapore 2025 can look forward to more stunning rugby and some truly enjoyable off-field entertainment for the family. More updates will be announced at a later date, but for now, tickets can be purchased at https://ticketmaster.sg/activity/detail/25sg_hsbcsvns25.

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GrahamVF 13 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

That might be the best spin off from SA's involvement north of the line.

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GrahamVF 13 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Of course not Nick 😉

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GrahamVF 18 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

We have our own theories about The Sharks. Plumtree is a good coach but he has not done anywhere near the best he could with the talent and money he has at his disposal and it doesn't help to have a marquee director of rugby who has spent by far the majority of his career playing and coaching sevens.

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GrahamVF 22 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Don't worry - you'll win again soon then you'll feel a lot better. Right now get on with your SH comps and we'll get on with being barely the best in the world.

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GrahamVF 26 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

JW you really have no idea of how Africa works. It will take generations not decades no matter how much SA puts into it. The poverty in Africa is something that is obviously beyond your understanding. Do you think the governments of impoverished nations are going to watch happily as rugby pours massive investments into infrastructure to promote what is essentially a white western game? And SA was trying hard to develop the game in Africa until the African vote blocked our "23 bid after the independent consultants to the RFU voted unanimously for SA? The Confederation of African Rugby virtually excluded South Africa.

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GrahamVF 35 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Nick, our association with Argentina Rugby runs very long and deep. We are exploring reciprocal two/three test tours in the future - and even more games at neutral venues such as in Europe where a lot of both teams have players anyway.

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GrahamVF 39 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

"has SA actually EVER helped to develop another union to maturity like NZ has with Japan," yes - Argentina. You obviously don't know the history of Argentinian rugby. SA were touring there on long development tours in the 1950's

We continued the Junior Bok tours to the Argentine through to the early 70's

My coach at Grey High was Giepie Wentzel who toured Argentine as a fly half. He told me about how every Argentinian rugby club has pictures of Van Heerden and Danie Craven on prominent display. Yes we have developed a nation far more than NZ has done for Japan. And BTW Sa players were playing and coaching in Japan long before the Kiwis arrived. Fourie du Preez and many others were playing there 15 years ago.

"Isaac Van Heerden's reputation as an innovative coach had spread to Argentina, and he was invited to Buenos Aires to help the Pumas prepare for their first visit to South Africa in 1965.[1][2] Despite Argentina faring badly in this tour,[2] it was the start of a long and happy relationship between Van Heerden and the Pumas. Izak van Heerden took leave from his teaching post in Durban, relocated to Argentina, learnt fluent Spanish, and would revolutionise Argentine play in the late 1960s, laying the way open for great players such as Hugo Porta.[1][2] Van Heerden virtually invented the "tight loose" form of play, an area in which the Argentines would come to excel, and which would become a hallmark of their playing style. The Pumas repaid the initial debt, by beating the Junior Springboks at Ellis Park, and emerged as one of the better modern rugby nations, thanks largely to the talents of this Durban schoolmaster.[1]"

After the promise made by Junior Springbok manager JF Louw at the end of a 12-game tour to Argentina in 1959 – ‘I will do everything to ensure we invite you to tour our country’ – there were concerns about the strength of Argentinian rugby. South African Rugby Board president Danie Craven sent coach Izak van Heerden to help the Pumas prepare and they repaid the favour by beating the Junior Springboks at Ellis Park.

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GrahamVF 55 minutes ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Which country do you think was instrumental in developing rugby in Argentina which then spun off into the rest of Latin South America? South Africa was touring Argentine in the 50's with their Junior Bok side on three months development tours. And they didn't do it to cultivare players for the Boks. Regarding Africa you are not taking into account that South Africa itself is an emerging nation. The rugby union has prioritised the development of rugby in South African rural communities with outstanding success.

It has taken 15 years to build the participation of rugby both in playing and watching. For South Africa on its own to build a viable international rugby competition in africa will take generations - not decades. New Zealanders seem to resent the fact that SA has doubled the income of the URC since their inclusion. If New Zealand Rugby hadn't insisted on have a disproportionate slice of the pie in Super Rugby, SA might not have fled the coop.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

I think this debate is avoiding the elephant in the room. Money. According to the URC chief executive Martin Anayi, the inclusion of SA teams has doubled the income of the URC. There is no doubt that the SA teams benefit from the URC but so do the other countries' teams. Perhaps it doesn't affect a club like Leinster but the less well off clubs benefit hugely from South African games' TV income. I don't think SA continued inclusion in the URC is a slam dunk. They don't hold all the cards by a long way - but they do have an ace in the hole. The Ace of Diamonds.

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Hopefully Joe stays where he is. That would mean Les, McKellar, larkham and Cron should as well. It’s the stability we need in the state programs. But, if Joe goes, RA with its current financial situation will be forced into promoting from within. And this will likely destabilise other areas.

To better understand some of the entrenched bitterness of those outside of NZ and NSW (as an example 😂), Nic, there is probably a comparison to the old hard heads of welsh rugby who are still stuck in the 1970s. Before the days where clubs merged, professionalism started, and the many sharp knives were put into the backs of those who loved the game more than everyone else. I’m sure you know a few... But given your comparison of rugby in both wales and Australia, there are a few north of the tweed that will never trust a kiwi or NSWelshman because of historical events and issues over the history of the game. It is what it is. For some, time does not heal all wounds. And it is still festering away in some people. Happy holidays to you. All the best in 2025.

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Yep NZ national u85 team is touring there atm I think (or just has).

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Yeah I actually think it was Havili that took it off him. Not bad himself, but on the advice of Razor, who didn't even pursue it and use Havili on a split bench as 10 cover?

One huge cluster#$@% but I think you could be right, I liked O'Connor when he won at the Reds and I've just got a funny feeling he's going to dominate Super Rugby, kinda like how Cooper came back to the Wallabies as an experienced head and spat out South Africa. I think James could do the same with the Blues and other Aus sides. I'd really love Rivez to get a lot of minutes though.

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JW 7 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

I rated Lowe well enough to be an AB. Remember we were picking the likes of George Bridge above such players so theres no disputing a lot of bad decisions have been made by those last two coaches. Does a team like the ABs need a finicky winger who you have to adapt and change a lot of your style with to get benefit from? No, not really. But he still would have been a basic improvement on players like even Savea at the tail of his career, Bridge, and could even have converted into the answer of replacing Beauden at the back. Instead we persisted with NMS, Naholo, Havili, Reece, all players we would have cared even less about losing and all because Rieko had Lowe's number 11 jersey nailed down.

He was of course only 23 when he decided to leave, it was back in the beggining of the period they had started retaining players (from 2018 onwards I think, they came out saying theyre going to be more aggressive at some point). So he might, all of them, only just missed out.

The main point that Ed made is that situations like Lowe's, Aki's, JGP's, aren't going to happen in future. That's a bit of a "NZ" only problem, because those players need to reach such a high standard to be chosen by the All Blacks, were as a country like Ireland wants them a lot earlier like that. This is basically the 'ready in 3 years' concept Ireland relied on, versus the '5 years and they've left' concept' were that player is now ready to be chosen by the All Blacks (given a contract to play Super, ala SBW, and hopefully Manu).

The 'mercenary' thing that will take longer to expire, and which I was referring to, is the grandparents rule. The new kids coming through now aren't going to have as many gp born overseas, so the amount of players that can leave with a prospect of International rugby offer are going to drop dramatically at some point. All these kiwi fellas playing for a PI, is going to stop sadly.

The new era problem that will replace those old concerns is now French and Japanese clubs (doing the same as NRL teams have done for decades by) picking kids out of school. The problem here is not so much a national identity one, than it is a farm system where 9 in 10 players are left with nothing. A stunted education and no support in a foreign country (well they'll get kicked out of those countries were they don't in Australia).

It's the same sort of situation were NZ would be the big guy, but there weren't many downsides with it. The only one I can think was brought up but a poster on this site, I can't recall who it was, but he seemed to know a lot of kids coming from the Islands weren't really given the capability to fly back home during school xms holidays etc. That is probably something that should be fixed by the union. Otherwise getting someone like Fakatava over here for his last year of school definitely results in NZ being able to pick the cherries off the top but it also allows that player to develop and be able to represent Tonga and under age and possibly even later in his career. Where as a kid being taken from NZ is arguably going to be worse off in every respect other than perhaps money. Not going to develop as a person, not going to develop as a player as much, so I have a lotof sympathy for NZs case that I don't include them in that group but I certainly see where you're coming from and it encourages other countries to think they can do the same while not realising they're making a much worse experience/situation.

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