The Sevens World Cup is Finally Here! This is What to Look Forward to

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The World Rugby Sevens Cup kicks off tomorrow, so all 40 of the international captains gathered in front of Table Mountain in the lead-up to the exciting event.

Cape Town, South Africa (08 September 2022) – The World Rugby Sevens Cup is being hosted by Cape Town and everything kicks off tomorrow!

The DHL Stadium will be the playground for the 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams. The event sold 60,000 tickets in just one day! So you know it is going to be an epic sporting event. If you missed out, don’t fear, the stadium is also playing host to the HSBC Sevens tournament from the 9th to the 11th of December.

In anticipation of the day, all 40 of the international team captains lined up in front of Table Mountain. The crowds are going to be incredible, with an anticipated record-breaking crowd of more than 150,000 fans!

“Rugby World Cup in South Africa created one of the most iconic images the game has ever known. Now for the first time since that unforgettable day in 1995, we are delighted to be staging another Rugby World Cup back in the rainbow nation as rugby sevens comes to Cape Town with 40 teams from all corners of the world in action.” – Sir Bill Beaumont, World Rugby Chairman

Naturally, we are behind our men and women in green and gold! Blitz Bokke Captain Siviwe Soyizwapi shared what he envisions for the team going into this World Cup.

“For us as a team we’re just chasing perfection. This is a standalone tournament, a massive tournament in front of our home crowd, and we’re really excited for that.

“The fact that it is a knockout tournament doesn’t change the mindset for us. We are focused on getting the perfect game and we focus on ourselves as a team and the standards that we uphold. We are chasing that perfect game from game one.

“To be double would champions [alongside South Africa Men XV] would be massive. It would be great for the nation. We all know what rugby can do for our country. This our first home sevens rugby since 2019 here in Cape Town so as players and a team, the whole system is excited to run out there this weekend and represent our country. We know how the crowd can get behind us and the fans will really make this tournament. As a team we are really excited.”

The first session of the World Cup Sevens starts on the 9th of September 2022 at 08:45 am. The matches are as follows, and we have included match times: