HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20　　　New Zealand Sevens: Pools

Hamilton

25-26 January 2020

The third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 is being held at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand over the weekend of 25-26 January 2020. This is the third of ten tournaments for the season.

The fifteen core teams on the 2019-20 season are: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, USA and Wales. Ireland became a core team for the first time after they won the 2019-20 World Series Qualifier in Hong Kong earlier in the year. Japan were relegated as the lowest-placed core team in the 2018-19 season. The core teams compete at every tournament, while one place is available to a non-core team at each tournament. Japan were invited as the non-core team at the 2020 New Zealand Sevens.

At Hamilton, Japan are in Pool B along with England, South Africa and Kenya.

Pools