World Rugby Sevens Highlights: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series consists of ten stellar tournaments held around the world, in which national sevens teams compete for series points at each round.

An overall champion is crowned at the end of the season based on points accumulated throughout the ten events. The 2015/16 season sees five new destinations added to the series in Cape Town, Sydney, Vancouver, Singapore and Paris.

The 2015/16 carries added significance with many of the teams competing on the series having qualified for sevens' debut at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016. The top four-ranked sides at the end of the 2014/15 series booked their place through the series - namely Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and England on behalf of Team GB.

There are 15 'core' teams who participate at each round of the Series. Since the 2012/13 season promotion and relegation from this ever-present status came into effect, and last season Russia were promoted, with Japan being relegated.

Series details

• Title: World Rugby Sevens Highlights
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2017-05-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-05-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: 10 Bold Drama
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28068

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2017: premiered 2017-05-20; final listed air date 2017-05-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from World Rugby Sevens Highlights on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.