Hong Kong Sevens postponed for second straight year as city battles fourth wave of Covid-19
- Hong Kong Rugby Union and World Rugby mutually agree postponement from April to November 2021 due to pandemic
- This year’s edition was similarly postponed to October until World Sevens Series officially cancelled remaining events
The 2021 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will be postponed from April until November, the Post understands. An official announcement will be made by governing body World Rugby on Thursday.
Originally slated for April 3-5, the decision comes as no surprise given Hong Kong is struggling to contain cluster outbreaks and untraceable infections in trying to combat its fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With many of its competing nations going through their own government-imposed travel and quarantine restrictions, it has become impossible for organisers to deliver the event’s large-scale logistical requirements.
The Union, in tandem with World Rugby which oversees the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, has agreed that a postponement to early November would be the most sensible solution.
