"VAN" (Sports Desk - 09.01.2025) :: The pools for HSBC SVNS Perth were drawn at the HBF Park venue on Thursday, meaning fans can now whet their appetites and get set for the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 on 24-26 January.
HSBC SVNS Perth Ambassadors Sera Naiqama, Matt Hodgson and Australia Wallaroos captain Michaela Leonard gathered at HBF Park to draw the pools for the highly anticipated event.
Hosts Australia were drawn in men’s pool A together with reigning SVNS league winners Argentina, Cape Town champions South Africa and the USA.
Olympic champions France are in pool B alongside Spain, Great Britain and Ireland in an all European affair.
Fiji and New Zealand will go into battle in pool C along with newly promoted Kenya and Uruguay.
Women’s Olympic champions New Zealand will face Japan, Ireland and Brazil in pool A.
Olympic silver and bronze medallists Canada and the USA respectively are in pool B together with Great Britain and Fiji.
Hosts and HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions Australia are in pool C with France, China and Spain.
After two action packed tournaments in Dubai and Cape Town kicked off the HSBC SVNS 2025 campaign in December, it is all to play for with four different teams claiming the titles to date.
Olympic champions New Zealand lead the women’s standings following victory in Cape Town. While Australia’s women got off to a flying start with gold in Dubai, featuring some of the biggest stars in world rugby, including the newly crowned World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Maddison Levi who scored a record-breaking 15 tries in a single tournament in Dubai.
Fiji lead the men’s standings and were back to their thrilling best taking gold in Dubai, while South Africa thrilled their fans with victory on home soil in Cape Town.
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