World Rugby has confirmed that the second round of the Women’s Sevens Series will be streamed live from São Paulo, Brazil on 7 and 8 February.
The competition kicks off at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo on Saturday, with New Zealand top of the standings.
Following on from a highly-competitive first round in Dubai in December, where New Zealand beat rivals Australia 19-17 with a last-minute try in the cup final, another titanic battle is anticipated this weekend.
With the Olympic Games the major target on the horizon, this season has an extra edge to it with the top four teams at the end of the series qualifying for Rio 2016. Currently the standings are as follows:
1 New Zealand 20 points
2 Australia 18 points
3 Canada 16 points
4 France 14 points
5 England 12 points
6 Fiji 10 points
7 USA 8 points
8 Russia 6 points
9 Brazil 4 points
10 South Africa 3 points
11 Spain 2 points
12 China 1 point
World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “The prospect of qualification for Rio 2016 has seen competition step up another level in this season’s women’s series. New Zealand and Australia played out another classic in the last round in Dubai, but teams like France and Russia really stepped up and across the board, we have seen skill and intensity increase. It’s great that rugby fans across the world will be able to watch all the action live on worldrugby.org and join the conversation @worldrugby7s.”
Full fixture list for Saturday 7 February 2015
11.00 – Fiji v China
11.22 – Australia v Brazil
11.44 – France v Spain
12.06 – New Zealand v USA
12.28 – England v South Africa
12.50 – Canada v Russia
13.44 – Australia v China
14.06 – Fiji v Brazil
14.28 – New Zealand v Spain
14.50 – France v USA
15.12 – Canada v South Africa
15.34 – England v Russia
16.28 – Australia v Fiji
16.50 – Brazil v China
17.12 – New Zealand v France
17.34 – USA v Spain
17.56 – Canada v England
18.18 – Russia v South Africa
Fixtures for quarter finals to be announced in due course.
