Port Elizabeth will host the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, after coming out clear winners in a competitive tendering process.
Port Elizabeth will host the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, after coming out clear winners in a competitive tendering process.
The announcement was made by the South African Rugby Union in Cape Town, on Wednesday, after the recommendation of a tender committee was accepted by the Saru Executive Council. The inaugural Port Elizabeth event will be hosted at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in early December – and the winning bidders are already forecasting a sold-out event.
The other bidding unions were the Leopards, Pumas, South Western Districts and Western Province. Cheeky Watson, the president of the Eastern Province Kings, said he was delighted by the outcome.
