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Media Release

3 February 2016

INAUGURAL HSBC SYDNEY SEVENS

COMES TO LIFE ON FOX SPORTS

EXCLUSIVELY LIVE, HD AND UNINTERRUPTED WHISTLE TO WHISTLE

COVERAGE

SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 6) AND SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 7)

The world’s best Rugby Sevens players descend on the Harbour City this weekend

for the inaugural HSBC Sydney Sevens and FOX SPORTS will be the only place to

watch EXCLUSIVELY LIVE, in HD and with no ad breaks during play across both

Saturday and Sunday.

A sold out Allianz Stadium in Sydney will host the fourth and only Australian leg of

the HSBC Sevens World Series where the best 16 countries will compete in the

seven-a-side two day competition.

Led by Captain Ed Jenkins, a buoyant Australia, on the back of a Plate Final victory

in Wellington, will be out to impress on home soil as they start to shape their team

for the Rio Olympics later this year.

Bolstered by recent star signings including Henry Speight – who is set to make his

Sevens debut this weekend – the seventh-placed Aussies will face Portugal and

Canada in their pool matches before a showdown with New Zealand, and Sonny Bill

Williams, highlights the opening day’s action at 9.03pm.

Series leaders, South Africa, lead Pool B’s line up of Kenya, Scotland and Russia

while Pool C pits 2015 champions Fiji against Argentina, Samoa and France with

England, United States, Japan and Wales making up the final group, Pool D.

Sunday marks finals day with the top two teams from each pool progressing to the

playoffs, culminating at 7.04pm when the two best performing teams face off for

Grand Final glory.

Nick McArdle will team with Commonwealth Games Silver medallist and Wallabies

scrumhalf Nick Phipps to host the two-day action with former Wallaby Stephen

Hoiles reporting from in and around the stadium.

FOX SPORTS Rugby pundits Greg Clark and Sean Maloney will join former

Wallabies Greg Martin and Rod Kafer along with New Zealand Sevens legend

Karl Te Nana, Tongan international Willie Lose and New Zealand commentator,

Scotty Stevenson to guide viewers through the weekend’s action.

FOX SPORTS will also showcase LIVE the Australian women’s three-match Sevens

series against Ireland across the weekend. The series leading ‘Pearls’ and Rio

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Olympic medal contenders will be in action at 1.55pm on Saturday with their

remaining two matches on Sunday (11.13am and 2.46pm).

FOX SPORTS News 500 will cover all the build-up leading into the weekend’s action

before delivering the best highlights and all the reaction across Saturday and

Sunday. In addition, Australia’s number one multi-sports website,

foxsports.com.au, will provide the best analysis, opinion and video highlights.

FOX SPORTS is exclusively available on Foxtel.

HSBC SYDNEY SEVENS BROADCAST SCHEDULE:

SAT 6 FEB: LIVE from 10.30am on FOX SPORTS 502

SUN 7 FEB: LIVE from 9.00am on FOX SPORTS 502