In a little over two weeks’ time, Cape Town will yet again throw Rugby’s Biggest Party, when HSBC SVNS returns to the sunny shores of the Mother City and rugby fans get to vibe their way into the record books while cheering on the Blitzboks.
In true festive Dezemba style, this year’s sevens extravaganza comes to Cape Town for two action-packed days at the DHL Stadium on 7-8 December 2024. The world series kicks off in Dubai on 30 November and goes to Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Singapore before ending in Los Angeles on 3-4 May 2025.
City of Cape Town Mayor, Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis, is equally excited to welcome the world to the Mother City for the eighth world series tournament hosted at DHL Stadium.
“We are ready to welcome the world to the Cape Town leg of the HSBC SVNS series, which has been voted best live event in South Africa two years in a row,” said Mr Hill-Lewis.
“Personally, I can tell you that this is one of the funnest events in the whole Cape Town events calendar. We invite rugby fans to come and enjoy themselves in the vibe and atmosphere of this tournament, and to explore all the wonderful things that Cape Town has to offer.”
SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer also invited fans to be part of the whole vibe and get their tickets as soon as possible.
“The HSBC SVNS promises to be an unforgettable weekend experience, where rugby meets an electric and fun atmosphere packed with music, entertainment and a full roster of games,” said Oberholzer.
“The tournament features the 12 best men’s and women’s sevens teams in the world and the action will be non-stop over two days on one field.
“And to top it all, South Africans get to welcome home their Olympic bronze medallist Blitzbok team, while we will be attempting to break a world group dancing record.”
Two-time world hip-hop champions, Cape Town’s own Street Stylers, are inviting fans to dress up and join their world record attempt with a truly South African dance-off, based on the “Amapiano NoDNA JustRSA” dance, that has clocked more than 15 million views on social media.
“We are bringing the vibes to the sensational sounds of Amapiano, a genre of music that took off in the townships of South Africa and has now taken the world by storm, from Nigeria to London and New York,” said Street Stylers founder Blake Williams.
“Our goal is to get all our sevens fans to join our world record attempt for the largest-ever Amapiano dance-off at a rugby match.”
As part of this effort to break the world record, 10 public workshops are planned to learn the dance – with Justin de Nobrega and other Cape Town influencers – while fans may even bump into some Blitzbok players, who will also be making guest appearances.
The first workshop will take place at the V&A Waterfront amphitheatre from 12h00 to 13h30 on Saturday, 23 November, with details of the others to be communicated in due course.
Oberholzer added: “This event celebrates South Africa’s festive spirit. The games, the lively parties, and the colourful costumes are a whole vibe not to be missed.
“It’s also supporters’ only opportunity to see our very own Olympic medallists, the Blitzboks, in action on their home turf, while they will get to experience the unforgettable festival vibe unique to this weekend-long event.”
Tickets, priced from only R250, are available from Ticketmaster, or visit www.svns.com/en. Stay in touch with that’s happening at the HSBC SVNS Cape Town on Instagram, Facebook, and X, or follow the world series on TikTok and YouTube. Lock in with the following hashtags: #NoDNAJustRSA, #HSBCSVNSCPT, #HSBCSVNS and #ItsAWholeVibe.
About HSBC SVNS:
HSBC SVNS is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season, the competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product.
The circuit consists of seven tournaments held in seven countries, generally beginning in November or December and ending in May or June. All tournaments feature the same 12 teams.
Teams compete for the world series title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament.