Sydney to host Australian leg of World Sevens Series

The Australian Rugby Union has announced Sydney as the new home of the Australian leg of the Sevens World Series for the next four years from the 2015-16 season.

The Sydney Sevens will take place at Allianz Stadium in Moore Park with dates of the event to be confirmed at the end of the month.



The Australian leg of the Sevens has previously been played out on the Gold Coast, but after poor attendance records for the past two events the ARU received a successful application from the NSW Government's tourism and events agency Destination NSW to move to the event to Sydney in the hopes Sydne…