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SVNS is so shoddy

What’s the most effective way to tell World Rugby that I loathe the changes made this year to the HSBC World Sevens Series? I’ve been a sevens supporter for decades and this is the worst format, worst logo, worst, most unusable app ever. I’ve been trying to watch the Madrid Sevens and the mix of women’s and men’s on the same day, and the lack of people attending, make the final tournament a pale imitation of what was a glorious finish to the sevens calendar. I didn’t think that was

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