Two weeks on from a fantastic opening leg of the WowHydrate Super Sevens Series at Newbury, the NextGenXV live stream cameras head to London Irish’s Hazelwood complex on Saturday for leg 2.
Samurai RFC won both the men’s and women’s Cups at the opening leg, in thrilling finals against Hong Kong and will be keen for more of the same this weekend, and you will be able to watch all of the action from the main pitch on Saturday via our YouTube channel or through the embedded video below.
The WowHydrate Super 7s Series is contested over four legs, Newbury a fortnight ago, London Irish this weekend, Stafford in a fortnight, and finally at Aldershot on the 25th June. Teams are awarded points at each event according to their finishing position, and the teams with most points at the end of the four legs will be crowned as the WowHydrate Super Sevens Series champions.
Men’s Standings
Pos | Team | Points |
1 | Samurai RFC | 20 |
2 | Hong Kong | 15 |
3= | Espana 7s Emerging | 12 |
3= | China | 12 |
5= | Apache | 10 |
5= | Army Reds | 10 |
5= | Wooden Spoon | 10 |
5= | Ramblin Jesters | 10 |
9 | Navy Sharks | 8 |
10 | Scimitar Storm | 6 |
11= | Lions | 4 |
11= | The Lambs | 4 |
13 | Stunts 7s | 3 |
14 | Hammerheads 7s | 2 |
15= | Karuta 7s | 1 |
15= | Nigeria Stallions | 1 |
Women’s Standings
Pos | Team | Points |
1 | Samurai RFC | 20 |
2 | Hong Kong | 15 |
3= | Hammerhead 7s | 12 |
3= | Army Reds | 12 |
5 | Savvy Panthers | 10 |
6 | Bath Rugby | 8 |
7= | Wooden Spoon | 6 |
7= | Lionesses | 6 |
9 | Newbury | 4 |
10 | Scimitar Storm | 2 |
As a result of leg 1’s double triumph, Samurai top both the men’s and women’s standings ahead of Saturday’s leg 2. In the men’s competitions they are drawn against Army Reds, The Lambs, and Karuta 7s in Pool A, while Hong Kong, whom they beat in a final that went to golden point, are drawn with Wooden Spoon, Navy Sharks, and Stunts in Pool B.
Espana 7s Emerging were one of the top sides last time out and are in Pool C along with Apache, Lions, and Nigeria Stallions, with Pool D containing China, Ramblin Jesters, Scimitar Storm, and Hammerheads 7s.
Over in the Women’s competition Samurai are again in Pool A alongside Hammerheads, Bath Rugby, Wooden Spoon, and Scimitar Spoon. Over in Pool B are Hong Kong, Army Reds, Savvy Panthers, Lionnesses, and Hammerhead Barbarians.
The day kicks off at 10am, running through the day up until the Women’s Cup Final at 7.20pm, with the Men’s Cup final preceding it at 7pm.
The schedule sees the live stream kick off with back to back games featuring the leg 1 winners, Samurai Women’s taking on Scimitar Storm Women’s at 10am, and Samurai Men’s taking on Karuta 7s men’s at 10.20am.
Live Stream Schedule
10am Samurai v Scimitar (Women’s)
10.20am Samurai v Karuta (Men’s)
10.40am Hong Kong v Stunts (Men’s)
11am Espana Emerging v Nigeria Stallions (Men’s)
11.20am China v Hammerhead’s (Men’s)
11.40am Army Reds v Savvy Panthers (Women’s)
12pm Hong Kong v Lionesses (Women’s)
12.20pm Wooden Spoon v Stunts (Men’s)
12.40pm Apache v Nigeria Stallions (Men’s)
1pm Ramblin Jesters v Hammerhead’s (Men’s)
1.20pm Bath Rugby v Wooden Spoon (Women’s)
1.40pm Samurai v Army Red’s (Men’s)
2pm Hong Kong v Wooden Spoon (Men’s)
2.20pm Espana Emerging v Apache (Men’s)
2.40pm China v Ramblin Jesters (Men’s)
3pm Lionesses v Hammerhead Barbarians (Women’s)
3.40pm Men’s Cup QF
4pm Men’s Cup QF
4.20pm Samurai v Hammerhead’s (Women’s)
4.40pm Hong Kong v Army Red’s (Women’s)
5pm Men’s Plate SF
5.20pm Men’s Bowl SF
5.40pm Men’s Cup SF
6pm Women’s Cup SF
6.20pm Women’s Plate SF
6.40pm Men’s Plate Final
7pm Men’s Cup Final
7.20pm Women’s Cup Final
Overall it should be a thrilling day of action in South West London, so be sure to tune in and see how it all unfolds – could Samurai do another double, or might Hong Kong go a step further and claim the glory?