UPDATE - 26th OCTOBER - ALL SEVENS EVENTS BELOW FOR 2021 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED

The 2021 season is now all but complete, and the 2022 season will officially begin with our local Bay of Plenty Rugby Sevens events!

We received some great news from Sport NZ and NZ Rugby this week after their work with the Government - confirmation that rugby activity under Alert Level 2 will no longer be restricted to mass gatherings of 100 people. This is significant, as prior to this, it made it impossible for Sevens events of any decent scale to be held. Now we can plan and prepare for the upcoming Sevens Season with confidence and excitement!

What do you get for refereeing Sevens?

• A great opportunity for development with multiple games per day
• Plenty of fun hanging out with other club members
• Lunch, lollies, snacks, water, lollies, Powerade, lollies, and refreshments to round out the day
• $20 koha for those who have opted-in, and available for most of the day.
• FREE pair of BOPRU socks (per season) to keep!
• A Sevens shirt to wear on the day

Take a look below at what's on the calendar so far. You can always visit our Calendar Page for up-to-date events coming up:

NOTE - expressions of interest for our Bay of Plenty Sevens events will be called for later this month.

• Monday 1st November - Online Sevens Referee Development @ Microsoft Teams (click for link)
• Tuesday 2nd November - Kakahu Pekepeke Rugby 7s (Primary School) @Mitchell Park, Otumoetai. Contact Yvotte Britts if you're keen to be a part of this!
• Wednesday 3rd November - BOPRU Secondary Schools Girls Sevens @ Eastern Districts, Paengaroa
• Monday 8th November - Practical Sevens Referee Development Session @ Blake Park, Mt Maunganui
• Wednesday 10th November - BOPRU Secondary Schools Girls Sevens @ Eastern Districts, Paengaroa
• Saturday 13th November - BOPRU Senior Club Sevens @ Eastern Districts, Paengaroa (INCLUDING REFEREE WHANAU DAY + BBQ)
• Saturday 20th November - BOPRU Youth Club Sevens @ Eastern Districts, Paengaroa
• Thurs 16th - Sun 19th December - Condor Sevens @ King's College, Auckland (expressions of interest closed)

Article added: Saturday 09 October 2021