Cape Town Sevens 2022

A SA leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series has been included in every edition of the competition since it began in the 1999/00 season. Photo: SA Rugby website

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 tickets to go on sale TODAY!

Tickets for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 to be hosted in Cape Town from 9-11 September will go on sale on Monday, 28 February at 09:00.

Cape Town Sevens 2022

A SA leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series has been included in every edition of the competition since it began in the 1999/00 season. Photo: SA Rugby website

Tickets for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 – to be hosted in Cape Town from 9-11 September – will go on sale on Monday, 28 February at 09:00 on the www.rwcsevens.com website.

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Prices range from R150 to a staggering R1 925 for the three-day event which will see the eyes of the global rugby family turned on South Africa as the best players in the world from 40 teams battle for the title of men’s and women’s world champions.

Those R150 tickets are in the rafters and only available on Friday’s Day 1 while the R1 925 is just for a ticket for Sunday’s Day 3.

“It has been a long, dark winter for the Sevens in South Africa, but this marks our bursting back into the light,” said Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby.

“It will be 995 days since Cape Town last hosted a Sevens event when the Rugby World Cup kicks off, and we can’t wait.

“We are planning for a packed stadium with more teams, more action and more at stake than ever before for a Cape Town event.”

Roux said that the global vaccine roll-out had allowed the return of capacity crowds around the world and that the expectation was that South Africa would follow suit before the September event.

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“We’re envious of sports events around the world, which have seen the return to full capacity stadia and are very much looking forward to enjoying that experience in Cape Town once again,” he said.

The last HSBC Cape Town Sevens event was in December 2019 – with New Zealand’s teams doing a women’s and men’s double – since when the pandemic has claimed two more events.

But Roux said that the Rugby World Cup would have a unique flavour all of its own.

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“This is the first senior World Cup to be held in South Africa for 27 years and we’re going to make the most of it,” he said.

The rugby world will be coming to Cape Town with teams that have never appeared in this country in any format and we’re planning to make this a very special occasion.”

Roux said that the health and safety of athletes and fans was of the highest priority, and the current expectation was that all attendees would need to be vaccinated to gain entry. If that requirement was relaxed at a governmental level, it would also be removed from the event.

Roux warned rugby fans to beware of unofficial ticketing agencies, travel companies and websites purporting to have tickets and packages available to the event.

Roux added that in the unlikely event of the Rugby World Cup taking place without spectators, a full refund would be made to purchasers.

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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 prices (in South African rands):

Day OneDay TwoDay Three
Category A3501,3001,750
Category B3001,0001,350
Category C300750900
Category D250400475
Category E150200250
Cat A – Aisle3851,4301,925
Cat B – Aisle3301,1001,485
Disabled – A Category3501,3001,750
Disabled – B Category3001,0001,350
Party Stand4001,1001,450
Party Stand – Package2,500
Family / Scholar2509001,150
Family / Scholar – Package1,700