World Rugby Sevens XXIV Series is headed to Los Angeles this week for this season’s 6th event of Rugby Sevens USA 2023. Here we have the Rugby Sevens USA live stream info, time, preview, TV coverage, and more.
The Rugby USA Sevens is a long-running rugby sevens competition. It has been a regular event under the annual Rugby Sevens series since 2003-04. Rugby USA Sevens 2023 will mark the 20th addition to the event. The event and its parent series will act as a qualifier for the upcoming Olympic games 2024.
Like every year, the USA event is again listed for the World Rugby Sevens XXIV calendar. It will be a two-day event. The tournament will be divided into two stages, the group stage and the playoff stage.
Following the group stage, the top two teams of each pool will advance to the playoff stage, while the bottom two teams of every pool will compete for the lower placements. All 16 qualified Rugby sevens teams of this season will compete in the event.
5 events have already competed successfully during the ongoing Rugby Sevens season. Right now, New Zealand (85 points) is sitting at the leading position in the series standings. At the same time, South Africa (76 points) is following them in 2nd place.
When and Where is the Rugby Sevens USA 2023?
- Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
- Time: 12:15 p.m. ET / 09:15 a.m. PST
The Rugby USA Sevens is scheduled to start this Saturday, February 25, 2023. It will be a two-day event. The first-day games will initiate with the game between Great Britain and Argentina at 09:15 a.m. PST / 12:15 p.m. ET.
Schedule
Date | Game | Time |
Saturday, February 25 | Group Stage | 9:15 am – 7.20 pm |
Sunday, February 26 | Playoff Stage | 8:55 am – 5.40 pm |
Rugby Sevens USA TV Coverage Details
Rugby Sevens Series organizers have enlisted multiple broadcast partnerships with various media organizations in most countries to provide international tv coverage of the Rugby Sevens USA 2023. Below are the officially announced broadcast channels and their coverage countries of the event:
- beIN Sports – Australia
- Teledeporte – Spain
- NBC – USA
Live Streaming Details
- Rugby Europe
- FloRugby
Viewers worldwide can watch the Rugby Sevens series event through the HSBC World Rugby’s official streaming platform “World Rugby Match Centre.” Access to the Live streams will not require any subscription or extra change. The match center platform has a mobile app available on Android and iOS. Furthermore, FloRugby announced that exclusive live streams and the latest update on the upcoming event would be available for their subscribers within the region.
Team Distribution
A total of 16 international rugby sevens teams are participating in the upcoming Rugby Sevens USA 2023 event. The teams were divided into pools of 4 for the group stage. Below is the officially announced team distribution:
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
New Zealand | South Africa | Fiji | France |
Samoa | Ireland | Australia | Great Britain |
USA | Uruguay | Kenya | Argentina |
Chile | Canada | Japan | Spain |