The Commonwealth Games, Rugby Sevens Group A 2022 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match will be held on July 29, 9:12 AM (Birmingham Time).
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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games, Rugby Sevens, Group A match will be held on July 29. The pools for the Rugby Sevens competition at Birmingham 2022 were announced today. In the men’s and women’s competitions, New Zealand and England were drawn together. All group matches will be held on 29 and 30 July at Coventry Stadium. Tickets start at £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults. Semi-finals, playoffs, and medal matches will be played on Sunday 31 July.
The gold medallists from the 2018 Gold Coast games, New Zealand, have been drawn against the host nation and bronze medallists from four years ago, England, in pool A of the men’s competition. Samoa and Sri Lanka complete the line-up in group A. In pool B of the men’s competition, Scotland has been drawn against South Africa, Tonga, and Malaysia. The Olympic Champions and silver medallists from Gold Coast, Fiji, will take on Canada, Wales and Zambia in pool C.
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The final pool in the men’s Commonwealth Games competition includes Australia, Kenya, Uganda, and Jamaica. This will be only the second time that women’s Rugby Sevens has featured at the Commonwealth Games and Birmingham 2022 has also now confirmed the two pools for that competition. Team England’s women’s team has also been drawn against New Zealand who are the reigning champions and Olympic Champions and this pool also includes Canada, the side England had to beat to secure the bronze medal four years ago. Sri Lanka is the fourth team in Pool A.
The Commonwealth Games, Rugby Sevens Group A 2022 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match will be held on July 29, 9:12 AM (Birmingham Time) and 1:42 PM (Indian Time). Fans can live stream the match on BBC, Seven Network, and the Indian audience can watch the live match on DD Sports and Sony Pictures.
New Zealand: K. Baker, S. Dickson, D. Collier, R. Ware, T. Ng, T. Joass, L. Carter
Sri Lanka: Srinath Sooriyabandara, Tharinda Ratwatte, Nigel Ratwatte, Adeesha Weeratunga, Danush Dayan, Anjula Hettiarachchi, Mithun Hapugoda
