{"id":247319,"date":"2025-10-28T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247319\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T22:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:56:13","slug":"all-blacks-sevens-to-face-fiji-in-svns-series-warm-ups-at-ignite7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247319\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks Sevens to face Fiji in SVNS Series warm-ups at Ignite7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Zealand<\/a> Rugby have revealed the full game schedule for the 2025 Ignite7 tournament, which will see some of the world\u2019s best sevens teams participate in warm-up matches ahead of the new HSBC SVNS Series season.<\/p>\n

48 female and 48 male athletes have been selected to compete in the famous two-day sevens event at Tauranga\u2019s Blake Park, with NZR fielding some of the standout \u201cemerging provincial union talent from across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was announced last week that Black Ferns Sevens great Kelly Brazier<\/a> and All Blacks<\/a> Sevens icon DJ Forbes were taking up coaching positions, while the team lists were confirmed for the women\u2019s and men\u2019s Inferno, Bolt, Surge and Power.<\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s national sevens sides will also take to the field on both days of play, as well as both powerhouse teams from Australia<\/a> and Fiji. Japan<\/a> Women will also be on show, taking on Fijiana in the second match of the weekend at 10:22 am local time.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks Sevens kick off the weekend in a heavyweight clash with traditional rivals Fiji<\/a> at 10:00 am on Saturday. 44 minutes later, the Black Ferns Sevens come up against their greatest foe Australia \u2013 historically a battle between the two best teams in women\u2019s sevens.<\/p>\n

There will be three men\u2019s Ignite7 matches and one women\u2019s game before the first break in play, including Australia versus Fiji, Fijiana against Australia, and the Black Ferns Sevens will test themselves against Japan when sevens action resumes.<\/p>\n

The final match on day one will see Fiji\u2019s men\u2019s side clash with Australia at 6:20 pm. On day two, the All Blacks Sevens play Australia at 10:14 am before a match against Fiji at 12:58 pm, and then Fiji versus Australia at 3:20 pm.<\/p>\n

Australia and the Black Ferns Sevens will play three matches each on the second day, including a fixture between those two sides at 4:04 pm on Sunday, which is the final match of the two-day sevens spectacle in Tauranga.<\/p>\n

There will also be, of course, the Ignite7 women\u2019s and men\u2019s knockout matches. Semi-finals start at 10:36 am in the women\u2019s draw and the men\u2019s at 11:20 am. The Women\u2019s final is first at 1:52 pm before the men\u2019s decider at 2:36 pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a huge amount of talent across these eight squads and it\u2019s going to be exciting to see how these players perform through the tournament and develop into the future,\u201d New Zealand Rugby High Performance Talent Identification Manager PJ Williams said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of these players have experience in the NPC or Farah Palmer Cup, for others it\u2019s a step up after playing at age-grade level, and for some it\u2019s their first foray into our high-performance environment, so there is a real mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

2025 Ignite7 competition game schedule<\/p>\n

Saturday, 1 November \u2014 Day One Game Schedule<\/p>\n

Location: Blake Park, Mt Maunganui<\/p>\n

10:00 AM \u2013 All Blacks Sevens vs Fiji Men
10:22 AM \u2013 Fijiana vs Japan Women
10:44 AM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Australia Women
11:06 AM \u2013 Power Men vs Inferno Men
11:28 AM \u2013 Bolt Women vs Surge Women
11:50 AM \u2013 Inferno Men vs Power Men
12:12 PM \u2013 Surge Men vs Bolt Men<\/p>\n

12:34 PM \u2013 Break<\/p>\n

1:04 PM \u2013 Australia Men vs Fiji Men
1:26 PM \u2013 Fijiana vs Australia Women
1:48 PM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Japan Women
2:10 PM \u2013 Inferno Women vs Power Women
2:32 PM \u2013 Power Men vs Surge Men
2:54 PM \u2013 Surge Men vs Inferno Men
3:16 PM \u2013 Bolt Men vs Power Men
3:38 PM \u2013 All Blacks Sevens vs Australia Men
4:00 PM \u2013 Power Women vs Surge Women
4:22 PM \u2013 Inferno Women vs Bolt Women
4:44 PM \u2013 Surge Men vs Power Men
5:06 PM \u2013 Bolt Men vs Inferno Men
5:36 PM \u2013 Australia Women vs Japan Women
5:58 PM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Fijiana
6:20 PM \u2013 Fiji Men vs Australia Men<\/p>\n

Sunday, 2 November \u2014 Finals Day Game Schedule<\/p>\n

Location: Blake Park, Mt Maunganui<\/p>\n

9:30 AM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Japan Women
9:52 AM \u2013 Australia Women vs Fijiana
10:14 AM \u2013 All Blacks Sevens vs Australia Men
10:36 AM \u2013 Ignite7 Women\u2019s Semi-Final 1
10:58 AM \u2013 Ignite7 Women\u2019s Semi-Final 2
11:20 AM \u2013 Ignite7 Men\u2019s Semi-Final 1
11:42 AM \u2013 Ignite7 Men\u2019s Semi-Final 2<\/p>\n

12:04 PM \u2013 Break<\/p>\n

12:14 PM \u2013 Japan Women vs Australia Women
12:36 PM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Fijiana
12:58 PM \u2013 All Blacks Sevens vs Fiji Men<\/p>\n

1:20 PM \u2013 Break<\/p>\n

1:30 PM \u2013 Ignite7 Women\u2019s Bronze Final
1:52 PM \u2013 Ignite7 Women\u2019s Final
2:14 PM \u2013 Ignite7 Men\u2019s Bronze Final
2:36 PM \u2013 Ignite7 Men\u2019s Final
3:10 PM \u2013 Ignite7 Trophy Presentations<\/p>\n

3:20 PM \u2013 Australia Men vs Fiji Men
3:42 PM \u2013 Fijiana vs Japan Women
4:04 PM \u2013 Black Ferns Sevens vs Australia Women<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand Rugby have revealed the full game schedule for the 2025 Ignite7 tournament, which will see some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-247319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}