Speaking of Sevens, New Zealand has officially pulled the plug on Wellington for next year, with the tournament to instead be played in Hamilton. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the Wellington tournament had been declining in popularity due to restrictive liquor laws, higher ticket prices, and poor marketing. I'm sure Hamilton will draw a decent crowd next year if only for the novelty factor, but if they run it the same way Wellington did the last 2-3 years then it's not likely to succeed in the long run. Hopefully the organisers pay attention to what went wrong with Wellington, because that used to be one of the biggest events in that city before the "fun police" ruined it.
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