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    Wellington Sevens 2017 January 28/29

    Wellington Sevens 2017 Bring your noise. Bring your colour. Bring your crew, friends and your family - there's nothing else like it!

    Wellington welcomes the vibrant and iconic HSBC Sevens World Series 2017. Two days of fast-paced rugby action and entertainment - Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January.

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    due to declining spectator numbers,this may be the last time this event will be hosted in Wellington

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    Pretty sure The NZRU signed a 3 year deal with the Wellington organisers only last year, even though the Wellington city council withdrew funding for it.

    Should have moved it to Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

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    no use holding it there in the Uni holidays

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    Quote Originally Posted by wm645117 View Post
    there's nothing else like it!
    Got that right - it had the lowest attendance of all of the World Series events last year.

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    Move it to Auckland bro.

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    coz Stone Cold says so

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stone Cold View Post
    Move it to Auckland bro.
    They already have the Nines which is still getting great crowds (and probably helped kill Wellington).

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    Estimated 10,000 spectators at Wellington yesterday.

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    even smaller crowd today,by the look of it

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    Quote Originally Posted by beige View Post
    Estimated 10,000 spectators at Wellington yesterday.

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    So where are the other 9,000?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheikh View Post
    So where are the other 9,000?
    Bar?

    bathroom?

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    the fun police have destroyed this event,by most accounts

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    The Wellington crowd figure is courtesy of the same people who do the "crowd" counts for GWS!

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    Quote Originally Posted by brokendown gunfighter View Post
    the fun police have destroyed this event,by most accounts
    Yeah but either way it's pretty piss poor. Regardless of any deal they have to move it.
    Otherwise I'd wager NZ will lose the event. In a market that's only growing in popularity there would be no shortage of other countries to take it to.
    Those countries would probably be cheaper to stage the event in as well in terms of logistics. The Sydney leg can back up/come before the asian legs and still be relatively as economical.

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    18,000 over the 2 days apparently.

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