The Australia Women’s team and the Fiji Men’s team won the first leg of the HSBC SVNS 2025 Series at this year’s Emirates Dubai 7s.
They emerged the winners at the finale on Sunday, December 1, at the Middle East’s biggest sports and entertainment festival.
Australia secured an incredible fifth successive women’s tournament victory in Dubai but they had to work hard for it in an epic final against Olympic champions New Zealand which finished 28-24.
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France overcame Great Britain 15-12 to take home the women’s bronze medals.
In the men’s section, Fiji beat Spain 19-5 to lift the trophy and claim their first SVNS tournament victory since 2022.
This was also Fiji’s first win in Dubai since 2016.
Argentina claimed the men’s bronze medals with a convincing 14-0 win over New Zealand.
Meanwhile, the Emirates Dubai 7s’ dedicated cricket zone saw exciting matches involving an impressive line-up of cricket ambassadors, including Indian international Dinesh Karthik and English players Tom Hartley and Georgia Elwis.
Global cricket supporter groups Bharat Army and Barmy Army also flew to Dubai to compete in the event’s Open Competitive cricket tournament.
Three-days of non-stop entertainment ended on a high-note with British star Stormzy returning to the Emirate especially to close out Emirates Dubai 7s 2024 on its Frequency on 8 stage.
The much-awaited set from Stormzy saw him perform all his hits including ‘Backbone’, ‘Own It’ and ‘Crown’ to a crowd of more than 25,000 people.
The weekend also featured a full 3-day line-up of artists and DJs of all genres performing across the event’s 3 stages.
Saturday night’s headliners Sugababes brought in a huge crowd to the Rugby Rocks stage.
Alongside the HSBC SVNS action, the festival attracted teams from all around the world to compete in invitational rugby, netball, cricket, paddle tennis and fitness tournaments.
Mathew Tait, Festival Director of Emirates Dubai 7s said: “This weekend has been our biggest Dubai 7s to date.
“The double-header music schedule, combined with our expansive F&B offering, thrilling international rugby and entertainment to suit all ages reinforces our reputation as the best weekend of the year for UAE residents of all ages.”
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