Shujaa facing relegation play-offs ahead of Singapore 7

After a red carpet entrance back to the World Rugby Sevens Series, Kenya Sevens face an almost immediate setback of being relegated back to the Challenger Series.

Shujaa are currently ninth in the standings ahead of today’s Singapore Sevens, the exciting climax to the regular season of HSBC SVNS 2025.

The international rugby sevens action promises to be thrilling from the start as teams battle for vital ranking points, with the top eight ranked men’s and women’s teams qualifying for the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles on May 3-4. The teams placed ninth to 12th will enter the SVNS Play Off.

The pools for HSBC SVNS Singapore have produced some mouthwatering match-ups. The competition format involves four pools of three teams each, replicating the event format used in Cape Town during the second round of HSBC SVNS 2025, meaning every match counts from start to finish.

Men’s SVNS title favourites Argentina are in Group A with Great Britain and South Africa. Olympic champions France will play Ireland and Kenya in Group B.

Australia, Spain and Uruguay will battle it out in Group C. While Fiji, New Zealand and the USA are in Group D.

With Kenya already confirmed in the relegation play-offs alongside Uruguay, Ireland and USA, Shujaa’s main target in Singapore is to maintain their position nine.

A ninth place finish will guarantee Kenya a slightly weaker opponent from the top four Challenger Series and thus increases their chances of winning the playoff next month and stay back in the main championship.

The HSBC SVNS 2025 League Winners trophies will be awarded at the end of the sixth and final regular season round at Singapore National Stadium on April 5-6.

New Zealand women and Argentina men lead the current SVNS standings after back-to-back titles in Vancouver and Hong Kong.