SAN JOSE, Calif. – Avaya Stadium will host Silicon Valley 7s, a world-class international rugby competition, on Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 5. The event will bring some of the world’s great participants in the Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens to the Bay Area.
“We’re really excited for Avaya Stadium to be hosting Silicon Valley 7s,” said Earthquakes President Tom Fox. “Previous rugby competitions at Avaya Stadium, including the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup, have received great support from the San Jose community and we’re looking forward to putting on another entertaining event."
Among the 12 teams competing in this debut tournament are the men’s sevens squads from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, a trio of Pacific Island nations competing in a single U.