Goodbye Wellington - NZ 7s leg moves to Hamilton

The New Zealand leg of the Sevens World Series is moving from Wellington to Hamilton next year.

It had been held in the capital for the past 18 years but poor crowd numbers had contributed to the event posting it's second financial loss when the 2017 edition was held at Westpac Stadium in January.

Hamilton's hosting of the event was announced at FMG Stadium Waikato this morning.

The city will host the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for 2018 and 2019.

Wellington mayor Justin Lester looked for positives in losing the event, saying it was an opportunity to refresh the city's events calendar.

Source: Stuff.co