Sir Gordon Tietjens: World Rugby's attempt to save the SVNS World Series - Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave

Former New Zealand rugby sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens has labelled the new World Series format as confusing and backwards.

Cost-cutting has seen the World Series get chopped into three divisions, with eight teams in the top flight only playing six tournaments before a 12-team finals weekend.

Tietjens says sevens is being pushed to the side.

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