Inaugural rugby sevens championship concludes at Premier League venue on 24 September, with adult tickets from £25 through official platform Fever
Tickets have gone on sale for the inaugural Ultimate Sevens Championship, including the London Grand Final at Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford — the closing event of a four-city European series launching this September.
The new rugby sevens competition will visit Leganés in Madrid, Cardiff, Biarritz, and London across four consecutive weekends in September 2026, with six clubs each fielding men’s and women’s teams across all venues.
The London Event: What to Know
Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, London
Adult tickets: From £25 (ages 16 and over)
Child tickets: From £10 (ages 4 to 15)
Ticketing platform: Fever
The Gtech Community Stadium — home to Brentford FC in the Premier League — provides a modern, purpose-built sports venue with strong transport links into central London. Hosting the championship’s final event at an established Premier League ground gives the series a high-profile conclusion and signals the ambitions of the new competition beyond the traditional rugby sevens audience.
Family, accessible seating, and premium experience options are also available at the London event.
The Full 2026 Championship Schedule
The inaugural season opens in Spain and concludes in London across four consecutive weekends:
Event 1 — Madrid, Spain
Date: Saturday, 5 September 2026
Venue: Estadio Ontime Butarque, Leganés
Adult from €30 / Child from €12
Event 2 — Cardiff, Wales
Date: Saturday, 12 September 2026
Venue: Cardiff Arms Park
Adult from £25 / Child from £10
Event 3 — Biarritz, France
Date: Friday, 18 September 2026
Venue: Parc des Sports Aguilera
Adult from €20 / Child from €10
Event 4 — London, UK (Grand Final)
Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford
Adult from £25 / Child from £10
All tickets are available through Fever, the official ticketing platform for the championship.
What Ultimate Sevens Is
Ultimate Sevens is a newly formed rugby sevens competition designed to present the sport in a faster, more accessible format aimed at both existing rugby supporters and new audiences.
The inaugural championship features six clubs, each competing with separate men’s and women’s teams across all four venues. The format concentrates competitive rugby sevens into a short, high-intensity series of events rather than spreading fixtures across a longer traditional season — a model borrowed from successful short-format competitions in cricket and other global sports.
Rugby sevens is already an Olympic sport and has an established international following through the World Rugby Sevens Series. Ultimate Sevens positions itself as a club-based complement to that international calendar, creating team identities that fans can follow across multiple venues and seasons.
Why These Four Cities Were Chosen
The venue selection reflects deliberate geographic and rugby-cultural thinking.
Madrid (Leganés) represents the growing rugby market in Spain, where interest in the sport has expanded significantly following Spain’s qualification for the Rugby World Cup. Estadio Ontime Butarque provides a compact, atmosphere-focused venue suited to the sevens format.
Cardiff is one of world rugby’s most established heartlands, with Cardiff Arms Park carrying significant historical weight as a venue associated with the sport at the highest level. Welsh audiences have a deep existing familiarity with rugby at all formats and levels.
Biarritz sits within the Basque Country’s strong rugby culture — the region produces disproportionate numbers of top-level French rugby players and has a passionate local fanbase. The Parc des Sports Aguilera is an intimate ground with a distinctly European rugby atmosphere.
London provides the series with its largest potential audience and highest-profile conclusion. The capital’s diverse sports fanbase and Gtech Community Stadium’s modern facilities make it a natural Grand Final location for a competition seeking to build a new audience for the sport.
Getting to Gtech Community Stadium
The Brentford venue is well connected by public transport:
- Overground: Kew Bridge station (10-minute walk)
- Tube: Boston Manor (Piccadilly Line, 20-minute walk) or Gunnersbury (District Line, 15-minute walk)
- Bus: Routes 237 and 267 serve the immediate area
- Rail: Brentford station (5-minute walk from the ground)
Supporters travelling from central London should allow approximately 30-40 minutes from central stations. The stadium is not recommended for car travel on event days due to limited local parking and controlled traffic zones in the surrounding area.
Rugby Sevens and London
London has an established history with rugby sevens through the annual Premiership Rugby Sevens and the city’s status as a hub for international sports events. The addition of a Grand Final event in a Premier League stadium represents a step up in profile for club-based sevens competition in the UK.
The timing — late September 2026 — places the London event in a busy period of the London sporting calendar, as the football season is underway and other major events compete for audience attention. The Thursday evening scheduling distinguishes the event from weekend fixture congestion while potentially limiting attendance from those unable to attend weeknight events.
Tickets and Further Information
All tickets for the London Grand Final and the full championship series are available through Fever — searchable by city or date through the Fever app and website.
Prices are fixed at launch with adult tickets from £25 and child tickets from £10 for the London event. Premium and hospitality options are available at additional cost.
