An event organiser on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia, is looking to contest the mantle of the nation’s richest sevens tournament with a new competition which should take place in October 2009.

The new tournament will be a welcome addition to the Aussie Sevens calendar, since there are really only two or three tournaments which are genuinely world class. Darwin’s “Hottest 7s” is clearly the king, and then come Kiama 7s and Byron Bay, both of which are great local tournaments but don’t attract overseas teams with any real regularity.

At this stage it is still a whisper, but the word on the street is that the man behind the mooted 7s event is Craig Morgan from Eventu8 Events.

Eventu8 last year put together a “Clash of the Codes” charity match, featuring some of the great league and union players of the last 10-15 years in an All-Australian half-league-rules, half-union-rules extravaganza, so they know what it takes to put something like this together.

The Central Coast would be an ideal staging post for such an occasion. It is only an hour from the heart of Sydney and has some beautiful beaches right on the doorstep, as well as the Hunter Valley wineries just up the road.

And with a rumoured AUD $30,000 prize money on offer, it should see plenty of quality teams pricking up their ears and making a run for the airport to have a bash at the cash.

Stand by for more information – you heard it here first and we’ll keep you in the loop with development. If you have a quality Sevens side looking to do a profitable smash and grab mission, this tip might well pay off.