Hottest 7s in the World, Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.

Two Time Champions "The Drifters" from Fiji have been awarded the Number 1 Seed for the 2010 Heineken Hottest 7's in the World Mens Event

After the success of winnning the tournament in 2007 and 2008, and falling short on the bell in the 2009 event to the Samoan Barbarians, this quality team from Fiji deserve the top seeding. The are closely followed by the strong Kenyan squad who are suitably named the Wakimbizi Sevens and are seeded 2. The strong Aussie Spirit squad will be the tournament number 3 seeds with Davelatevu and ULR Samurai International being seeded 4 and 5 respectively The five highest seeds will recieve a bye in round.

All other teams are seeded with the following group from 6-27 competing in the first round to go through to the Croc and Buff competitions, which will feature the top 16 teams competing in 4 pools of 4. The 11 losing teams will go on to compete in the Barra and Shield competitions. All teams will play a minimum of 6 games over the Saturday and Sunday of the tournament.