Japan captain Dai Ozawa said ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens his side had the confidence to replicate the class of 2016 in winning the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifier in Hong Kong. He called on those that had played in 2016 to lead his side to victory and, paired with outstanding individual ...
Japan qualify for World Series in dramatic finale
Japan beat Germany 19-14 in the final of the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifier in Hong Kong to book their place on next season’s World Series. Trailing by two points after the buzzer had sounded, their experience shone through and they went the entire length of the pitch to snatch the ...
Japan into last four as Hong Kong lose to Chile
Japan beat Uruguay 26-19 in the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifier quarter-finals and will face Ireland for a spot in the final on Sunday. Siosifa Lisala got Japan off to a flyer in the quarter-finals, scoring his third try of the weekend straight from the restart. Santiago Arata showed great ...
Determination shines through for China in Hong Kong
Chad Shepherd, the head coach of the China women’s sevens side was beaming from ear to ear after his side won the Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. Just two months into the job and Shepherd helped guide his side to an unbeaten six wins from six to claim the coveted spot on the World Series next ...
Japan with work to do in Series qualifier
Japan won one and lost won after the first two rounds of pool matches at the Hong Kong Sevens, while the hosts suffered two narrow defeats. In similar fashion to the women, the qualification tournament will see one side qualify for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on day two. Japan opened ...
China qualify for World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series
The China Women’s Sevens side impressively beat South Africa 31-14 in the final of the Hong Kong Sevens to successfully qualify for next season’s World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. A hat-trick from Keyi Chen ended an impressive two days of rugby from the Chinese women’s sevens side, with Wanyu ...
West Asia Cup Final: Bahrain Are Crowned 2018 Champions!!!
What a day for BRFC – they have done it and won the cup they so desperately wanted. The biggest ever crowd in the West Asia Cup came out to watch a brilliant game of rugby and what was a fantastic advert for West Asia Rugby with over 11,000 views of the game live online. The club asked for a ...
Hosts miss out as China impress to reach qualifier knock-outs
China impressed on day one of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series qualifier in Hong Kong, winning all three of their pool matches to book a place as one of the top seeds in the quarter-finals. China finished first in the pool to set up a quarter-final with Papua New Guinea after beating Brazil ...
Korea line up against sevens elite in Hong Kong
Korea will line up against the elite sevens sides this weekend as the Hong Kong Sevens swings into action. For the third year running, Korea will compete in the main competition in Hong Kong, while Japan and Hong Kong attempt to qualify in the men’s qualifier. Despite having not recorded a win ...
Japan look to replicate 2016 qualification
At this weekend’s Hong Kong Sevens, Japan will be looking to secure their place back on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Having secured promotion from this tournament in 2016, Japan were relegated the following season and find themselves looking to qualify again alongside 11 other nations with ...