Malaysia eye “historical moment” in Rugby World Cup qualifiers, The Asia Rugby Championship kicks off next weekend with three teams vying to continue their dream of Rugby World Cup qualification. Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia will battle it out for a chance to face the Cook Islands in a home and ...
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Double glory for Asia in Hong Kong
Alongside the main Hong Kong Sevens, two qualification tournaments took place for a spot on both the men’s and women’s 2018/19 World Rugby Sevens Series. With 12 teams in each from all six unions both competitions were hotly contested and, with just one spot available, full of drama, excitement, ...
Sri Lanka look to Commonwealth Games for sevens experience
Surdarshana Muthuthanthri has the honour of captaining Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games this week. Although the opportunity will be once in a lifetime for the Sri Lankan sides, Muthuthanthri is remaining level headed, with one eye on the Asia Games later this year. “The Asian Games is our ...
Gollings: Chance in a lifetime for Malaysia and Sri Lanka at Commonwealth Games
With the Commonwealth Games just around the corner, Asia will have two representatives in action on Australia’s Gold Coast. Malaysia and Sri Lanka will compete in the Games, looking to gain valuable experience alongside some of the greatest sides in the game. Ben Gollings, a former Sri Lanka ...
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 ...
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 ...