China have made quite the impact over the past couple of weeks in the world or rugby sevens. First they qualified unbeaten from the Hong Kong Sevens for next season’s women’s series. Then they were seeded twelfth for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco in July. And at the recent ...
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China gain experience from sevens heavyweights
China finished eighth in the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, their first tournament since qualifying for the 2018/19 series in Hong Kong. Having impressed in Hong Kong, China picked up where they left off and reached their first-ever quarter-final after beating Ireland on day ...
China qualify for Kitakyushu quarter finals
In their first tournament since qualifying for the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, China booked their spot in the quarter-finals. Despite losing their opening match to Australia 33-5, a narrow 19-17 defeat so Spain and an impressive 24-12 win over Ireland now means they face New ...
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 ...
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 ...
Asia to take centre stage in rugby sevens
The Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is the next round to take centre stage in the world of rugby sevens. Alongside the main men’s competition, the seventh round of the World Series, two qualifier tournaments will take place from 6-8 March. The 12-team tournaments have always been one of ...
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 will feature 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams across four days of competition at AT&T Park in San Francisco. There will be three aspects to the qualification process with teams qualified by virtue of their finish at RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow, via the HSBC World Rugby ...
China Hosts Medical Superweek | #Playerwelfare .
China Hosts Medical Superweek , China Rugby FA achieved another target, by hosting a World Rugby ICIR L2 course for the first time. This adds another level of medical skill sets to the knowledge already gained through their current WR FAIRprogramme. As part of the Medical Superweek, CRFA Medical ...
Huang Scores Four As China Take U20 Title
In the Asia Rugby U20 women’s competition, China were far too dominant across the two days as they put the sword to all challengers with a string of consistently high scoring victories. The standout player for China women was speedy winger Xiaohui Huang who capped off a fantastic tournament ending ...