The new Mikuni World Stadium proved a fitting stage for the world’s best women’s sevens players to perform on and New Zealand, Australia and Canada rose to the occasion to finish top of their respective pools at the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens. Olympic champions Australia will now face France in the first Cup quarter-final on Sunday,
The inaugural HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens, kicks off tomorrow 22 April (or in the early hours if you are in Europe) this will be round four of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2016-17. Here are the fixtures for Saturday, fixtures for Sunday and results will be added as they are known. Saturday 22
Olympians Katy Mclean, Emily Scott and Amy Wilson Hardy return to the England Sevens squad for the fourth leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series which takes places 22-23 April in Kitakyushu, Japan. The trio are joined by Sarah McKenna and Megan Jones, with all five having formed part of England Women’s recent
Japan will take their place on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in 2017-18 after they beat South Africa in the final of the qualifying tournament in Hong Kong on Friday. In the Hong Kong Stadium, the Sakura Sevens conceded two early tries but dug deep to remain unbeaten over the two days. A try
Samurai Sportswear have revealed their design for women’s and men’s Jamaica Rugby Football Union’s OMG ICONIX™ test jersey, to be debuted on the world stage at Hong Kong 7s. The main inspiration for the design of this shirt is the proud, patriotic nature of the Jamaican people. The colours used on the shirt, depicting those on
England Women were beaten in the final of the Challenge Trophy, losing 10-0 to Spain at the Las Vegas Sevens. The side struggled to overcome their tough opening day pool which featured the series’ leading two sides and tournament finalists, New Zealand and Australia, as well as Brazil. In Saturday’s final, Spain opened the scoring
New Zealand sit proudly atop the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series table after three tournaments as the Black Ferns Sevens put in a consistent display over the course of two days to win the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. In the final, New Zealand never looked in trouble against Olympic champions Australia, racking up
Canada and New Zealand will go into Saturday’s Cup quarter-finals unbeaten after some imposing performances on day one of the HSBC USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Ghislaine Landry’s Canada were particularly dominant, beating Russia 34-7, Argentina 38-7 and France 21-7, backing up their victorious performance in Sydney and laying down a marker for their rivals
England Women won their final pool game against Brazil at the Las Vegas sevens, having earlier lost to Australia and New Zealand. England made a strong start against Brazil with Emily Wood scoring England’s first try finishing off Jo Richardson-Watmore’s break on the right wing, which Alice Richardson-Watmore converted in the opening minute. Natasha Brennan
HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2016-17 – Las Vegas Pool Matches – Friday 3 March 2017 Match 1 USA 7s 21 – 24 Ireland 7s Match 2 Fiji 7s 21-19 Spain 7s Match 3 Canada 7s 34-7 Russia 7s Match 4 France 7s 45-7 Argentina 7s Match 5 New Zealand 7s 24-0 Brazil 7s Match 6 Australia 7s
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