New Zealand were popular winners with the Japanese crowd after beating first-time Cup finalists France 24-12 to complete a successful defence of the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens title on Sunday. The two teams had met in the last match of day one with the Black Ferns Sevens running out convincing 38-7 winners at the Mikuni World
England Women Sevens finished seventh at HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Kitakyushu after beating China in the seventh place play-off. In today’s knockout stages, England lost narrowly 5-7 to Spain in the Cup quarter-final, and were then beaten 0-41 by Russia. James Bailey’s side recovered to win 36-5 against China in the seventh
New Zealand were the only unbeaten team on a day of upsets at the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens on Saturday with Spain and Fiji joining them in the Cup quarter-finals as pool winners. The Black Ferns Sevens will now face first-time Cup quarter-finalists China in the opening match on Sunday at 10:30 local time (GMT+9) after
England Women Sevens finished third in Pool C at the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Kitakyushu, Japan. They will now face Spain in the Cup quarter-final. A week on from winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, England opened with a 10-17 loss against Russia, before facing Canada, who they beat
The third round of the Women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series takes place this weekend on 21 and 22 April in Kitakyushu, Japan. Here are the fixtures which will be updated as results come in: Saturday 21 April 2018 Match 1 10.30 Russia 7s 17-10 England 7s Match 2 10.52 Canada 7s 38-14 Fiji 7s
The 12 team captains gathered inside the Kokura Castle Japanese Garden on Thursday ahead of the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series this weekend. New Zealand are the defending HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens champions after beating Canada in the inaugural final last year, but captain Sarah Goss knows that it will not
The pools and match schedule have been announced for the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens on 21-22 April, round three of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2018.Series leaders Australia are top seeds after their victories in Dubai and Sydney, the latter seeing them become the first team to win their home event in women’s series
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