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See
also:
Second
Day (Saturday) of Results from the Hong Kong Sevens and Third
Day (Sunday) of Results from the Hong Kong Sevens. The
2008 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens kicked off in a rather damp and cool
Hong Kong today. The rugby on display, with many of the larger teams against
much weaker opposition, offered similar, with just a few flashes of
brilliance, and a few moments of concern for a couple of the bigger
teams.
The
stadium which can hold 40,000 was announced half full at just before 6
p.m. and the infamous South Stand full a few minutes later. Despite
being announced full, the South Stand, did not look as busy as in previous
years with numerous spaces and empty seats still visible. Despite this
turnout for the first day, was excellent and a full house is expected on
the Saturday and Sunday.
The
rugby kicked off at 16:30 with a game between Australia and Hong Kong.
The home side played well, but Australia proved too strong winning 24 -
12. Fiji,
in the third game of the day against Korea, suffered a brief scare with
the Koreans scoring a converted try early in the match to lead the past
champions 0 - 7. But this was just what the Fijians had needed and
bounced immediately to ultimately finish the game with a convincing 42 -
7. As widely expected, New Zealand also dominated their opposition, and
enjoyed one of the most impressive performances of the day, which would
have finished 50 - 0 if it had not been for a well worked try by Chinese
Taipei in the last second of the game. One of the few moments they had
the ball longer than for a few seconds.
On
paper, the two biggest games were Tonga v France and England v Canada.
France started well but the game became very tight and scrappy after
Tonga scored a converted try to make it 14 - 7. With both sides
equalising the other out, France played well in the second half to earn
a second converted try and win 7 - 21.
Canada
started well against England and were rewarded with a well worked
converted try in the 4th minute. England responded with a converted try
of their own just under a minute later, then on the 7th minute the
England team and much of the crowd thought they had scored another try
only for it to be disallowed. The second half started more promisingly
for England but Canada were allowed back into the game late on to score
their second try, ending the game 24 - 12. See
also:
Second
Day (Saturday) of Results from the Hong Kong Sevens, and Third
Day (Sunday) of Results from the Hong Kong Sevens.
Results
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| time |
Friday,
28 March 2008 |
pool |
| 16:30 |
Australia |
24 |
- |
12 |
Hong
Kong |
F |
| 16:52 |
Kenya |
47 |
- |
0 |
China |
E |
| 17:14 |
Fiji |
42 |
- |
7 |
Korea |
D |
| 17:36 |
South
Africa |
40 |
- |
7 |
Japan |
C |
| 17:58 |
Samoa |
35 |
- |
7 |
Sri
Lanka |
B |
| 18:20 |
New
Zealand |
50 |
- |
5 |
Chinese
Taipei |
A |
| 18:42 |
Women's
Final (28 Mins) - USA v Canada - USA wins |
| 19:10 |
Tonga |
7 |
- |
21 |
France |
F |
| 19:32 |
Scotland |
26 |
- |
10 |
Portugal |
E |
| 19:54 |
Wales |
34 |
- |
0 |
Zimbabwe |
D |
| 20:16 |
Argentina |
33 |
- |
0 |
Russia |
C |
| 20:38 |
England |
24 |
- |
12 |
Canada |
B |
| 21:00 |
USA |
26 |
- |
21 |
Tunisia |
A |
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