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Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
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Bob Lloyd poses for a portrait at the Hong Kong Football Club, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Lloyd served as the captain of Hong Kong team during the first Hong Kong Sevens in 1976. Photo: Alexander Mak
My Life

Former Hong Kong rugby team captain reflects on the first Sevens tournament in 1976

The former England international rugby player tells Annemarie Evans about his turn as captain of the Hong Kong team at the inaugural Sevens tournament here in 1976.

From our archives

In pictures: 50 years of mud, sweat and beers at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Hong Kong can draw on Art March’s success by keeping it authentic

HSBC SVNS Series

Does rugby sevens’ future lie in franchise teams? 2026 launch may reveal answer

Tom Burwell, a former executive director of Emirates Dubai 7s, is driving a professional tournament based on clubs, not nations.

The envisaged sevens series will involve 164 of the world’s top players in action over 8-10 weeks in August and September every year. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong Sevens

Rugby sevens given reality check as Ireland disbands its men’s team

Irish union decides to discontinue men’s team as it says sevens does not help develop the 15s game – but women’s team will continue.

Hong Kong Sevens

Australian record-breaker Levi thanks Hong Kong Sevens for giving women a stage

Having become her country’s all-time top try-scorer during the tournament, Levi thanks those who opened doors for her.

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Hong Kong Sevens

Hong Kong Sevens 2024: party starts as rugby fans arrive from around the world

While overseas fans are visiting for the Sevens, they also plan to ‘enjoy life in Hong Kong, go sightseeing and explore the city’.

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Wan Chai’s bars were busy on Thursday ahead of the weekend’s rugby Sevens action. Photo: May Tse
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

World Cup Sevens: Australia and Fiji crowned world champions

Fiji win men’s title for third time, while Australia’s women add world crown to Commonwealth Games and World Series victories

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022

World Cup Sevens: Fiji to face New Zealand in final

Ngarohi McGarvey-Black scores hat-trick as Kiwis end Ireland’s fairy-tale run in Cape Town, with Fiji thrashing Australia to set up seismic Sunday night showdown for Melrose Cup.

Hong Kong China Rugby

UK Super Sevens Series: Hong Kong aiming even higher at London Irish

Hong Kong coaches rotate men’s and women’s squads for 2nd round of sevens series as they try to go one better after losing their cup finals last time out.

Chloe Chan is among the players coming in for Hong Kong in the second round of the UK Super Sevens Series. Photo: Phoebe Leung
Hong Kong China Rugby

HK Sevens’ return gets home team firing as they vow to shed ‘nearly men’ tag

Max Woodward leads revived men’s squad into 6-week trip to Europe for training and tournaments ahead of World Cup Sevens, Asian Games and city’s own showpiece.

Hong Kong players including (from left) Max Woodward, Salom Yiu Kam-shing and Cado Lee Ka-to are heading to Europe for training. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
HKRU Premiership

How Hong Kong rugby star Herbert went from reject to game-changer

‘I had to pull myself together and say this is what I want to do,’ recalls Liam Herbert, who is becoming the future of Hong Kong rugby after failing to make the grade at Aston Villa.

Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Government quarantine exemption ‘best for the sport’, says rugby star

Hong Kong Sevens star player Liam Herbert says ‘I know we look like rebels’ but insists next month’s matches are ‘our best shot’ of qualifying for 2022 World Cup.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Emotional Fiji win second consecutive Olympic rugby gold

Gareth Baber’s men capture the country’s second-ever Olympic Games medal, with captain Jerry Tuwai & Co in tears after spending more than 18 months outside of Fiji.

Fijian Napolioni Bolaca with his teammate after defending the Olympic title against New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Stadium in July. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong Sevens

Hong Kong Sevens postponed again, this time to November 2021

Hong Kong Rugby Union and World Rugby mutually agree postponement from April to November, similar to this year’s Sevens, which was ultimately cancelled.

The South Stand in full flow at the Hong Kong Sevens in 2019 – the last time the event was staged. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
HKRU Premiership

Hong Kong men’s rugby braces for tight Premiership season

Another treble for Football Club? Redemption for Tigers? We breakdown all six teams in a wide-open Premiership as HKRU’s Leigh Jones eyes World Cup squad.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

New Zealand’s ‘extra year to fine-tune’ Tokyo 2020 gold – Nathan-Wong

Two-time World Cup winner Tyla Nathan-Wong eyes gold at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a scintillating World Sevens Series season.

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Women’s Rugby

How New Zealand rugby’s Nathan-Wong tackled sexism, racism and sizeism

Being ‘small, female and part-Chinese’ is not related to ‘what I bring to the rugby field’, says Black Ferns’ first 1,000-pointer and two-time World Cup winner Tyla Nathan-Wong.

New Zealand’s record-breaking rugby sevens player Tyla Nathan-Wong secures another try at a 2019/20 season World Sevens Series game. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong China Rugby

HKRU counts cost of canned Sevens in HK$150 million hammer blow

Hong Kong Rugby Union chief executive Robbie McRobbie says ‘fragility’ of its commercial model exposed as the Sevens accounts for 95 per cent of revenue.

India, Qatar want to host 2022 World Cup Sevens, but no Hong Kong

Hong Kong Rugby Union says it is not practical to host two major tournaments in the same year as World Rugby hails record interest

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Hong Kong Sevens

Boots and all | Serevi backs Fiji coach Baber and the Welshman can thank Hong Kong

Gareth Baber holds the Cup aloft at the Hong Kong Sevens. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Samoa Sevens player charged with assault at World Cup

Tom Williams scores for Wales. Photo: Twitter/@WelshRugbyUnion

New Zealand’s spine-tingling haka crowns World Cup Sevens glory

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Rugby World Cup Sevens highlights: Fiji rampant on day two

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Hong Kong show ‘attitude’ to brush aside Jamaica at Sevens World Cup

Toby Fenn looks for a way through the Jamaican defence. Photos: David Barpal

Watch: Rugby World Cup Sevens highlights

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US fans watch their team play against China during their women’s round of 16 game at the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Stadium in San Francisco. Photo: AFP

Boots and all | Slow going at old Kai Tak keeps World Cup dream grounded

Kai Tak stadium will not be ready before 2018, and that’s a crying shame. Otherwise Hong Kong would have been able to put on the Hong Kong Sevens and host the Rugby World Cup Sevens later that same year.

Hosting World Cup Sevens in 2018 ‘an insurance policy’, says Gregory

Hong Kong has bid to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in a move described as an "insurance policy" by leading official Trevor Gregory.

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