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Only in Hong Kong: 50 years of sevens rugby history
As the stars of HSBC SVNS touches down in Hong Kong for the first leg of this year’s three-tournament World Championship series, commentator Rupert Cox and key figures of the game recall their favourite moments from five decades of the legendary tournament
Hong Kong celebrates 50 years of Rugby Sevens this weekend — and the tournament sure has come a long way. An event that began in 1976 at the old and often waterlogged Hong Kong Football Club, has become a global attraction attended by tens of thousands, at the state-of-the-art Kai Tak Stadium.
Melrose may have been the first, Dubai might now be the biggest, but Hong Kong remains the blue-riband event of Sevens.
LIVE: Women into Final, men finish sixth at Hong Kong SVNS Championship opener
LIVE: The Australian Sevens teams are looking to celebrate 50 years of the Hong Kong Sevens with victory at Kai Tak Sports Park.
The Women's team went undefeated through the pool stages, but fell to a familar foe in New Zealand in the Final.
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They welcome back Bienne Terita, beginning the three-event World Championship at the home of the World Series.
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World Rugby boss hails Hong Kong’s ‘global influence’ at WXV announcement
Hong Kong will host some of the world’s best women’s teams in two-week WXV Challenger tournament in September
Hong Kong will host another significant rugby tournament this year, with the game’s global governing body awarding the city the WXV Challenger in September.
The two-week tournament, featuring some of the best women’s teams in the world, including Hong Kong, is expected to be held at Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground.
Announcing the decision on Sunday on the sidelines of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, World Rugby chairman Brett Robinson called the WXV a “very, very important competition” for his organisation.
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