What a final day, capped by Fiji winning the Cup in probably the best game of the whole three days. Final score Fiji 35-28 New Zealand. We certainly did not see that result, though we did call all the rest correctly. Fiji seemed at times to be at another level, but full marks to new Zealand for staying in touch with them. Third place was a no contest as England had no answer to … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Series 2011/12 Hong Kong Results S-Finals & Fixtures Finals
Semi-Finals are complete and we now know that Spain and Canada are confirmed as in the cup competition for 2012/13 season. Japan and Portugal will play each other for the final place we got the Spain result right but not Canada. In the other semis Scotland failed us against the USA, this started as a see saw game but in the end USA had to much pace and power winning 28-14. The … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Series 2011/12 Hong Kong Results Q-Finals & Fixtures S-Finals
I guess we went to well with our predictions on days one and two. Today our bubble burst and we only called 5 results correctly. of the lower tier Guyana did for China, Japan Hong Kong, though the red card early on made it a mountain to climb for the local team. The big upset was Spain doing Tonga and one we had debated long over Canada Russia. In the main competition we did … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Series 2011/12 Hong Kong Results Day 2 & Fixtures Q-Finals
Day two and in the Women's competition England won a cracking final against Australia 15-10, with 2 minutes to play the game was tied up as Australia scored their second try, but with 9 seconds on the clock England broke out and went almost the length of the field to score the winner, it did not matter that the kick bounced off the posts. Earlier England reached the final by … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Series 2011/12 Hong Kong Results Day1 & Fixtures day2
The competition is up and running and we had some exciting and tight games on day one. One highlight was the Women's plate final which saw an ever improving China versus Spain the result was a win for Spain 12-7. The men's competition saw the first 12 games completed and the scores are listed below. With regard to our predictions, we called all the results correctly … [Read more...]