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PROFILEHong Kong SevensRugby sevens given reality check as Ireland disbands its men’s teamIrish union decides to discontinue men’s team as it says sevens does not help develop the 15s game –

but women’s team will continue.15 May 2025 - 7:02PMHong Kong SevensAustralian record-breaker Levi thanks Hong Kong Sevens for giving women a stage30 Mar 2025 - 8:30AMHong Kong SevensHong

Kong Sevens 2024: party starts as rugby fans arrive from around the world5 Apr 2024 - 9:17AM15Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022World Cup Sevens: Australia and Fiji crowned world championsFiji win

men’s title for third time, while Australia’s women add world crown to Commonwealth Games and World Series victories12 Sep 2022 - 7:10AMRugby World Cup Sevens 2022World Cup Sevens: Fiji to

face New Zealand in finalNgarohi 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.11 Sep 2022 - 8:14PMHong Kong China RugbyUK Super Sevens Series: Hong Kong aiming even higher at London IrishHong 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.26 May 2022 - 8:45PMAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHong Kong China RugbyHK Sevens’ return gets

home team firing as they vow to shed ‘nearly men’ tagMax 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.4 May 2022 - 7:12PMHKRU PremiershipHow 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.27 Oct 2021 - 10:54PMAsia Rugby Sevens SeriesGovernment quarantine

exemption ‘best for the sport’, says rugby starHong 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.14 Oct 2021 - 9:26PMTokyo 2020 Olympic GamesEmotional Fiji win second consecutive Olympic rugby goldGareth 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.28 Jul 2021 - 6:49PMHong Kong SevensHong Kong Sevens postponed again, this time to November

2021Hong Kong Rugby Union and World Rugby mutually agree postponement from April to November, similar to this year’s Sevens, which was ultimately cancelled.18 Dec 2020 - 8:53AMHKRU

PremiershipHong Kong men’s rugby braces for tight Premiership seasonAnother 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.6 Nov 2020 - 10:46PMTokyo 2020 Olympic GamesNew Zealand’s ‘extra year to fine-tune’ Tokyo 2020 gold – Nathan-WongTwo-time World Cup winner Tyla

Nathan-Wong eyes gold at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a scintillating World Sevens Series season.31 Oct 2020 - 8:00AMWomen’s RugbyHow New Zealand rugby’s Nathan-Wong tackled

sexism, racism and sizeismBeing ‘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.28 Oct 2020 - 10:15PMHong Kong China RugbyHKRU counts cost of canned Sevens in HK$150 million hammer blowHong Kong Rugby Union chief executive Robbie McRobbie says ‘fragility’

of its commercial model exposed as the Sevens accounts for 95 per cent of revenue.30 Jul 2020 - 10:32PMIndia, Qatar want to host 2022 World Cup Sevens, but no Hong KongHong Kong Rugby Union

says it is not practical to host two major tournaments in the same year as World Rugby hails record interest7 May 2019 - 10:01PMvideocamHong Kong SevensBoots and all | Serevi backs Fiji

coach Baber and the Welshman can thank Hong Kong6 Aug 2018 - 3:28PMAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSamoa Sevens player charged with assault at World Cup25 Jul 2018 - 5:59PMNew

Zealand’s spine-tingling haka crowns World Cup Sevens glory23 Jul 2018 - 11:39AMvideocamRugby World Cup Sevens highlights: Fiji rampant on day two22 Jul 2018 - 8:47PMvideocamHong Kong show

‘attitude’ to brush aside Jamaica at Sevens World Cup22 Jul 2018 - 11:15PMWatch: Rugby World Cup Sevens highlights22 Jul 2018 - 12:04PMvideocamBoots and all | Slow going at old Kai Tak keeps

World Cup dream groundedKai 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.7 Mar 2014 - 4:44PMHosting World Cup Sevens in 2018 ‘an insurance policy’, says GregoryHong Kong has bid to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in a

move described as an "insurance policy" by leading official Trevor Gregory.6 Mar 2014 - 9:46PMRowan Varty out to grab the silverware for Hong KongRowan Varty is determined to return with a

souvenir from his first trip to Russia - in the form of a trophy for Hong Kong.21 Feb 2014 - 7:17PMHardworking Hong Kong face more new challengesJamie Hood returns to a Hong Kong team which

will face the pressure of finishing as the top Asian side at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, their final challenge in a long and gruelling season - but the break will be shortlived.13

Feb 2014 - 12:12AMHong Kong SevensHong Kong rules out bid to host World Cup Sevens in 2018Hong Kong has ruled itself out of bidding to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, saying it would

present "a difficult challenge" to host two international tournaments that year - the Hong Kong Sevens being the other - in the city.13 Feb 2014 - 1:14AMWorld Cup and O

lympics can exist together, says IRBThere is room for both the Olympics and the World Cup Sevens, with Singapore emerging as a possible venue for the next edition in 2018, top IRB official

Brett Gosper said yesterday.7 Apr 2014 - 6:51PMAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHelp preserve 120 years of quality journalism.SUPPORT

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