The Kitakyushu HSBC World Rugby Sevens Women’s Series was completed over the weekend, with both Japan and China playing as the Asian representatives. The tournament sprung a number of huge upsets and Sunday saw a number of close games with Canada victorious in Japan.
Kitakyushu HSBC Women’s World Sevens Series (Credit HSBC Women’s World Sevens Series)
New Zealand’s Black Ferns, chasing their own record of 37 straight wins on Saturday, comfortably beat Japan 43-0, before surprise results with a draw against Russia (17-17) and then losing to France for the first time 29-7. Although NZ still progressed behind France from Group A they lost their Cup Quarter Final 26-19 to the USA.
Both Japan and China had tough pool games suffering some big losses before a better showing in each of their last pool games and Challenge Cup playoff games. They faced each other in the 11th place playoff on Sunday with China upsetting Japan in a 7-0 win.
Canada overcame the US in their semi-final while France played England and lost, leading to a Canada vs England match in the Cup Final. Congratulations to Canada for winning the tournament by beating England 7-5 in a very tight Cup Final, scoring the winning conversion two minutes into overtime.
Pool results at Kitakyushu 7s
Japan 7s ladies
The Japan women’s sevens team was in Pool A and on Saturday had the following results over the weekend:
- Japan 0-43 New Zealand
- Japan 17-33 France
- Japan 21-28 Russia
Challenge Trophy
- Japan 17-28 Fiji
China 7s ladies
China played in Pool B and the results of their games were as follows:
- China 0-47 Australia
- China 19-42 Canada
- China 26-31 Spain
Challenge Trophy
- China 5-12 Spain
11th Place
The two Asian sides then met each other late on Sunday to contest the 11th place playoff which was won by China.
- Japan 0-7 China
The next Women’s World Sevens Series is in Langford USA on 11-12th May 2019.
For the full standings see the official HSBC Sevens Series website.
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