World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series: Russell Webb extends scoring record for Hong Kong’s men as women lose to China
- Contrasting fortunes for Hong Kong as city’s women’s side draw with Poland and lose to China, while men go undefeated in South Africa
- ‘Both teams have put themselves in a good position and we just need to carry on from that on Saturday,’ head coach Paul John says
Hong Kong’s men went undefeated at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in South Africa on Friday, as Russell Webb’s 19 points extended his all-time leading scorer record in the competition to 125.
There were contrasting fortunes for the city’s women, however, after they drew with Poland and lost to China.
This weekend’s tournament will decide which women’s side is promoted to the World Rugby Sevens Series next season, while the winners on the men’s side will enter a final four team play-off in May.
“It was a decent day for both squads,” head coach Paul John said. “The boys got two decent wins and with a good points differential after conceding only a few tries, and that puts them in a good place for Saturday.
“It was a much better performance for the girls than in week one, starting with a very good draw with Poland, which gave us a bit of confidence that we can compete at this level. China was a possession game, they kept us in our 22 the whole first half.
“We could have defended better, but overall our defence was much improved over last week, and we held them to only one score in the second half. We played a young squad and it’s good for them to get that experience ahead of the Asian Games.
