Round 4 : Sydney
Round 4 : Sydney - Another round of the HSBC World Series ended in Sydney (Australia).
Round 4 : Sydney
-Another round of the HSBC World Series ended in
(Australia). After more than
during the weekend, New Zealand once again won the tournament. South Africa, defeated by Fiji 26 to 12 in the
loses crucial points at this stage of the competition ! Today, Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand are evenwith 69 points each.
Kenya retains the 8th place of the ranking with 42 points giving them a comfortable advance overthe 9th team, Francecollecting only 29 points.
Saturday, February 6th : SOUTH AFRICA 33 – 7SCOTLAND SOUTH AFRICA 40 – 0 RUSSIA SOUTH AFRICA 26 – 19 KENYA KENYA 24 – 10 RUSSIA KENYA 17 – 14 SCOTLAND SOUTH AFRICA 26 – 19 KENYA
Sunday, February 7th : SOUTH AFRICA 26 – 0 ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA 12 – 7 SOUTH AFRICA FIJI 26 – 12 SOUTH AFRICA FIJI 28 – 12 KENYA USA 21 – 24 KENYA KENYA 0 – 24 ARGENTINA
The next stage of the circuit will be the very famous and eagerly awaitedLas Vegas 7s ! It will take place from March 4th to 6th and will completethis first part of the HSBC tournament.
Our African nations will want to gather as many points as possible to ensure a good start of the next partof the competition. However, this year the World Rugby Sevens Series will not be determining for anything else. The participants to the Olympic Games are already known and no longer depend onthis tournament. South Africa, Fiji, Great Britain and New Zealand have qualified sincethe end of the HSBC in May, 2015.Argentina, the United States, France, Japan and Kenyaqualified throughout the year via theirregional championships ; while Brazil, host country, qualifiedautomatically . There is nowonly one single available slotfor grab, it will be contested during the repechageorganized on June 18th in Monte Carlo (Monaco).
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Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.
