HONG KONG, March 6 (Xinhua) — The swimming pools for the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens 2023 had been revealed on Monday, with 28 groups to compete on the Hong Kong Stadium from March 31 to April 2.
It marks the primary time that the Hong Kong Sevens has been performed twice on the identical collection calendar. The occasion will even be the primary time that each males’s and ladies’s sevens groups of Hong Kong, China have performed in a World Series event concurrently.
Argentina, France, Australia and Ireland are the highest seeds within the 4 males’s swimming pools. Argentina are joined by Fiji, Samoa and Canada in Pool A, whereas France face off with Britain, Uruguay and Hong Kong SAR in Pool B. Pool C sees Australia paired with the USA, Spain and Japan of their bracket whereas Pool D consists of New Zealand, Kenya and South Africa alongside high seed Ireland.
In the ladies’s collection, New Zealand are joined by Canada, Britain and Hong Kong SAR in Pool A, whereas Australia face off with Fiji, Ireland and Brazil within the opening phases in Pool B. Pool C sees the USA paired with France, Japan and Spain.
Established in 1976 and arranged yearly by the Hong Kong Rugby Union, the Hong Kong Sevens has been part of World Rugby’s HSBC Sevens Series since 1999.