Hong Kong Sevens: historic titles, fly-pasts and food chaos – day 3 as it happened
There was a little bit of everything on the last day at Kai Tak Stadium, from tries and tears, to musical magic and more fury over lack of food.
The Sevens comes to a conclusion on Sunday, and there is sure to be as much interest in what happens off the pitch as on it.
Saturday was not a good one for Kai Tak Sports Park, and the dismissive manner with which they handled people’s complaints over a lack of food and drink is not likely to be forgotten in a hurry.
It was a bad day for New Zealand’s men too, who had their hopes of a historic third consecutive win in the city ended in the quarter-finals by France. HSBC SVNS Series and Olympic champions, the European side have never won in Hong Kong, and they are still waiting after losing to Argentina in the final on Sunday.
Before that, the Black Ferns Sevens completed a historic treble with their win over Australia, and the city’s teams have won their Melrose Claymores titles. It’s day 3 at Kai Tak Stadium, follow us for live coverage of all the action as it happens.
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Reporting by Lars Hamer, Mike Chan, Paul McNamara, Oscar Liu, Lo Hoi-ying, Connor Mycroft, Harvey Kong, Josh Ball, Tom Bell, Andrew Cesare Richardson and Shah Sahari.