The Blitzboks’ journey to claim the Hong Kong leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time got off to a solid start as they registered a comfortable 21-0 win over Uruguay on Friday.
HONG KONG (AP) Fiji began its interrupted quest for a sixth successive title at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens with a seemingly effortless 59-12 win over Japan on Friday. Fiji’s fifth title came in 2019 and it has had to wait through the three intervening years in which the tournament was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic to resume its extraordinary winning record.