Wales sevens so close to glory

27 03 2013

In all the weekend’s excitement (not to mention work…) I almost completely forgot to write something about Wales’s extraordinary run to the final of the Hong Kong sevens.

Wins over Australia and Argentina in the pool stage (as well as a heavy defeat to South Africa) saw Paul John’s side top the group, and they easily saw off first Canada in the quarterfinals and then top sevens side Kenya in the semis.

Wales came so close to being crowned champions of Hong Kong

Wales came so close to being crowned champions of Hong Kong

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