The official draw for the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens took place at King’s Park this evening where twelve women’s teams were drawn into four Pools.

The participating teams are:

Arabian Gulf, Aussie Amazons, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia (debut), NZ Aotearoa Maori, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, SA Tuks (South Africa debut). 

Pool A: Aussie Amazons, Arabian Gulf, Singapore

Pool B: China, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea

Pool C: Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong

Pool D: NZ Aotearoa Maori, Kazakhstan, Tuks (SA) 

Members of the Hong Kong Women’s Sevens Team at today’s Official Draw at King’s Park.

The Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens takes place during Hong Kong’s rugby-week on Friday, 26th March 2010

Time: 7.30am-6.20pm

Venue: Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley

The Cup Final will take place at the Hong Kong Stadium on Friday, 26th March 2010

Time: 7:04pm

Venue: Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po

The Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens kicks off at the Hong Kong Stadium on Friday March 26, 2010 and to get the locals into the Sevens Rugby spirit, local English-language TV station, Pearl TV has started screening the first 4 tournaments of the 2009/2010 IRB Sevens Series (Dubai, George, Wellington and Las Vegas).  Pearl TV is, of course the official broadcaster of the Hong Kong Sevens.

As we reported on before, the draw for the mens’ Sevens tournament has already taken place, while the organisers of the GFI HKFC Tens also announced their draw for the un-official kick-off tournament of the Hong Kong Sevens. BlitzBokke.com will attend the draw for the Womens’ Hong Kong Sevens at King’s Park tomorrow afternoon, so stay tuned.

Catch the spirit of the IRB Sevens World Series on Pearl Tv every Saturday at 8pm so…

Bring on Hong Kong Sevens!   

Organizers of the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens 2010 (HKWRS) today announced the 12 participating teams to compete in this year’s event.

Due to the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup being held in England in September, this year’s tournament field will play host to a mixed roster of highly competitive national teams from around Asia Pacific and some of the women’s rugby world’s most prestigious club and invitational sides.

The 12 participating teams include eight national representative sides from Asia, led by the reigning IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Bowl Champions China, who recently beat the United States Eagles in a major upset at the Las Vegas Sevens, and Kazakhstan, Asia’s sole direct entry to the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup (15s) this year in London. Other Asian teams include the Arabian Gulf, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and hosts Hong Kong. 

The national team of Papua New Guinea rounds out the full representative squads at this year’s tournament. Three of the world’s premier women’s club sides are also taking part including five-time Cup champions Aotearoa Maori from New Zealand. The Aussie Amazons from Australia and Pretoria University’s Tuks from South Africa complete the competitive field.

The Tuks Rugby Club is attached to South Africa’s University of Pretoria and has been in existence for more than a century.  It is one of the biggest rugby club in the country with around 55 teams and more than 100 coaches and team managers running the Tuks rugby machine.

The Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens will be played from 07.30am – 06.00pm on Friday, 26 March 2010 at the Hong Kong Football Club. The Cup final will be held at 19.04 during the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens at the Hong Kong Stadium.

Now entering its thirteenth year, the Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens has grown into one of the top annual fixtures in the women’s rugby world. The tournament is fully supported by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, the Asian Rugby Football Union and the International Rugby Board. For the fifth consecutive year, the Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens is being title sponsored by Cable & Wireless Worldwide.

                                               2009 Cup Finalist China (7) vs. Australia (24) at the Hong Kong Stadium.

 Visit the 2010 IRB Women’s World Cup here