Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
With a 19-14 fight, Australia’s rugby sevens women lost out to their tent Hong Kong championship rivals, falling still another last blow.
Following victories in Singapore, Perth, Vancouver, and New York, the New Zealanders defeated their trans-Tasman competitors in a second last of the year, cementing their status as the first of three games that make up the current month’s world championships.
The two teams have since split up entirely dominating the women’s world set, winning nine of them in the women’s last at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Park. However, it’s almost a monopoly as Risi Pouri-Lane’s New Zealanders have won nine of those.
After defeating France 26-5 earlier in the semi-final on Sunday, Australia were hoping to follow their hapless season-best performance over New Zealand in the Cape Town finalized in December.
However, they were undone right away in the fight, as Mahina Paul’s brilliant single effort from range on her 25th birthday launched the Kiwis ‘ march.
The Aussies cut the deficit to 14-7 at half thanks to Jorja Miller’s smashing of Madison Levi in a fight between the two best gamers in the championship match.
However, when Teagan Levi challenged Miller for the resume push and gave up two days in the bin, during which Kelsey Teneti scored the Kiwis ‘ next goal, Australia’s desires were successfully dashed at the start of the next time.
Maddison Levi scored her sixth test of the trip by bursting past two signs down the left side, but it was too late as New Zealand celebrated their fourth consecutive Hong Kong victory.
South Africa’s Blitzboks won the title for the first time in the men’s function by defeating Argentina 35-7 in the final. They broke their Hong Kong superstition in the 50th anniversary celebration.
The South Africans had recently lost to the Hong Kong last four days, but they were strong right away when Tristan Leyds punted from inside his 22 and collected the ball before collecting it between the articles.
Australia’s men, however, had to sit for a disappointing seventh place, falling 26-10 to Fiji in their fifth-place play-off game.
Late May will be the start of the second leg of the world finals championships in Valladolid, Spain, before Bordeaux, France, the following month in June, will decide the winner.
