Last week we went to the Rugby Sevens. You might ask "What the heck are the Rugby Sevens?" The Rugby Sevens is an international rugby tournament played annually in Hong Kong. This year, the tournament was held at Hong Kong's newest event space: Kai Tak stadium. The stadium is beautiful with lots of comfortable seating and large screens for viewing the details of each play.
Each game is played with seven minute halves and seven players each side. Points are scored by a "try" which is when a player touches a ball down in the end zone. Each try is worth 5 points. Then there is an extra kick called a conversion and is worth 2 additional points. Rubgy is kind of like American football, except you can only throw the ball backwards to a team mate and there are no pads or helmets. All tackling is limited to the person with the ball and cannot be above the line of the shoulders. The rubgy teams who compete are: Fiji, USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Uraguay, Argentina, South Africa, Canada, Japan, China, Brazil, New Zealand, France, Australia and Kenya. Uzbekistan and Hong Kong play in a series of exhibition matches (they did not qualify for the greater tournament). The tournament lasts 3 days. On the third day, a trophy is given to the winner of the men's and women's teams. This year, the men's Argentina and the women's New Zealand teams won. I liked watching the men's Argentina team because they were fast, strong and tackled really well. I also liked the New Zealand women's team because I bet on them (and won).
Overall, I thought the Rugby Sevens was super fun because I enjoy watching sport competitions. This competition was especially fun because the matches were very fast paced and the players were very athletic.
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