Argentina Scintillate on Day One of 2025 Hong Kong 7’s

Argentina played scintillating rugby on the opening day of the 2025 Hong Kong 7’s. Played at the new Kai Tak Stadium, Los Pumas 7’s were on fire; the South Americans racked up two huge wins. The Americas’ other Men’s competitors did not perform so well while there were mixed results in the Women’s fixtures.

Los Pumas 7’s showed why they lead the Men’s standings. Argentina defeated Ireland 35-7 and the USA 52-5 to go top of Pool A. They arguably performed even better than their strong showing at the previous stop on the Sevens Circuit where Argentina extended their dynasty in Vancouver. Fiji also defeated Ireland and the USA in their matches.

Like the USA Men’s Eagles, Uruguay were winless in their two matches. Los Teros 7’s fell to a 40-7 defeat against South Africa and a 29-0 loss against New Zealand.

Three teams were above the rest in the Women’s competition. Olympic Gold Medalists, New Zealand went 2-0 on the day with a 45-0 win over China and a 33-21 win over the USA. The Women’s Eagles were 31-12 winners over Brazil in their other match. Brazil recovered from the loss against the USA to celebrate a 36-10 win over China.

Canada complimented Brazil and the USA by winning one and losing one match on day one. The Canadians opened with a 24-17 win over Japan before falling to a 26-15 defeat against Australia. Canada have key class against Spain to open Day Two.

Great Britain 12-7 France
Kenya 19-0 Spain
Fiji 26-21 USA
Argentina 35-7 Ireland
Great Britain 12-7 Kenya
Spain 19-12 France
Fiji 21-19 Ireland
Argentina 52-5 USA
South Africa 40-7 Uruguay
New Zealand 21-12 Australia
New Zealand 29-0 Uruguay
Australia 26-7 South Africa

Canada 24-17 Japan
Australia 54-12 Spain
France 22-12 Great Britain
Fiji 26-17 Ireland
Japan 24-19 Spain
Australia 26-15 Canada
Great Britain 28-17 Ireland
France 24-14 Fiji
USA 31-12 Brazil
New Zealand 45-0 China
Brazil 36-10 China
New Zealand 33-21 USA