Hong Kong Sevens 2011

Wow.  A three-day rugby marathon for me.  And I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Friday evening....a social affair.  USA beat Japan.  Women's rugby showed me that I am actually a total wimp.

The beginning.  Cheers!

I will not ever cross those women.

Cheers!  Again!

Cheers again!!  Jane's friend Pete is going to bite her ear off

USA!USA!USA!

The guy on the left doesn't really look angry

Jane had obviously had too much beer when she took this one

'Cuz we're not getting silly at all...

Not in the least.

Saturday....started at about 2pm....and went on til the bitter end....which was about 11pm for us old fogies.....

Oh, hey!  No more photos!  Must have been having too good of a time!

Sunday....James and I ditched the kids with Jane and went for a couple of hours.  We watched England beat Samoa to get to the finals, but missed NZ beating England, as we had to get back to the kids.  But no wonder England lost to NZ.  NZ's kit was a lot cooler.  The England team had to be mortified in their kit.  When I first saw them warming up, I didn't know it was England (as it was a strange, red and orange concoction), and asked James who the dance team was.  Then, after that game, a (real) dance team came out (along with a rubbish girl band, billed as "The First Pan-Asian Girl Band!" eek), but their kit was not nearly as colourful and dance-y as the England kit.

England playing Samoa

Close up of England kit

The real dance team, with less colourful kit (and rubbish singers!)