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RNZ News
04-05-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Rugby: Black Ferns Sevens into title decider, All Blacks Sevens fall short
Michaela Brake. Photo: Photosport The Black Ferns Sevens are into the title decider at the World Series finale in Los Angeles. Olympic champions New Zealand beat hosts the United States 34-7 in the semi-finals at the winner-takes-all season-ending event. Michaela Brake scored a hat-trick of tries for the Black Ferns Sevens against the US, with Jorja Miller, Jazmin Felix-Hotham and Sarah Hirini the other players to dot down. The Black Ferns Sevens, who had already wrapped up the overall league title, will face arch-rivals Australia in Monday afternoon's final (12.05pm NZT). Jazmin Felix-Hotham. Photo: Alex Gallardo/ActionPress The All Blacks Sevens were beaten 31-5 by South Africa in the men's semi-finals. South Africa will face Spain for the men's title after the Spaniards beat Argentina 29-5 in the first men's semi-final.
South China Morning Post
30-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Sevens: New Zealand star has extra special reason to enjoy tournament this year
New Zealand's Jazmin Felix-Hotham was no stranger to playing in the Hong Kong Sevens but this year is a special one for her. Advertisement Playing at the new Kai Tak Stadium was only one of the reasons: the trip to the city also reunited her with her father, Nigel Hotham, who moved to Hong Kong last summer. A renowned rugby coach back home, Hotham Snr accepted a role with local Premiership outfit USRC Tigers and decided to embrace 'a change of my lifestyle' with his wife Dianne, after spending the past three decades coaching in New Zealand. 'We've got five children and they'd all left home, so there was a little opportunity, a little window for me and my wife to travel and do some coaching,' the director of rugby at the Tigers said. 'It's far [from home] but not as far away as Europe, and the bonus of having an experience like this was that we hadn't had the opportunity to travel and watch Jazmin play [because of our jobs], so it's pretty special they're here and we're already here.' Jazmin, who won an Olympic gold medal with the Black Ferns Sevens in Paris last summer, has played twice before at the Hong Kong Sevens, on top of a school trip with her Hamilton Girl's High School team. Advertisement 'Hong Kong Sevens is such a historical event, we call it the home of Sevens,' she said. 'There's so much history in that old stadium and this stadium is spectacular, so to play in something built solely for the Sevens is pretty special.' The 24-year-old added that Hong Kong is 'by far' her favourite stop in the World SVNS Series.
