… Guyana’s performance overshadowed
FIJI played undefeated in the Cathy Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Rugby World Series to end as the champions of the Cup Competition while Samoa achieved the same feat to claim the title in the Plate Competition over the three days of action at the Hong Kong National Stadium. Guyana Jaguars’ performance proved futile against the higher level of competition in which they lost four of their five matches.
Guyana competed in Pool F with Russia, Portugal and Japan. On the opening day in that Pool, Portugal trounced Guyana 19-0 then Russia got past Japan 14-7.
Day two, the Jaguars narrowly lost to Russian 12-14  then in the afternoon Japan dished out a destructive performance which sank Guyana 38-5.
The other matches in Pool F on day two saw Portugal defeat Japan 26-22 and Russia fall to Portugal 10-17.
Portugal comfortably topped Pool F with nine points; Russia were second with seven points; Japan were third with five points while Guyana were last with three points.
On the final day Guyana lost to Uruguay 0-31 but closed off with a 7-5 victory over China in the Ranking category of the competition.