Battling Wales in fine start.

WORLD Cup winners Wales began their bid for more glory at the Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens (Chinese: 香港七人欖球賽) (referred to as Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens for sponsorship reasons) is considered the premier tournament on the IRB Sevens World Series in rugby union. with a 14-5 victory over Japan.

Kilryong So gave Japan the lead when he broke down the wing moments, but Wales, much-changed from their Dubai triumph, hit back in style as Evan Evans Evan Evans could refer to one of several people:

Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), 18th century Welsh poet and scholar
Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), 19th century Welsh poet
Evan Alfred Evans, US judge

and James Lewis crossed for tries.

"That was as hard as we thought it was going to be," said Wales coach Paul John.

"We've got a brand new squad here. We've only got two boys from the World Cup, so we had to fight and had to scrap a bit."

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:	Mar 28, 2009
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