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England 7s Hong Kong 2008 Gollings on the points!
By KATH March 29 2008
England Sevens Series - Hong Kong 2008 Ben Gollings (Sunnybank) added to his IRB Sevens points record today by scoring two of England’s seven tries in what was a convincing win at today’s (Saturday) Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens.
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Gollings totting up the points in Hong Kong

 

England 47-7 Sri Lanka

 

Ben Gollings (Sunnybank) added to his IRB Sevens points record today by scoring two of England's seven tries in what was a convincing win at today's (Saturday) Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens.

 

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Ben Gollings with Steve Nottingham - 2006 Hong Kong 7s 

More Photos from Steve - Hong Kong 2006

 

 
 
 

England scored three tries within the first three minutes, Gollings was first over the line, John Brake (Northampton) wasn't far behind with his second try of the tournament and Simon Hunt (Ebbw Vale) scored his first try of the competition. Gollings made a 90 metre run to secure his second try of the match and England led 28-0 going into the break.

 

Grand Slam U20s star Noah Cato (Saracens) found his feet early on in the second half scoring his first try for England Sevens with a huge run to cross the line. Second half replacements Anthony Elliott (Bristol Rugby) and Chris Mayor (Sale Sharks) made a massive impact both scoring tries within minutes of coming on.

 

England play defending Hong Kong champions Samoa at 6.34pm local time (GMT +8).

 

England: James Collins (Worcester Warriors), John Brake (Northampton Saints), Noah Cato (Saracens), Andy Vilk (captain, Sale Sharks), Ben Gollings (Sunnybank), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Simon Hunt (Ebbw Vale).

 

Replacements: Jon Fisher (London Irish), Anthony Elliott (Bristol Rugby), Chris Mayor (Sale Sharks)

 

England scorers: Ben Gollings (2t, 6c), John Brake (t), Simon Hunt (t), Noah Cato (t), Chris Mayor (t), Anthony Elliott (t).

 

Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens Pool fixtures:

 RESULT NOW IN

March 29 - Samoa 5 v 7 England, KO 6:34pm local time (GMT+8)

 

We wish the squad the best of luck in the final day! 

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England quotes from the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens



Ben Gollings (Sunnybank)



“We came here not really knowing what expectations were but the boys have stepped up to the plate and have done more than we can ask. This is Sevens it’s always on the bounce of a ball and you end up on the losing side.



“The young lads have learned a lot here and hopefully we can go onto Adelaide next week and build on what we have done. The boys have to take a lot from this tournament, we didn’t disgrace ourselves here so we should take some confidence from our performances.”



Noah Cato (Saracens)



“It was a hard game, it mirrored yesterday where it came down to the wire again, it’s tough to take but you have to deal with it and move on. It’s been a reality check for me this tournament, it’s amazing, we have just done our lap of honour and the support here is great, these are memories I will take away with me.”



John Brake (Northampton)



“I think in the second half it was there for the taking, unfortunately we made a couple of mistakes, we lost possession and if you don’t get ball you don’t win games.”



Anthony Elliott (Bristol Rugby)



“Massively disappointed today, we beat them yesterday and unusually played them again today. We did everything we could, we made a couple of bad decisions but that’s the game, anything can happen and unfortunately it went against us.”

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