Palais to take on New Zealand in opener

The PNG Palais will take on giants New Zealand in their first match of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2016-17 in Sydney, Australia tomorrow.

The game at Allianz Stadium will kick off at 2:20pm local time (3:20pm PNG time).

The Palais then play Canada at 4:40pm the same afternoon followed by the last match at night against France at 7:22pm.

Pools for the two day tournament:

Pool A: New Zealand, Canada, France, PNG. Pool B: Australia, Fiji, Ireland, Brazil. Pool C: Russia, England, Spain, USA.

The finals will be on Saturday.

This Saturday in Sydney will also see the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 take place.

In Pool A: South Africa, England, Kenya, Japan. Pool B: Fiji, France, Wales, Samoa. Pool C: Scotland, New Zealand, PNG, Australia. Pool D: Canada, Argentina, Russia, USA.

The PNG Pukpuks will play Scotland at 12:04pm, then New Zealand at 3:37pm and Australia at 8:35pm.

The finals will be played on Sunday.

Author: 
Troy Taule