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HK 7s: England fights back

By EMONI NARAWA in Hong Kong
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Update: 1:04PM ENGLAND rugby coach Ben Ryan says they need to bounce back in today's games to maintain their chances of making the quarter-finals at the Hong Kong Sevens.

This was after the English were thumped 28-7 by Samoa in their opening game last night.

Ryan said Samoa was the best team from the kick-offs.

"I thought the Samoans were absolutely outstanding in the first half. There's a reason why they are the best team to win kick-offs in the world. They really took the game from us by winning two or three kick-offs and gained a good positive outcome from it," Ryan told Times Sport after the game.

"We need to win our next two games to stand our chances of making the quarter-finals," he said.

England plays Scotland at 2.48pm (Fiji time) before taking on Portugal in their final pool match.