HONG KONG (AP) — Argentina's men won their first Hong Kong Sevens rugby title and New Zealand's women claimed their own history with a hat trick of championships on Sunday.
A first-time men's champion of the crown jewel in the sevens world series was guaranteed when Argentina and France reached the final.
France knocked out Hong Kong's greatest men's winners, defending champion New Zealand in the quarterfinals and Fiji in the semifinals.
But Argentina, after falling in the previous five Hong Kong semifinals, used the confidence from a two-month winning streak to subdue Olympic champion France 12-7.