HSBC Sevens World Series 2014-15: Australia endure shocking start to Tokyo event opening door for England

HSBC Sevens World Series 2014-15: Australia endure shocking start to Tokyo event opening door for England
• Tokyo Sevens photo gallery Australia endured a horrific start to their Tokyo Sevens campaign, suffering pool defeats to Portugal and then Scotland on day one of the competition – the seventh of nine stops in the HSBC Sevens World Series – on Saturday.

The two losses mean that Geraint John’s team, currently fourth in the overall standings, drop out of the main event and allow England, who enjoyed a better day, a chance to catch up and even overtake their rivals for the last Olympics qualification berth.

With the top four teams afforded automatic places for Rio 2016, when rugby will ma…

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