New Zealand claimed the Hong Kong Sevens title and opened up a five point lead in the IRB World Sevens Series after beating closest rivals England 29-12 at the Hong Kong Stadium on Sunday. Frank Halai, who was hampered by an ankle injury throughout the tournament, ignored the pain to score two tries as New Zealand ran in five tries to three to claim the 30 points on offer for winning the Hong Kong title. They now have 110 points in the world series, five points ahead of England. Captain DJ Forbes sat out the match with a hamstring injury, and it was his replacement in the starting lineup Solomon King who opened the scoring after quick thinking from Tim Mikkelson put him into space out wide. Read more: http://www.espnscrum.com/sevens-2010/rugby/story/137199.html
