ENGLAND made a disastrous start to the grand finale of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 in Los Angeles yesterday, losing 19-5 to Scotland and then 19-14 to Kenya in their first two matches.
Jordan Edmunds (twice) and Callum Young scored for Scotland before Kenya won their game convincingly, despite the scoreline.
Of the 16 teams involved at the LA Memorial Coliseum, only four could become Series champions; South Africa, Australia, Argentina and Fiji.
With a unique scoring system in place due to the impacts of the global pandemic, each team’s end of season t...