The Bahrain national rugby sevens team is a minor sevens side. They have competed in the

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...

. They are traditionally seen as "minnows". For example, in the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they lost 52-0 to

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and 24-4 to the

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.McLaren, p70

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External links

* McLaren Bill, ''A Visit to Hong Kong'' in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) ''The Whitbread Rugby World '90'' (Lennard Books, 1989) Rugby union in Bahrain National rugby sevens teams National sports teams of Bahrain {{National-rugbyunion-team-stub