The Netherlands national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.
Tournament History
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Hong Kong Sevens
In the 1988 Hong Kong Sevens, one of their players, Marcel Bierman, broke his neck in a tackle, subsequently requiring a wheelchair as an assistive device.
In the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they beat Bahrain by a large margin: 24-4. That year the team had the distinction of including four brothers: Hans, Andre, Mats and Peter Marcker.
Bill McLaren was particularly impressed by Bart Wierenga
- "the player who made the biggest impression was a gangly lad with a head of hair like a wind-blown thatched cottage, Bart Wierenga, who ran his heart out in a series of tingling performances."
On the team's lap of honour, Wierenga wheeled Marcel Bierman around the pitch, to loud cheers and claps from the audience.
Hong Kong Sevens
See also
- Rugby union in the Netherlands
- Netherlands national rugby union team
References
- McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
