Japan's women lost all three of their matches on Saturday, while defending champions New Zealand missed their chance at a consecutive-victories record in the Kitakyushu Sevens, the fourth leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.Playing on home soil, the Sakura Sevens lacked the speed and power of their opponents, falling 43-0 to New Zealand, 33-19 to France and 28-21 to Russia.They were unable to advance to Sunday's quarterfinals and will head into the Challenge Trophy consolation round, to determine the ninth through 12th places.The hosts were competing in the 12-team tournament at Mi…READ FULL ARTICLE
