The second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Incheon, South Korea, was held on Nov. 13.
During the men’s final between Hong Kong and South Korea, a widely known song, “Glory to Hong Kong,” which was adopted as the anthem of the protests of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement in 2019, was played in the stadium. The anthem was supposed to be the national anthem of communist China. According to the preliminary information provided by the Hong Kong Rugby Union to the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong government, Asia Rugby confirmed that the recording of the national anthem submitted by the coach of the Hong Kong team was correct and explained that the incident happened “due to a simple human error from a junior member of the local organizing committee, playing a song downloaded from the internet instead of the correct anthem.”…