IRB Sevens: HSBC Sevens World Series Dubai tournament – Discussion Article

Published 3 December 2011 | By grootblousmile

The Second Tournament of the HSBC Sevens World Series 2011, known as the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament played on 2 and 3 December 2011.

This time the the times are’nt at ‘unusual hours’ in South African terms, like was the case last week, starting at 07:20 SA Time. We’ll only have a lively general Discussion Article and not a Live Article with Score Updates as the games proceed.

This is exactly that, the Discussion Article, here you will find all the scores, from time to time.

England wins the Cup Final against France, with the big guns of New Zealand, South Africa and Fiji all stumbling and having ordinary tournaments by their standards.

Here are the Results:

 

Results – Day 1
 1 07:20  WALES  14 – 7  SCOTLAND  Pool D
 2 07:42  AUSTRALIA  40 – 7  CANADA  Pool D
 3 08:04  FIJI  40 – 7  ARGENTINA  Pool A
 4 08:26  SAMOA  55 – 12  U.A.E.  Pool A
 5 08:48  NEW ZEALAND  40 – 0  UNITED STATES  Pool B
 6 09:10  SOUTH AFRICA  17 – 5  PORTUGAL  Pool B
 7 09:32  FRANCE  27 – 5  KENYA  Pool C
 8 09:54  ENGLAND  43 – 0  ZIMBABWE  Pool C
 9 11:02  WALES  15 – 12  CANADA  Pool D
 10 11:24  AUSTRALIA  24 – 12  SCOTLAND  Pool D
 11 11:46  FIJI  43 – 0  U.A.E.  Pool A
 12 12:08  SAMOA  28 – 28  ARGENTINA  Pool A
 13 12:32  NEW ZEALAND  31 – 7  PORTUGAL  Pool B
 14 12:54  SOUTH AFRICA  36 – 7  UNITED STATES  Pool B
 15 13:16  FRANCE  26 – 0  ZIMBABWE  Pool C
 16 13:38  ENGLAND  19 – 12  KENYA  Pool C
 17 14:46  SCOTLAND  19 – 14  CANADA  Pool D
 18 15:08  ARGENTINA  73 – 7  U.A.E.  Pool A
 19 15:30  UNITED STATES  10 – 12  PORTUGAL  Pool B
 20 16:23  KENYA  5 – 21  ZIMBABWE  Pool C
 21 16:44  WALES  33 – 14  AUSTRALIA  Pool D
 22 17:06  FIJI  31 – 14  SAMOA  Pool A
 23 17:30  NEW ZEALAND  5 – 21  SOUTH AFRICA  Pool B
 24 17:52  FRANCE  12 – 29  ENGLAND  Pool C

 

Results – Day 2
 25 07:40  SAMOA  17 – 26  CANADA  1/4 final Bowl
 26 08:02  ZIMBABWE  7 – 41  UNITED STATES  1/4 final Bowl
 27 08:24  SCOTLAND  40 – 5  UAE  1/4 final Bowl
 28 08:46  PORTUGAL  24 – 12  KENYA  1/4 final Bowl
 29 09:08  FIJI  34 – 7  AUSTRALIA  1/4 final Cup
 30 09:32  ENGLAND  10 – 7  NEW ZEALAND  1/4 final Cup
 31 09:54  WALES  5 – 7  ARGENTINA  1/4 final Cup
 32 10:16  SOUTH AFRICA  5 – 19  FRANCE  1/4 final Cup
 33 10:38  SAMOA  21 – 12  ZIMBABWE  SF Shield
 34 11:00  UAE  5 – 35  KENYA  SF Shield
 35 11:24  CANADA  17 – 33  UNITED STATES  SF Bowl
 36 11:46  SCOTLAND  19 – 17  PORTUGAL  SF Bowl
 37 12:08  AUSTRALIA  26 – 12  NEW ZEALAND  SF Plate
 38 12:30  WALES  7 – 22  SOUTH AFRICA  SF Plate
 39 15:02  FIJI  12 – 19  ENGLAND  SF Cup
 40 15:24  ARGENTINA  5 – 24  FRANCE  SF Cup
 41 15:48  SAMOA  31 – 17  KENYA  Final Shield
 42 16:18  UNITED STATES  0 – 26  SCOTLAND  Final Bowl
 43 16:48  AUSTRALIA  17 – 14  SOUTH AFRICA  Final Plate
 44 17:48  FIJI  26 – 21  ARGENTINA
 45 18:18  ENGLAND  29 – 12  FRANCE  Final Cup

 

The Log standings after 2 Rounds of the Sevens Season, now stands as follows:

 

HSBC Sevens World Series Standings
Team AUS DUB RSA NZL USA HKG JAP SCO ENG Pts
1 FIJI 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
2 ENGLAND 10 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
3 FRANCE 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
NEW ZEALAND 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
SOUTH AFRICA 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
6 AUSTRALIA 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
7 ARGENTINA 8 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
WALES 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
9 SAMOA 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
SCOTLAND 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
11 UNITED STATES 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
12 CANADA 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PORTUGAL 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TONGA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
15 KENYA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
17 JAPAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
18 NIUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UAE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

 

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