The Third Tournament of the HSBC Sevens World Series 2011 / 2012, known as the Nelson Mandela BaySouth Africa Rugby Sevens tournament played on 9 and 10 December 2011.
This week the tournament was in OUR back yard, the first games started at 11:37 on 9 December 2011, SA Time. We only had a lively general Discussion Article and not a Live Article with Score Updates as the games proceed.
This was exactly that, the Discussion Article, here you will find all the scores.
Last week, the Dubai leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series went totally cookoo, with all the big guns falling out and underperforming and having ordinary tournaments by their standards.
This time New Zealand just pip South Africa to the post, winning the tournament in a thrilling Final, by 31 / 26.
The next HSBC Sevens World Series tournament will be held in Wellington, New Zealand on 3 and 4 February 2012.
Fixtures & Results– Day 1 |
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1 | 11:37 | FIJI | 31 – 7 | PORTUGAL | Pool D | ||
2 | 11:59 | WALES | 42 – 7 | ZIMBABWE | Pool D | ||
3 | 12:21 | ENGLAND | 26 – 7 | UNITED STATES | Pool A | ||
4 | 12:43 | ARGENTINA | 5 – 17 | SAMOA | Pool A | ||
5 | 13:05 | FRANCE | 31 – 7 | SCOTLAND | Pool B | ||
6 | 13:27 | NEW ZEALAND | 39 – 7 | MOROCCO | Pool B | ||
7 | 13:49 | SOUTH AFRICA | 33 – 0 | CANADA | Pool C | ||
8 | 14:11 | AUSTRALIA | 31 – 14 | KENYA | Pool C | ||
9 | 14:43 | FIJI | 42 – 17 | ZIMBABWE | Pool D | ||
10 | 15:05 | WALES | 34 – 7 | PORTUGAL | Pool D | ||
11 | 15:27 | ENGLAND | 14 – 24 | SAMOA | Pool A | ||
12 | 15:49 | ARGENTINA | 14 – 21 | UNITED STATES | Pool A | ||
13 | 16:11 | FRANCE | 19 – 7 | MOROCCO | Pool B | ||
14 | 16:33 | NEW ZEALAND | 45 – 0 | SCOTLAND | Pool B | ||
15 | 16:55 | SOUTH AFRICA | 45 – 0 | KENYA | Pool C | ||
16 | 17:17 | AUSTRALIA | 33 – 10 | CANADA | Pool C | ||
17 | 18:04 | PORTUGAL | 24 – 12 | ZIMBABWE | Pool D | ||
18 | 18:26 | UNITED STATES | 12 – 14 | SAMOA | Pool A | ||
19 | 18:48 | SCOTLAND | 50 – 0 | MOROCCO | Pool B | ||
20 | 19:10 | CANADA | 26 – 5 | KENYA | Pool C | ||
21 | 19:32 | FIJI | 29 – 14 | WALES | Pool D | ||
22 | 19:54 | ENGLAND | 19 – 0 | ARGENTINA | Pool A | ||
23 | 20:16 | FRANCE | 41 – 0 | NEW ZEALAND | Pool B | ||
24 | 20:38 | SOUTH AFRICA | 26 – 0 | AUSTRALIA | Pool C |
Fixtures & Results– Day 2 |
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25 | 11:16 | UNITED STATES | 26 – 0 | ZIMBABWE | 1/4 final Bowl | ||
26 | 11:38 | CANADA | 21 – 0 | MOROCCO | 1/4 final Bowl | ||
27 | 12:00 | PORTUGAL | 12 – 28 | ARGENTINA | 1/4 final Bowl | ||
28 | 12:22 | SCOTLAND | 26 – 7 | KENYA | 1/4 final Bowl | ||
29 | 12:44 | SAMOA | 21 – 12 | WALES | 1/4 final Cup | ||
30 | 13:06 | SOUTH AFRICA | 26 – 12 | FRANCE | 1/4 final Cup | ||
31 | 13:28 | FIJI | 14 – 21 | ENGLAND | 1/4 final Cup | ||
32 | 13:50 | NEW ZEALAND | 21 – 5 | AUSTRALIA | 1/4 final Cup | ||
33 | 14:27 | ZIMBABWE | 21 – 14 | MOROCCO | SF Shield | ||
34 | 14:49 | PORTUGAL | 12 – 17 | KENYA | SF Shield | ||
35 | 15:11 | UNITED STATES | 12 – 22 | CANADA | SF Bowl | ||
36 | 15:33 | ARGENTINA | 14 – 21 | SCOTLAND | SF Bowl | ||
37 | 16:15 | WALES | 24 – 20 | FRANCE | SF Plate | ||
38 | 16:37 | FIJI | 26 – 7 | AUSTRALIA | SF Plate | ||
39 | 16:59 | SAMOA | 7 – 12 | SOUTH AFRICA | SF Cup | ||
40 | 17:21 | ENGLAND | 14 – 19 | NEW ZEALAND | SF Cup | ||
41 | 17:53 | ZIMBABWE | 19 – 12 | KENYA | Final Shield | ||
42 | 18:18 | CANADA | 19 – 22 | SCOTLAND | Final Bowl | ||
43 | 18:43 | WALES | 48 – 0 | FIJI | Final Plate | ||
44 | 19:08 | SAMOA | 17 – 14 | ENGLAND | |||
45 | 19:40 | SOUTH AFRICA |
26 – 31 | NEW ZEALAND |
Final Cup |
Here are the World Standings, as at the conclusion of this tournament:
Team | AUS | DUB | RSA | NZL | USA | HKG | JAP | SCO | ENG | Pts | ||
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1 | FIJI | 22 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
NEW ZEALAND | 19 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ||
3 | SOUTH AFRICA | 17 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
4 | ENGLAND | 10 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
5 | FRANCE | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
6 | AUSTRALIA | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
7 | WALES | 13 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
8 | SAMOA | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
9 | ARGENTINA | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
10 | SCOTLAND | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
11 | UNITED STATES | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
12 | CANADA | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
13 | PORTUGAL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
14 | KENYA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
TONGA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
16 | ZIMBABWE | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
17 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
18 | JAPAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | MOROCCO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
NIUE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
UAE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thats better Samoa
England 14 / 12 so far
Topo scores in the corner for Samoa and they take the lead
Samoa 17 / 14 so far
Mai gets a card for punching
Final Score: Samoa 17 / 14 England
and the sun sets on the poms – with those shirts, I hope
367 @ Just For Kicks:
Don’t know which jerseys are uglier, England’s pineapple fruit cocktail or Australia’s lime green puke.
Now for the main event of the weekend.
The Cup Final between the Blitzbokke and New Zealand
Blitzies
368@ grootblousmile:Both as bad as each other
371 @ Just For Kicks:
Must have been designed by the same fool, whilst on some psycadelic concoction!
Game On!
Goooooo Blitzbokke!
Forbes gets first blood for NZ
All from Afrika’s mistake
NZ 7 / 0
Tryyyyyyyyy Bernardo Botha!
Much better Blitzies
7 / 7
Boom gets a yellow… oi vei
Lucky SA, knock near the line by NZ
Try to Cama
Poor, poor play,
NZ 12 / 7
Was forward, but we need the luck!
Even stevens again
Try to Botha again… all square, kick to come
Bokke 14 / 12
Branco has slotted 2 pearlers
Sod it!
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