The first Sevens Tournament in the 2015 calendar year for the HSBC Sevens World Series of 2014 / 2015 took place in Wellington, New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium.
The New Zealand Sevens tournament was played over 2 Days, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February 2015.
Play started in the very early, small hours of the night / morning of 6 & 7 February (01:00 SA Time), with the opening game between the Blitzbokke from South Africa pitted against France.
South Africa’s Blitzbokke survived a scare to eventually progress to the quarters when France beat them 22 / 5 in the first game of the tournament and eventually finished in 3rd spot,beating Scotland by 40 / 7 and keeping their Top of the Log position after the early Rounds.
New Zealand won the Wellington Sevens in style, beating England in the final, by 27 / 21.
Pools:
- Pool A: South Africa, United States, France, Japan
- Pool B: New Zealand, England, Canada, Papua New Guinea
- Pool C: Australia, Fiji, Wales, Portugal
- Pool D: Argentina, Scotland, Kenya, Samoa
Fixtures & Results:
All times given in CAT (SA Time – GMT+2)
February 2015 |
||||
6 | South Africa | 5 / 22 | France | 01:00 |
6 | USA | 40 / 5 | Japan | 01:21 |
6 | Australia | 36 / 5 | Wales | 01:42 |
6 | Fiji | 31 / 19 | Portugal | 02:03 |
6 | Argentina | 31 / 7 | Kenya | 02:24 |
6 | Scotland | 14 / 12 | Samoa | 02:46 |
6 | New Zealand | 26 / 5 | Canada | 03:08 |
6 | England | 29 / 0 | Papa New Guinea | 03:30 |
6 | South Africa | 24 / 7 | Japan | 03:52 |
6 | USA | 38 / 7 | France | 04:14 |
6 | Australia | 29 / 0 | Portugal | 04:36 |
6 | Fiji | 42 / 19 | Wales | 04:58 |
6 | Argentina | 21 / 21 | Samoa | 05:20 |
6 | Scotland | 14 / 19 | Kenya | 05:42 |
6 | New Zealand | 38 / 7 | Papa New Guinea | 06:04 |
6 | England | 27 / 5 | Canada | 06:26 |
6 | France | 35 / 17 | Japan | 06:48 |
6 | South Africa | 26 / 14 | USA | 07:10 |
6 | Wales | 20 / 12 | Portugal | 07:32 |
6 | Australia | 5 / 14 | Fiji | 07:54 |
6 | Kenya | 28 / 14 | Samoa | 08:54 |
6 | Argentina | 14 / 21 | Scotland | 09:16 |
6 | Canada | 41 / 0 | Papa New Guinea | 09:38 |
6 | New Zealand | 24 / 5 | England | 10:00 |
7 | France | 26 / 19 | Samoa | 01:00 |
7 | Wales | 41 / 0 | Papa New Guinea | 01:21 |
7 | Argentina | 38 / 5 | Japan | 01:42 |
7 | Canada | 0 / 26 | Portugal | 02:03 |
7 | USA | 15 / 19 | Scotland | 02:28 |
7 | Fiji | 21 / 26 | England | 02:49 |
7 | Kenya | 5 / 19 | South Africa | 03:10 |
7 | New Zealand | 26 / 7 | Australia | 03:31 |
7 | Samoa | 47 / 5 | Papa New Guinea | 03:56 |
7 | Japan | 21 / 28 | Canada | 04:18 |
7 | France | 43 / 0 | Wales | 04:40 |
7 | Argentina | 47 / 5 | Portugal | 05:02 |
7 | USA | 10 / 12 | Fiji | 05:24 |
7 | Kenya | 5 / 21 | Australia | 05:46 |
7 | Scotland | 19 / 24 | England | 06:12 |
7 | South Africa | 7 / 17 | New Zealand | 06:37 |
7 | Samoa | 10 / 26 | Canada | 07:53 |
7 | France | 29 / 5 | Argentina | 08:23 |
7 | Fiji | 24 / 0 | Australia | 08:53 |
7 | Scotland | 7 / 40 | South Africa (3rd Place) | 09:23 |
7 | England | 21 / 27 | New Zealand (Final – Cup Winner) | 09:55 |
HSBC Sevens World Series Log Standings:
(After Wellington Sevens Tournament)
No |
Team |
PTS |
---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 76 |
2 | New Zealand | 69 |
3 | Fiji | 64 |
4 | Australia | 58 |
5 | England | 56 |
6 | Argentina | 47 |
7 | Scotland | 42 |
8 | USA | 36 |
9 | Samoa | 31 |
10 | Wales | 30 |
Hello,
…after yet another Loadshedding morning…
Sitting at a Coffee Shop…not the ideal way to work, and only doing admin and shit… but at least it’s workable
Jeeez, the Blitzbokke lost 5 / 22 to France in the opening match… and then rallied to make the quarters.
Not a good start at all!
Know not relevant to this one but here is Scotland team to play France in Paris tomorrow night:
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors); 27 caps, 8 tries, 1 penalty, 43 points
14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors); 13 caps, 6 tries, 30 points
13 Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors); 2 caps
12 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors); 11 caps, 4 tries, 20 points
11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby); 15 caps, 7 tries, 35 points
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors); 5 caps
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN (Gloucester); 34 caps, 3 tries, 37 conversions, 70 penalties, 299 points
1 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby); 39 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby); 80 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
3 Euan Murray (Glasgow Warriors); 62 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
4 Richie Gray (Castres); 42 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors); 8 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors), 10 caps, 1 try, 5 points
7 Blair Cowan (London Irish); 6 caps, 1 try, 5 points
8 Johnnie Beattie (Castres); 34 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
Substitutes
16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors); 3 caps
17 Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors); 6 caps
18 Geoff Cross (London Irish); 35 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
19 Jim Hamilton (Saracens); 57 caps, 1 try, 5 points
20 Alasdair Strokosch (USA Perpignan); 42 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby); uncapped
22 Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors); 5 caps
23 Dougie Fife (Edinburgh Rugby); 3 caps
Not considered through injury: Adam Ashe (neck), Chris Cusiter (knee), Chris Fusaro (ankle), Grant Gilchrist (arm), Tyrone Holmes (face), Ruaridh Jackson (knee), Sean Lamont (calf), Henry Pyrgos (knee), Matt Scott (shoulder), Tim Swinson (calf), Duncan Taylor (hamstring), Duncan Weir (arm).
Eishhh, close Blitzies, toughies boys! But we have been on the backfoot since that false start against France.
No worries, we will get it right in the desert next weekend, Vegas!!!
Moer Fiji die Ozzies 25-0 !
Now for Blitzies against the whiskey brave hearts for 3rd place…a good one this, Scotland on the up these days.
@ Pietman:
Should read ‘whisky’…sorry Liam and Kickers!
7-0 to the Jocks….but Brown under the sticks, great stuff Bokke…7-7!
Go the Jocks,
😆
Galant scores! 14-7
@ cane:
Go the Poms!
Senatla! 21-7
SA too classy here.
All over at half time.
Another one! 28-7
Give Senatla a Bells, a double!
@ Pietman:
That’s the spirit Pieterman.
Boks need to get 17 points for 3rd spot…and Kiwis to go down against the Poms…and we are way okay in Vegas again
@ cane:
Morning old timer, how the hell are you keeping these days, I hope ok?
35-7 Great kicking display by Du Preez.
4 minutes to go.
If NZ lose to the Poms next, the Blitzies would have a nett gain of 3 points from this round, increading the lead 10.
@ Pietman:
…increasing their lead to 10…sorry Puma
40-7
Despite 2 losses we still on top of the table after Wellington.
Game over.
Well done to Niel and the boys
@ Pietman:
Great win by your Boys Pieterman.
Out for now.
@ cane:
Laters mate.
Okaaay, final game on!
Black vs White…
Still me talking to 10 Bods and a few guests…
This 17 year old Rico kid is unreal…5-0 NZ
England being bamboozled by this 17 year old magician in black, what a player!
Yellow card to NZ and a different feel about the game suddenly…10-7
Webber back on and immediately NZ scores…Rico the Kid again!
Great 1st half! 15-7 to NZ at the break.
Users Online
Total 133 users including 0 member, 133 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,352,892 Page Impressions
_