HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series: Sydney Sevens – Results – New Zealand pip the Final again in the dying seconds

Published 7 February 2016 | By grootblousmile

World Rugby Sevens SeriesWith Wellington now but a distant memory, the Sydney leg of the Sevens World Series took place this weekend, with new significance.

There had been 3 different champions in the 3 tournaments prior to this weekend – Fiji in Dubai, South Africa in Cape Town and New Zealand in Wellington.

South Africa started the weekend with a 2-point advantage over Fiji on top of the World Rugby Sevens Series Log standings.

New Zealand won the Final of the Sydney Sevens, beating hosts Australia by 27 / 24, again in the dying seconds of the game, to take the Title and earn back to back wins in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Three teams are now equal on the Points Log for the World Rugby Sevens Series 2015 – 2016, namely South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand, all on 69 Log Points. In 4th and 5th places on the Log are Australia and Argentina, both on 54 Log Points.

With only 6 Series tournaments left before the teams head to the Olympic Games, a lot of talk, understandably, are on Rio.

 

Pools for Sydney Sevens:

  • Pool A: New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Portugal
  • Pool B: South Africa, Kenya, Scotland, Russia
  • Pool C: Fiji, Argentina, Samoa, France
  • Pool D: England, United States, Japan, Wales

 

Results – Day 1:

All times are SA Time (GMT+2)

6 February 2016
1 Fiji 31 / 0 Samoa Allianz Stadium, Sydney 02:00
2 Argentina 17 / 7 France Allianz Stadium, Sydney 02:22
3 South Afriica 33 / 7 Scotland Allianz Stadium, Sydney 02:44
4 Kenya 24 / 10 Russia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 03:06
5 England 26 / 5 Japan Allianz Stadium, Sydney 03:28
6 USA 42 / 0 Wales Allianz Stadium, Sydney 03:50
7 New Zealand 27 / 12 Canada Allianz Stadium, Sydney 04:12
8 Australia 24 / 7 Portugal Allianz Stadium, Sydney 04:34
9 Fiji 49 / 5 France Allianz Stadium, Sydney 05:18
10 Argentina 17 / 7 Samoa Allianz Stadium, Sydney 05:40
11 South Afriica 40 / 0 Russia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 06:02
12 Kenya 17 / 14 Scotland Allianz Stadium, Sydney 06:24
13 England 21 / 5 Wales Allianz Stadium, Sydney 07:26
14 USA 33 / 17 Japan Allianz Stadium, Sydney 07:48
15 New Zealand 40 / 5 Portugal Allianz Stadium, Sydney 08:00
16 Australia 26 / 12 Canada Allianz Stadium, Sydney 08:32
17 Samoa 29 / 14 France Allianz Stadium, Sydney 08:59
18 Fiji 19 / 14 Argentina Allianz Stadium, Sydney 09:21
19 Scotland 40 / 5 Russia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 09:43
20 South Afriica 26 / 19 Kenya Allianz Stadium, Sydney 10:05
21 Japan 21 / 26 Wales Allianz Stadium, Sydney 10:57
22 England 17 / 14 USA Allianz Stadium, Sydney 11:19
23 Canada 17 / 26 Portugal Allianz Stadium, Sydney 11:41
24 New Zealand 17 / 17 Australia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 12:03

 

Results – Day 2:

All times are SA Time (GMT+2)

7 February 2016
25 Portugal 31 / 17 Japan Allianz Stadium, Sydney 00:45
26 Samoa 28 / 24 Russia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 01:07
27 Wales 21 / 32 Canada Allianz Stadium, Sydney 01:29
28 Scotland 22 / 19 France Allianz Stadium, Sydney 01:51
29 New Zealand 24 / 0 USA Allianz Stadium, Sydney 02:35
30 Fiji 28 / 12 Kenya Allianz Stadium, Sydney 02:57
31 England 12 / 17 Australia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 03:19
32 South Africa 26 / 0 Argentina Allianz Stadium, Sydney 03:41
33 Japan 17 / 24 Russia Allianz Stadium, Sydney 04:18
34 Wales 22 / 5 France Allianz Stadium, Sydney 04:40
35 Portugal 10 / 14 Samoa Allianz Stadium, Sydney 05:02
36 Canada 35 / 12 Scotland Allianz Stadium, Sydney 05:24
37 USA 21 / 24 Kenya Allianz Stadium, Sydney 06:13
38 England 14 / 19 Argentina Allianz Stadium, Sydney 06:35
39 New Zealand 14 / 12 Fiji Allianz Stadium, Sydney – Cup Semifinal 1 06:57
40 Australia 12 / 7 South Africa Allianz Stadium, Sydney – Cup Semifinal 2 07:19
41 Russia 19 / 24 Wales Allianz Stadium, Sydney 08:11
42 Samoa 12 / 17 Canada Allianz Stadium, Sydney 08:39
43 Kenya 0 / 24 Argentina Allianz Stadium, Sydney 09:07
44 Fiji 26 / 12 South Africa Allianz Stadium, Sydney – 3rd Place Play-off 09:35
45 New Zealand 27 / 24 Australia Allianz Stadium, Sydney – Final 10:04

 

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