The Edinburgh Sevens

Edinburgh Sevens

The Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens, also known as the Edinburgh 7s and Scotland Sevens, is a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the IRB Sevens World Series, held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland. It will have the honour of being the last event in each season's IRB Sevens...

is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series

IRB Sevens World Series

The IRB Sevens World Series, known officially as the HSBC Sevens World Series as of the 2010-11 season, through sponsorship from banking group HSBC, and also sometimes called the World Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby union sevens tournaments organised for the first time in the...

 for international rugby sevens

Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...

 (seven a side version of rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

). The 2007 competition took place on 2nd and 3rd of June, and was held at Murrayfield

Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one...

. It was the last leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series

2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series

2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series was the eighth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000.New Zealand won the 2006-07 series by winning the final tournament in Edinburgh...

.

New Zealand

New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens)

The New Zealand national rugby union sevens team is the New Zealand representative team in rugby union sevens and competes in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-IRB Sevens:...

 won the tournament after defeating Samoa

Samoa national rugby union team (sevens)

The Samoa national rugby union team represent Samoa internationally in rugby sevens, a competitive sports tournament titled the IRB Sevens World Series which takes place annually in seven countries; United Arab Emirates, South Africa, New Zealand, United States, Hong Kong, Australia, England and...

 34-5 in the final. Fiji

Fiji national rugby union team (sevens)

The Fiji Sevens side is one of the most popular and successful Sevens teams in the world and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record nine times since its inception in 1976. Fiji has also won the Sevens World Cup twice, winning that event in 1997 and 2005...

 were upset by Wales

Wales national rugby union team (sevens)

The Wales national rugby union sevens team is the international rugby sevens side for Welsh rugby union players. They currently compete in the IRB Sevens World Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens and in the Commonwealth Games....

 21-14 in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006-07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series.

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 91 12 9 3 2 0 1 39 50 7 3 1 0 2 45 51 5 3 0 0 3 17 79 3

Results Fiji 31-0 Kenya Australia 26-5 Portugal Fiji 31-5 Portugal Australia 12-17 Kenya Kenya 22-7 Portugal Fiji 29-7 Australia

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 83 26 9 3 2 0 1 85 33 7 3 1 0 2 19 79 5 3 0 0 3 24 73 3

Results Samoa 21-14 Wales France 0-19 Italy Samoa 36-0 Italy France 12-28 Wales Wales 43-0 Italy Samoa 26-12 France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 74 27 9 3 2 0 1 94 41 7 3 1 0 2 24 81 5 3 0 0 3 34 77 3

Results South Africa 27-17 Canada Scotland 19-5 Russia South Africa 50-0 Russia Scotland 31-5 Canada Canada 12-19 Russia South Africa 17-24 Scotland

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 114 14 9 3 2 0 1 57 50 7 3 1 0 2 38 57 5 3 0 0 3 12 98 3

Results New Zealand 33-7 Argentina England 24-0 Georgia New Zealand 43-7 Georgia England 14-19 Argentina Argentina 31-5 Georgia New Zealand 38-0 England

Finals

• 1/4 Final Bowl 19-7
• 1/4 Final Bowl 29-7
• 1/4 Final Bowl 7-19
• 1/4 Final Bowl 12-19
• 1/4 Final Cup 14-21
• 1/4 Final Cup 19-12
• 1/4 Final Cup 10-22
• 1/4 Final Cup 14-12
• SF Shield 33-17
• SF Shield 19-17
• SF Bowl 19-24
• SF Bowl 12-19
• SF Plate 19-14
• SF Plate 17-19
• SF Cup 0-28
• SF Cup 14-24
• Final Shield 21-12
• Final Bowl 31-0
• Final Plate 31-7
• Final Cup 34-5

Final table

{| class="wikitable"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Country !!   !!   !!   !!   !!  !!   !!  !!   !! Overall
|-
| 1 || || 16 || 20 || 12 || 12 || 18 || 12 || 20 || 20 || 130
|-
| 2 || || 12 || 12 || 16 || 20 || 24 || 20 || 16 || 8 || 128
|-
| 3 || || 8 || 4 || 20 || 16 || 30 || 16 || 12 || 16 || 126
|-
| 4 || || 20 || 16 || 12 || 8 || 18 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 92
|-
| 5 || || 12 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 52
|-
| 6 || || 0 || 8 || - || - || 4 || 2 || 12 || 12 || 38
|-
| 7 || || 4 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 30
|-
| 8 || || 6 || 4 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 28
|-
| 9 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 26
|-
| 10 || || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 12 || 23
|-
| 11 || || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 6 || 22
|-
| 12 || || - || - || 0 || 2 || 8 || 0 || - || - || 10
|-
| 13 || || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || 0 || 8
|-
| 14 || || 0 || 6 || - || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || 6
|-
| 15 || || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 16 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || 0
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| 16 || || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || 0
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| 16 || || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || 0
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| 16 || || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0
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| 16 || || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
| 16 || || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0
|}