The London Sevens

London Sevens

The London Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Twickenham in London each year. It is part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The current titleholders are Australia, who beat South Africa in the final at Twickenham on 23 May 2010.- External links :...

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, which took place on 26 and 27 May, was held at Twickenham

Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...

 and was part 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:...

 were overall winners, defeating defending series champions and current 2006-07 leaders 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...

 29-7 in the Cup final. However, the Fijians put themselves in good position to win the overall season crown; they only need make the Cup semifinals in the final event, the Edinburgh Sevens

2007 Edinburgh Sevens

The Edinburgh Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens . The 2007 competition took place on 2nd and 3rd of June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.New Zealand won the tournament after...

, to successfully defend their season title.

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 2 1 0 102 38 8 3 2 1 0 93 31 8 3 1 0 2 55 52 5 3 0 0 3 7 136 3

Results Fiji 19-19 Argentina France 24-7 Russia Fiji 62-0 Russia France 12-24 Argentina Argentina 50-0 Russia Fiji 21-19 France

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 94 17 9 3 2 0 1 77 36 7 3 1 0 2 50 63 5 3 0 0 3 10 107 3

Results Samoa 34-5 Canada Australia 36-0 Georgia Samoa 43-5 Georgia Australia 24-19 Canada Canada 26-5 Georgia Samoa 17-7 Australia

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 134 17 9 3 1 1 1 45 62 6 3 1 0 2 29 72 5 3 0 1 2 34 91 4

Results New Zealand 43-10 Kenya Scotland 19-0 Italy New Zealand 48-0 Italy Scotland 19-19 Kenya Kenya 5-29 Italy New Zealand 43-7 Scotland

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 2 0 1 51 38 7 3 2 0 1 55 43 7 3 2 0 1 36 50 7 3 0 0 3 40 51 3

Results South Africa 24-14 Wales England 19-14 Portugal South Africa 17-12 Portugal England 0-22 Wales Wales 15-14 Portugal South Africa 14-17 England

Finals

• 1/4 final Bowl - 31-0
• 1/4 final Bowl - 19-0
• 1/4 final Bowl - 0-5
• 1/4 final Bowl - 5-19
• 1/4 final Cup - 26-10
• 1/4 final Cup - 15-5
• 1/4 final Cup - 14-0
• 1/4 final Cup - 39-10
• SF Shield - 0-19
• SF Shield - 17-12 (aet)
• SF Bowl - 7-17
• SF Bowl - 19-12
• SF Plate - 15-5
• SF Plate - 17-14
• SF Cup - 24-7
• SF Cup - 19-0
• Final Shield - 15-0
• Final Bowl - 10-0
• Final Plate - 5-14
• Final Cup - 7-29

Round 7 table

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! width=5%|Pos.
! Country !!   !!   !!   !!   !!  !!   !!  !!   !! Overall
|-
| 1 || || 12 || 12 || 16 || 20 || 24 || 20 || 16 |||| 120
|-
| 2 || || 8 || 4 || 20 || 16 || 30 || 16 || 12 |||| 110
|-
| 2 || || 16 || 20 || 12 || 12 || 18 || 12 || 20 |||| 110
|-
| 4 || || 20 || 16 || 12 || 8 || 18 || 6 || 8 |||| 88
|-
| 5 || || 12 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 4 || 2 |||| 50
|-
| 6 || || 4 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 8 || 6 |||| 30
|-
| 7 || || 6 || 4 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 |||| 28
|-
| 8 || || 0 || 8 || - || - || 4 || 2 || 12 |||| 26
|-
| 9 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 4 |||| 22
|-
| 10 || || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 |||| 16
|-
| 11 || || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 4 |||| 11
|-
| 12 || || - || - || 0 || 2 || 8 || 0 || - |||| 10
|-
| 13 || || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - |||| 8
|-
| 14 || || 0 || 6 || - || - || 0 || 0 || - |||| 6
|-
| 15 || || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || 0 |||| 1
|-
| 16 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |||| 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || 0 |||| 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0 |||| 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - |||| 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - |||| 0
|-
| 16 || || - || - || - || 0 || 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
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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
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| 16 || || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - |||| 0
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