The Wellington Sevens

Wellington Sevens

The Wellington Sevens or the New Zealand International Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in Wellington, New Zealand. The tournament, the third on the IRB Sevens World Series circuit, is played at Wellington's Westpac Stadium in early February and includes teams from 16 countries...

, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI 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, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at Westpac Stadium

Westpac Stadium

Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders...

 in Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 as 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...

.

The competition was won by 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...

, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 132 7 9 3 2 0 1 46 75 7 3 1 0 2 40 85 5 3 0 0 3 35 86 3

Results Fiji 42 - 0 Portugal France 17 - 14 USA Fiji 43 - 0 USA France 22 - 14 Portugal Portugal 26 - 21 USA Fiji 47 - 7 France

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 82 29 9 3 1 0 2 48 60 5 3 1 0 2 54 70 5 3 1 0 2 53 78 5

Results South Africa 24 - 10 Canada Australia 35 - 17 Cook Islands South Africa 31 - 12 Cook Islands Australia 12 - 26 Canada Canada 12 - 24 Cook Islands South Africa 27 - 7 Australia

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 76 38 9 3 2 0 1 57 38 7 3 1 0 2 55 76 5 3 0 0 3 19 65 3

Results England 33 - 12 Scotland Samoa 26 - 0 Papua New Guinea England 22 - 7 Papua New Guinea Samoa 31 - 26 Scotland Scotland 17 - 12 Papua New Guinea England 12 - 19 Samoa

Group D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 90 10 9 3 2 0 1 56 59 7 3 1 0 2 26 55 5 3 0 0 3 31 79 3

Results New Zealand 38 - 0 Kenya Argentina 12 - 14 Tonga New Zealand 19 - 5 Tonga Argentina 14 - 32 Kenya Kenya 24 - 7 Tonga New Zealand 33 - 5 Argentina

Finals

• 1/4 final Bowl - Portugal 12 - 24 Cook Islands
• 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 19 - 12 Papua New Guinea
• 1/4 final Bowl - Scotland 12 - 17 Argentina
• 1/4 final Bowl - Australia 33 - 12 USA
• 1/4 final Cup - Fiji 60 - 0 Canada
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 14 - 7 England
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 26 - 21 Kenya
• 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 26 - 14 France
• SF Shield - Portugal 26 - 19 Papua New Guinea
• SF Shield - Scotland 26 - 19 USA
• SF Bowl - Cook Islands 7 - 29 Tonga
• SF Bowl - Argentina 26 - 21 Australia
• SF Plate - Canada 7 - 29 England
• SF Plate - Kenya 5 - 26 France
• SF Cup - Fiji 31 - 0 New Zealand
• SF Cup - Samoa 14 - 12 South Africa
• Final Shield - Portugal 26 - 24 Scotland
• Final Bowl - Tonga 5 - 12 Argentina
• Final Plate - England 21 - 12 France
• Final Cup - Fiji 14 - 17 Samoa

Round 3 table

{| class="wikitable"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Country !!   !!   !!   !!   !!  !!   !!  !!   !! Overall
|-
| 1 || || 20 || 16 || 12 |||||||||||| 48
|-
| 1 || || 16 || 20 || 12 |||||||||||| 48
|-
| 3 || || 12 || 12 || 16 |||||||||||| 40
|-
| 4 || || 12 || 12 || 8 |||||||||||| 32
|-
| 4 || || 8 || 4 || 20 |||||||||||| 32
|-
| 6 || || 6 || 4 || 6 |||||||||||| 16
|-
| 7 || || 0 || 8 || - |||||||||||| 8
|-
| 7 || || 4 || 0 || 4 |||||||||||| 8
|-
| 9 || || 4 || 2 || 0 |||||||||||| 6
|-
| 9 || || 0 || 6 || - |||||||||||| 6
|-
| 11 || || 2 || 0 || 2 |||||||||||| 4
|-
| 11 || || 0 || 0 || 4 |||||||||||| 4
|-
| 13 || || 0 || 0 || 0 |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || 0 || 0 || 0 |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || 0 || 0 || - |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || - || - || 0 |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || - || - || 0 |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || - || - || 0 |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || - || 0 || - |||||||||||| 0
|-
| 13 || || 0 || - || - |||||||||||| 0
|}

External links

• IRB page for New Zealand Sevens