2007 London Sevens

The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 26 and 27 May, was held at Twickenham and was part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand were overall winners, defeating defending series champions and current 2006-07 leaders Fiji 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, to successfully defend their season title.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  Fiji 3 2 1 0 102 38 8  Argentina 3 2 1 0 93 31 8  France 3 1 0 2 55 52 5  Russia 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  Samoa 3 3 0 0 94 17 9  Australia 3 2 0 1 67 36 7  Canada 3 1 0 2 50 63 5  Georgia 3 0 0 3 10 105 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  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 134 17 9  Scotland 3 1 1 1 45 62 6  Italy 3 1 0 2 29 72 5  Kenya 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  Wales 3 2 0 1 51 38 7  South Africa 3 2 0 1 55 43 7  England 3 2 0 1 36 50 7  Portugal 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 -  France 31-0  Georgia
• 1/4 final Bowl -  England 19-0  Kenya
• 1/4 final Bowl -  Italy 0-5  Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl -  Canada 5-19  Russia
• 1/4 final Cup -  Fiji 26-10  Australia
• 1/4 final Cup -  Wales 15-5  Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup -  New Zealand 14-0  South Africa
• 1/4 final Cup -  Samoa 39-10  Argentina
• SF Shield -  Georgia 0-19  Kenya
• SF Shield -  Italy 17-12 (aet)  Canada
• SF Bowl -  France 7-17  England
• SF Bowl -  Portugal 19-12  Russia
• SF Plate -  Australia 15-5  Scotland
• SF Plate -  South Africa 17-14  Argentina
• SF Cup -  Fiji 24-7  Wales
• SF Cup -  New Zealand 19-0  Samoa
• Final Shield -  Kenya 15-0  Italy
• Final Bowl -  England 10-0  Portugal
• Final Plate -  Australia 5-14  South Africa
• Final Cup -  Fiji 7-29  New Zealand

Round 7 table

Pos.	Country									Overall
1	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20	16		120
2	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16	12		110
2	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12	20		110
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6	8		88
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4	2		50
6	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8	6		30
7	France	6	4	6	12	0	0	0		28
8	Wales	0	8	-	-	4	2	12		26
9	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4	4		22
10	Kenya	0	0	4	0	0	12	0		16
11	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0	4		11
12	Tonga	-	-	0	2	8	0	-		10
13	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0	-		8
14	Tunisia	0	6	-	-	0	0	-		6
15	Russia	-	-	-	-	1	-	0		1
16	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
16	Italy	-	-	-	-	0	-	0		0
16	Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0		0
16	Japan	-	-	-	-	0	0	-		0
16	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	0	0	-		0
16	United States	-	-	-	0	0	-	-		0
16	South Korea	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	China	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	West Indies	-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0
16	Chile	-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0
16	Cook Islands	-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0
16	Papua New Guinea	-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0
16	Zimbabwe	0	0	-	-	-	-	-		0
16	Uganda	-	0	-	-	-	-	-		0
16	Arabian Gulf	0	-	-	-	-	-	-		0

External links

• London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com