Sunday, 14 October 2012

Fiji retain Gold Coast Sevens title with victory over All Blacks

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32-14 in the final of the Gold Coast Sevens to successfully defend the title they won last year and take an early lead in the HSBC Sevens World Series.
England were beaten finalists in the Bowl competition at Skilled Park, going down 19-14 in sudden-death extra-time to Spain.
Ben Ryan's team overcame Scotland 35-7 in the Bowl quarter-finals, having missed out on a place in the last eight of the main tournament following a 19-17 pool defeat to Samoa on Saturday. Dan Norton scored two tries in the win over the Scots, which set up a semi-final against Canada.
England triumphed 24-19 against the North Americans after extra-time and appeared on course to win the Bowl title at 14-7 up in the second half, but Spain battled back with tries from Ignacio Martin and Matias Tudela.
Two of Fiji's seven debutants stole the show in the Cup final, Ratu Raitini scoring an impressive hat-trick and Player of the Tournament Joji Raqamate crossing twice.
The victory means Fiji collect 22 Series points to sit top of the standings, ahead of New Zealand (19) and South Africa (17), who beat impressive Kenya (15) in the third place play-off.
Earlier, Argentina beat France 14-7 to win the Plate final and hat-tricks from Michael Fedo and James Fleming helped Scotland to the Shield.http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/8164567/Fiji-retain-Gold-Coast-Sevens-title-with-victory-over-All-Blacks

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