2007 London Sevens Explained

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 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

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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 67 36 7 3 1 0 2 50 63 5 3 0 0 3 10 105 3

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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

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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

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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

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	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0	-	16		-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0	-	16		-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0	-	16		-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0	-	16		-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0	-	16		0	0	-	-	-	-	-		0	-	16		-	0	-	-	-	-	-		0	-	16		0	-	-	-	-	-	-		0

External links

• London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com