New Zealand’s Rugby sevens team won the fourth round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series held in Sydney, beating hosts Australia 27-24 in a very intense final.
In a repeat of the 17-17 draw in the final pool match of day one, it was only Australia’s second Cup final on home soil having won the 2002 Brisbane Sevens. But they came up against an inspired Sir Gordon Tietjens’ side that never gave up despite Henry Hutchison twice giving Australia the lead in the first half, and Sam Myers and Greg Jeloudev doing the same in the second half.
Overally, New Zealand remain third on the log with the win, but move level on points with South Africa and leaders Fiji (69), who claimed top spot by beating South Africa 26-12 to finish third in Sydney.
Agentina lift the Plate
Argentina recorded a convincing win over Kenya to lift the Plate at the HSBC Sydney Sevens, beating the Shujaas 24-0.
Nicolas Menendez opened the scoring for Santiago Gomez Cora’s side as Argentina played with fluidity in the first half. A sin bin for Nelson Oyoo in the second half put even more pressure on Kenya when he took down Franco Sabato in a foot race to give Argentina a penalty try. Sabato bagged his own try shortly after, with Axel Muller also joining in the fun with his own score.
Canada cruise to Bowl Victory
Canada lifted the bowl after winning all three matches of day two, cruising past Scotland, Wales, and finally Samoa in the final, where they recorded a 17-12 win to claim eight points for their overall series tally.
