2007 Wellington Sevens

The Wellington Sevens, 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 for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington as part of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.

The competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. ^[1]

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL   Fiji 3 3 0 0 132 7 9   France 3 2 0 1 46 75 7   Portugal 3 1 0 2 40 85 5   United States 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   South Africa 3 3 0 0 82 29 9   Canada 3 1 0 2 48 60 5   Australia 3 1 0 2 54 70 5   Cook Islands 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   Samoa 3 3 0 0 76 38 9   England 3 2 0 1 67 38 7   Scotland 3 1 0 2 55 76 5   Papua New Guinea 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

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 90 10 9   Kenya 3 2 0 1 56 59 7   Tonga 3 1 0 2 26 55 5   Argentina 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

Pos.	Country									Overall
1	South Africa	20	16	12						48
1	New Zealand	16	20	12						48
3	Fiji	12	12	16						40
4	England	12	12	8						32
4	Samoa	8	4	20						32
6	France	6	4	6						16
7	Wales	0	8	–						8
7	Canada	4	0	4						8
9	Australia	4	2	0						6
9	Tunisia	0	6	–						6
11	Argentina	2	0	2						4
11	Kenya	0	0	4						4
13	Portugal	0	0	0						0
13	Scotland	0	0	0						0
13	Zimbabwe	0	0	–						0
13	Cook Islands	–	–	0						0
13	Tonga	–	–	0						0
13	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0						0
13	Uganda	–	0	–						0
13	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–						0

Notes and references

1. "Samoa win first ever Cup title". International Rugby Board. 3 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.

External links

• IRB page for New Zealand Sevens