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]
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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 |
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