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South Africa moved to the top of the Men’s World Sevens standings with a convincing Cup Final win over Ireland in Dubai. The USA improved on their results in Hong Kong to finish in 4th, while Argentina weren’t far behind in 6th spot.
After two events on the 11-stop circuit, the USA are tied with 5th-place Fiji on competition points. A late try from Perry Baker gave them a win over Australia in the Cup Quarter Finals, but Ireland took the spoils with an extra-time victory in the Semis. New Zealand proved too much in the Bronze Final thanks to a brace of tries and three conversions from Akuila Rokolisoa.
Los Pumas are in 8th spot overall but are just two points back of the USA. They fell to Ireland in the Quarter Finals, but redeemed themselves with a convincing win over Australia in the 5th Place Semis. Jefferson Joseph crossed twice for France as Les Bleus held on to beat the Argentines for 5th place.
Uruguay started their day on a winning note by defeating Spain in the consolation draw. They then produced their second win over Great Britain in as many tournaments to reach the 9th place final. They were outclassed by Fiji, who only missed out on the Cup draw through points differential, but Los Teros will take many positives from their 10th place finish.
For Canada it was more disappointment. Kenya were the better side in the 9th Place Quarter Finals. The Canadians overwhelmed Uganda next, but were themselves run across the park by Spain in a blowout loss to end the tournament.
The World Sevens Series resumes next weekend in Cape Town.
DAY TWO RESULTS
9th PLACE QUARTER FINALS
Fiji 29 – 14 Uganda
Canada 7 – 17 Kenya
Spain 12 – 24 Uruguay
Great Britain 45 – 5 Japan
CUP QUARTER FINALS
Argentina 14 – 19 Ireland
USA 24 – 19 Australia
France 0 – 20 New Zealand
South Africa 24 – 19 Samoa
13th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Uganda 0 – 29 Canada
Spain 28 – 0 Japan
9th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Fiji 21 – 17 Kenya
Uruguay 26 – 7 Great Britain
5th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Argentina 28 – 15 Australia
France 24 – 17 Samoa
CUP SEMI FINALS
Ireland 12 – 7 USA
New Zealand 19 – 26 South Africa
13th PLACE FINAL
Canada 7 – 38 Spain
9th PLACE FINAL
Fiji 47 – 0 Uruguay
5th PLACE FINAL
Argentina 12 – 19 France
BRONZE FINAL
New Zealand 31 – 12 USA
CUP FINAL
South Africa 21 – 5 Ireland
