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Argentina, Canada, USA are all to Compete in the London 7’s Quarter Finals. The three Americas’ countries had impressive opening day performances on Saturday.
Canada and the USA came out as upset winners over Fiji and South Africa respectively. In the case of Fiji this send the Oceania side to the Challenge Trophy for the first time since the 2014 Las Vegas 7’s.
The Maple Leafs followed it up by narrowly falling to New Zealand. The 19-14 defeat mattered not though as Canada rebounded to defeat Japan 28-14.
Japan’s day was far from memorable. Due to a 61-5 loss to Fiji the Asian country officially lost its status as a core team on the HSBC 7’s circuit. Argentina’s was better as the team’s performance confirmed it will compete at the Rugby 7’s World Cup in San Francisco.
Argentina started and finished strongly. Los Pumas 7’s opened with a 35-7 downing of France. A 26-19 defeat at the hands of Scotland meant a win over Russia and a favorable outcome from Scotland vs France were required. Both wishes came true which set-up a Cup Quarter Final against Canada on Sunday.
The USA will also compete in the Cup Quarter Finals, taking on Australia. The Eagles 7’s booked their spot in the final eight by virtue of a big win over Kenya and the upset against South Africa. The day had not started so positively as the North Americans fell 28-12 to Wales.
CUP QUARTER FINALS
USA v Australia
New Zealand v Scotland
England v South Africa
Argentina v Canada
TROPHY QUARTER FINALS
Kenya v Spain
Fiji v Russia
Samoa v Wales
France v Japan
SATURDAY RESULTS
Fiji 19-22 Canada
New Zealand 33-7 Japan
France 7-35 Argentina
Scotland 21-7 Russia
USA 12-28 Wales
South Africa 12-10 Kenya
Samoa 5-34 Australia
England 28-7 Spain
Fiji 61-5 Japan
New Zealand 19-14 Canada
France 26-20 Russia
Scotland 26-19 Argentina
USA 47-0 Kenya
South Africa 12-10 Wales
Samoa 40-7 Spain
England 19-12 Australia
Canada 28-14 Japan
New Zealand 27-21 Fiji
Argentina 26-19 Russia
Scotland 12-17 France
Wales 17-28 Kenya
South Africa 12-24 USA
Australia 50-0 Spain
England 24-19 Samoa
