This weekend we are in Tokyo for the Japan leg of the IRB HSBC Sevens World Series 2012/13.
Here are the day one Results and Quarter-Finals Fixtures. There were plenty of surprises as we got eight results wrong.
England crashed and burned yet again, so no kick on from Hong Kong,
Wales could not continue their good form either
Our selections to progress to the quarter-finals of the main competition were, from pool A Fiji and South Africa, pool B Wales and Kenya, Pool C New Zealand and Canada whilst last but not least in pool D probably the toughest to call we will go for Samoa and England. So we called Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand, and Samoa. These being joined by Australia, USA, Scotland and France. From these we will go for the semifinalists to be Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Scotland.
Results Day One
01. 30 Mar 10:00 Australia 26-19 England Pool D
02. 30 Mar 10:22 Samoa 17-14 Argentina Pool D
03. 30 Mar 10:44 Fiji 29-12 South Africa Pool A
04. 30 Mar 11:06 Portugal 14-17 Spain Pool A
05. 30 Mar 11:28 Wales 22-24 United States Pool B
06. 30 Mar 11:50 Kenya 0-12 Scotland Pool B
07. 30 Mar 12:12 New Zealand 26-7 France Pool C
08. 30 Mar 12:34 Canada 10-14 Japan Pool C
09. 30 Mar 14:07 Australia 31-0 Argentina Pool D
10. 30 Mar 14:29 Samoa 31-21 England Pool D
11. 30 Mar 14:51 Fiji 17-5 Spain Pool A
12. 30 Mar 15:13 Portugal 0-12 South Africa Pool A
13. 30 Mar 15:35 Wales 10-12 Scotland Pool B
14. 30 Mar 15:57 Kenya 21-10 United States Pool B
15. 30 Mar 16:19 New Zealand 41-5 Japan Pool C
16. 30 Mar 16:41 Canada 22-19 France Pool C
17. 30 Mar 17:13 England 31-7 Argentina Pool D
18. 30 Mar 17:35 Australia 14-26 Samoa Pool D
19. 30 Mar 17:57 South Africa 42-7 Spain Pool A
20. 30 Mar 18:19 Fiji 34-7 Portugal Pool A
21. 30 Mar 18:41 United States 12-12 Scotland Pool B
22. 30 Mar 19:03 Wales 33-15 Kenya Pool B
23. 30 Mar 19:25 France 24-7 Japan Pool C
24. 30 Mar 19:47 New Zealand 22-12 Canada Pool C
As usual our predictions will be in bold:
Fixtures Quarter Finals
All Times Local
25. 31 Mar 09:00 Spain v Argentina QF Bowl
26. 31 Mar 09:22 Canada v Kenya QF Bowl
27. 31 Mar 09:44 England v Portugal QF Bowl
28. 31 Mar 10:06 Wales v Japan QF Bowl
29. 31 Mar 10:28 Fiji v Australia QF Cup
30. 31 Mar 10:50 New Zealand v United States QF Cup
31. 31 Mar 11:12 Samoa v South Africa QF Cup
32. 31 Mar 11:34 Scotland v France QF Cup