IRB Sevens World Series Japan in Tokyo 1 Apr 2012. Results Quarter-Finals and Fixtures Semi-Finals.
Some cracking quarter-finals and in the Cup they went to plan as England, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand progressed into the semis. We did get the Russia Hong Kong result wrong as Hong Kong won 17-12. Portugal won through in the Bowl and the other wrong one for us saw the USA do for Kenya who have had another tournament they would prefer to forget.
We have highlighted in bold our predictions for the winners in the semi finals. A couple are very tight calls, England to beat Australia, Samoa to hang on in a tight game against New Zealand.
Results Quarter-Finals
All times local (televised live on UK SkySports 06:00 )
25 09:00 FRANCE 22-19 SCOTLAND ¼ Final Bowl
26 09:22 RUSSIA 12-17 HONG KONG ¼ Final Bowl
27 09:44 PORTUGAL 21-5 JAPAN ¼ Final Bowl
28 10:06 UNITED STATES 12-7 KENYA ¼ Final Bowl
29 10:28 ENGLAND 21-17 SOUTH AFRICA ¼ Final Cup
30 10:50 WALES 14-21 AUSTRALIA ¼ Final Cup
31 11:12 SAMOA 24-21 FIJI ¼ Final Cup
32 11:34 NEW ZEALAND 40-5 ARGENTINA ¼ Final Cup
Fixtures Semi-Finals
33 11:56 SCOTLAND V RUSSIA SF Shield
34 12:18 JAPAN V KENYA SF Shield
35 12:40 FRANCE V HONG KONG SF Bowl
36 13:02 PORTUGAL V USA SF Bowl
37 13:24 SOUTH AFRICA V WALES SF Plate
38 13:46 FIJI V ARGENTINA SF Plate
39 14:08 ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA SF Cup
40 14:30 SAMOA V NEW ZEALAND SF Cup