On day one of the Twickenham leg of the IRB Sevens World Series, there were no surprises. England losing to Samoa means they have a tough quarter final against Fiji and it will be a surprise if they mange to reach the semi-finals. This probably means they will lose out on the third place finish in the series.
The other results went much to as expected though Argentina running the Kiwi’s close going down 15-10 caught our attention. Pick of the quarters must be Fiji v England in the Cup and Russia v Portugal in the Bowl.
Results Day One
01 10:30 FIJI 19-5 SPAIN Pool C
02 10:52 WALES 19-12 ZIMBABWE Pool C
03 11:14 AUSTRALIA 27-12 SCOTLAND Pool D
04 11:36 SOUTH AFRICA 41-0 PORTUGAL Pool D
05 11:58 NEW ZEALAND 49-7 RUSSIA Pool A
06 12:20 ARGENTINA 14-12 KENYA Pool A
07 12:42 ENGLAND 28-0 FRANCE Pool B
08 13:04 SAMOA 31-17 UNITED STATES Pool B
09 13:36 FIJI 29-0 ZIMBABWE Pool C
10 13:58 WALES 7-22 SPAIN Pool C
11 14:20 AUSTRALIA 26-5 PORTUGAL Pool D
12 14:42 SOUTH AFRICA 20-5 SCOTLAND Pool D
13 15:04 NEW ZEALAND 24-0 KENYA Pool A
14 15:26 ARGENTINA 24-14 RUSSIA Pool A
15 16:00 ENGLAND 15-5 UNITED STATES Pool B
16 16:22 SAMOA 26-19 FRANCE Pool B
17 16:44 SPAIN 38-0 ZIMBABWE Pool C
18 17:06 SCOTLAND 26-12 PORTUGAL Pool D
19 17:28 RUSSIA 21-19 KENYA Pool A
20 17:50 FRANCE 19-15 UNITED STATES Pool B
21 18:22 FIJI 43-7 WALES Pool C
22 18:44 AUSTRALIA 19-17 SOUTH AFRICA Pool D
23 19:06 NEW ZEALAND 15-10 ARGENTINA Pool A
24 19:28 ENGLAND 7-14 SAMOA Pool B
Fixtures Quarter Finals
25 09:30 RUSSIA v PORTUGAL ¼ Final Bowl
26 09:52 WALES v UNITED STATES ¼ Final Bowl
27 10:14 SCOTLAND v KENYA ¼ Final Bowl
28 10:36 FRANCE v ZIMBABWE ¼ Final Bowl
29 10:58 NEW ZEALAND v SOUTH AFRICA ¼ Final Cup
30 11:20 FIJI v ENGLAND ¼ Final Cup
31 11:42 AUSTRALIA v ARGENTINA ¼ Final Cup
32 12:04 SAMOA v SPAIN ¼ Final Cup