2007 Wellington Sevens

The Wellington Sevens, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI Sevens, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on February 2 and February 3, was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington as part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.

The competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. [cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/EN/New+Zealand/News/060126+NZ+day+2.htm |title=Samoa win first ever Cup title |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=2007-02-03 |accessdate=2007-05-26]

Pool stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Group D

Finals

* 1/4 final Bowl - Portugal 12 - 24 Cook Islands
* 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 19 - 12 Papua New Guinea
* 1/4 final Bowl - Scotland 12 - 17 Argentina
* 1/4 final Bowl - Australia 33 - 12 USA
* 1/4 final Cup - Fiji 60 - 0 Canada
* 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 14 - 7 England
* 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 26 - 21 Kenya
* 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 26 - 14 France
* SF Shield - Portugal 26 - 19 Papua New Guinea
* SF Shield - Scotland 26 - 19 USA
* SF Bowl - Cook Islands 7 - 29 Tonga
* SF Bowl - Argentina 26 - 21 Australia
* SF Plate - Canada 7 - 29 England
* SF Plate - Kenya 5 - 26 France
* SF Cup - Fiji 31 - 0 New Zealand
* SF Cup - Samoa 14 - 12 South Africa
* Final Shield - Portugal 26 - 24 Scotland
* Final Bowl - Tonga 5 - 12 Argentina
* Final Plate - England 21 - 12 France
* Final Cup - Fiji 14 - 17 Samoa

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.irbsevens.com/EN/New+Zealand/ IRB page for New Zealand Sevens]