2008 London Sevens

The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition took place May 24 and May 25 at Twickenham in London, England and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.

Samoa won their first Cup of the season, defeating Fiji in the final 19-14. In a shock Plate final, New Zealand defeated South Africa 19-12. However, this result was enough to ensure that New Zealand won the overall 2007-08 Series with a round to spare. New Zealand had earlier lost to the hosts England in the Cup quarter-finals, whilst South Africa failed to score against Argentina at the same stage in the tournament. The other main surprise of the tournament was Portugal reaching the Cup competition, partly by defeating Australia in the group stages. Later on in the tournament, Australia managed a consolation victory in the Bowl, whilst Spain won the Shield.

Pool stages

Pool A

:

*May 24 Fiji 29-5 Canada
*May 24 Australia 12-28 Portugal
*May 24 Fiji 39-0 Portugal
*May 24 Australia 38-5 Canada
*May 24 Canada 14-17 Portugal
*May 24 Fiji 12-10 Australia

Pool D

:

*May 24 Samoa 33-10 Russia
*May 24 Kenya 5-17 Scotland
*May 24 Samoa 31-12 Scotland
*May 24 Kenya 7-17 Russia
*May 24 Russia 7-31 Scotland
*May 24 Samoa 28-10 Kenya

Knockout

hield

Round8
May 25 - London, England |ru7|WAL|26|ru7|ESP|0
May 25 - London, England |ru7|RUS|12|ru7|CAN|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|AUS|17|ru7|KEN|0
May 25 - London, England |ru7|FRA|24|ru7|MDA|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|ESP|12|ru7|RUS|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|KEN|24|ru7|MDA|5
May 25 - London, England |ru7|ESP|10|ru7|KEN|7

Bowl

Round8
May 25 - London, England |ru7|WAL|26|ru7|ESP|0
May 25 - London, England |ru7|RUS|12|ru7|CAN|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|AUS|17|ru7|KEN|0
May 25 - London, England |ru7|FRA|24|ru7|MDA|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|WAL|31|ru7|CAN|0
May 25 - London, England |ru7|AUS|21|ru7|FRA|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|WAL|12|ru7|AUS|19

Plate

Round8
May 25 - London, England |ru7|NZL|12|ru7|ENG|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|SAM|17|ru7|PRT|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|FIJ|19|ru7|SCO|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|RSA|0|ru7|ARG|12
May 25 - London, England |ru7|NZL|28|ru7|PRT|14
May 25 - London, England |ru7|SCO|12|ru7|RSA|19
May 25 - London, England |ru7|NZL|19|ru7|RSA|12

Cup

Round8
May 25 - London, England |ru7|NZL|12|ru7|ENG|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|SAM|17|ru7|PRT|7
May 25 - London, England |ru7|FIJ|19|ru7|SCO|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|RSA|0|ru7|ARG|12
May 25 - London, England |ru7|ENG|12|ru7|SAM|14
May 25 - London, England |ru7|FIJ|21|ru7|ARG|17
May 25 - London, England |ru7|SAM|19|ru7|FIJ|14

External links

* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=8/index.html London Sevens] on irb.com
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens World Series]