- 2008 Edinburgh Sevens
The 2008
Edinburgh Sevens was the second edition of arugby sevens (seven-a-side version ofrugby union ) tournament which forms part of theIRB Sevens World Series , an annual series of events for national representative teams in sevens. It took place onMay 31 andJune 1 at Murrayfield inEdinburgh ,Scotland , and was the eighth and final Cup trophy in the2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series .New Zealand, which had already clinched the overall series title, put an exclamation point on their dominant season by winning the Cup competition, beating England in the final. South Africa won the second-tier Plate over the host Scots. The remaining prizes, the Bowl and Shield, respectively went to Australia and Portugal.
Pool stages
Pool A
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May 31 Samoa 24-17 Canada
*May 31 Wales 31-7 Spain
*May 31 Samoa 24-5 Spain
*May 31 Wales 24-7 Canada
*May 31 Canada 10-24 Spain
*May 31 Samoa 14-24 WalesPool D
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May 31 Fiji 42-7 France
*May 31 Kenya 22-5 Moldova
*May 31 Fiji 52-7 Moldova
*May 31 Kenya 12-22 France
*May 31 France 47-0 Moldova
*May 31 Fiji 38-7 KenyaKnockout
hield
Round8
June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|RUS|0|ru7|ARG|38June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|KEN|10|ru7|CAN|19June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ESP|33|ru7|MDA|7June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|AUS|19|ru7|POR|5June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|RUS|7|ru7|KEN|0June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|MDA|0|ru7|POR|"'36June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|RUS|5|ru7|POR|10Bowl
Round8
June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|RUS|0|ru7|ARG|38June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|KEN|10|ru7|CAN|19June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ESP|33|ru7|MDA|7June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|AUS|19|ru7|POR|5June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ARG|7|ru7|CAN|14June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ESP|0|ru7|AUS|24June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|CAN|14|ru7|AUS|24Plate
Round8
June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|NZL|36|ru7|SCO|14June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|FIJ|10|ru7|SAM|17June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|WAL|19|ru7|FRA|10June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ZAF|0|ru7|ENG|10June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|SCO|19|ru7|FIJ|14June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|FRA|0|ru7|ZAF|17June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|SCO|5|ru7|ZAF|14Cup
Round8
June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|NZL|36|ru7|SCO|14June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|FIJ|10|ru7|SAM|17June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|WAL|19|ru7|FRA|10June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|ZAF|0|ru7|ENG|10June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|NZL|14|ru7|SAM|0June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|WAL|0|ru7|ENG|7June 1 -Edinburgh ,Scotland |ru7|NZL|24|ru7|ENG|14External links
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=10/index.html Edinburgh Sevens] on irb.com
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens World Series]
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