2007 Edinburgh Sevens

The Edinburgh 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 took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand won the tournament after defeating Samoa, 34–5, in the final. Fiji were upset by Wales, 21–14, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006–07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
 Fiji 330091129
 Kenya 320139507
 Australia 310245515
 Portugal 300317793
  Results
  • Fiji 31–0 Kenya
  • Australia 26–5 Portugal
  • Fiji 31–5 Portugal
  • Australia 12–17 Kenya
  • Kenya 22–7 Portugal
  • Fiji 29–7 Australia

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
 Samoa 330083269
 Wales 320185337
 Italy 310219795
 France 300324733
  Results
  • Samoa 21–14 Wales
  • France 0–19 Italy
  • Samoa 36–0 Italy
  • France 12–28 Wales
  • Wales 43–0 Italy
  • Samoa 26–12 France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
 Scotland 330074279
 South Africa 320194417
 Russia 310224815
 Canada 300334773
  Results
  • South Africa 27–17 Canada
  • Scotland 19–5 Russia
  • South Africa 50–0 Russia
  • Scotland 31–5 Canada
  • Canada 12–19 Russia
  • South Africa 17–24 Scotland

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
 New Zealand 3300114149
 Argentina 320157527
 England 310238575
 Georgia 300312983
  Results
  • New Zealand 33–7 Argentina
  • England 24–0 Georgia
  • New Zealand 43–7 Georgia
  • England 14–19 Argentina
  • Argentina 31–5 Georgia
  • New Zealand 38–0 England

Finals

Final standings

The points awarded to each team after all 8 rounds of the 2006–07 season, as well as their overall points totals, are shown in the table below.

2006–07 IRB Sevens – Series VIII
 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

George

Well­ing­ton

San Diego

Hong Kong

Adel­aide

Lon­don

Edin­burgh
Points
total
   
1 New Zealand 1620121218122020130
2 Fiji 121216202420168128
3 Samoa 84201630161216126
4 South Africa 20161281868492
5 England 121284842252
6 Wales 0842121238
7 Australia 4204886030
8 France 64612000028
9 Scotland 0006844426
10 Argentina 20203041223
11 Kenya 00400120622
12 Tonga 028010
13 Canada 404000008
14 Tunisia 0606
 15* Portugal 000020002
 15* United States 0022
17 Russia 1001
 Italy 0000
 Zimbabwe 000
 Cook Islands 000
 Hong Kong 000
 Japan 000
 Georgia 000
 Arabian Gulf 00
 Uganda 00
 Papua New Guinea 00
 Chile 00
 West Indies 00
 China 00
 South Korea 00
 Sri Lanka 00

Sources: rugby7.com (archived), irb.com (archived), world.rugby (archived)

Notes:

   Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.
  1. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
  2. Teams that share a position in the standings (on the same total series points) are marked with an asterisk (*) beside their position.
  3. Any teams that did not score any points in the overall series are marked with N/A in the position column. They are sorted by most number of events played, earliest date of events played, then alphabetically by team name.
  • "Sevens shock: Fiji loses series to NZ". Fiji Times. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
  • "New Zealand snatch Fiji's Sevens crown". planet-rugby.com. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
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