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
Results
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Pool B
Results
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Pool C
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Results
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Pool D
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Results
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Finals
- 1/4 Final Bowl Australia 19–7 France
- 1/4 Final Bowl England 29–7 Canada
- 1/4 Final Bowl Russia 7–19 Georgia
- 1/4 Final Bowl Italy 12–19 Portugal
- 1/4 Final Cup Fiji 14–21 Wales
- 1/4 Final Cup New Zealand 19–12 South Africa
- 1/4 Final Cup Scotland 10–22 Argentina
- 1/4 Final Cup Samoa 14–12 Kenya
- SF Shield France 33–17 Canada
- SF Shield Russia 19–17 Italy
- SF Bowl Australia 19–24 England
- SF Bowl Georgia 12–19 Portugal
- SF Plate Fiji 19–14 South Africa
- SF Plate Scotland 17–19 Kenya
- SF Cup Wales 0–28 New Zealand
- SF Cup Argentina 14–24 Samoa
- Final Shield France 21–12 Russia
- Final Bowl England 31–0 Portugal
- Final Plate Fiji 31–7 Kenya
- Final Cup New Zealand 34–5 Samoa
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.
Pos. |
Event Team |
Dubai |
George |
Wellington |
San Diego |
Hong Kong |
Adelaide |
London |
Edinburgh |
Points total |
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1 | New Zealand | 16 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 130 |
2 | Fiji | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 128 |
3 | Samoa | 8 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 126 |
4 | South Africa | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 92 |
5 | England | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 52 |
6 | Wales | 0 | 8 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 38 |
7 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
8 | France | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
9 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
10 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
11 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
12 | Tonga | – | – | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 10 |
13 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
14 | Tunisia | 0 | 6 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 6 |
15* | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15* | United States | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
17 | Russia | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 |
— | Italy | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Cook Islands | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |
Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | |
Japan | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | |
Georgia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Arabian Gulf | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Uganda | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Chile | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
West Indies | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
China | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |
South Korea | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |
Sri Lanka | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
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.
- 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.
- Teams that share a position in the standings (on the same total series points) are marked with an asterisk (*) beside their position.
- 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.
External links
- "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.