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The Springbok Sevens team beat Fiji 24-14 in the final of the England Sevens at Twickenham.
Full results:
SCOTLAND 21 – 19 KENYA Final Bowl
PORTUGAL 07 – 22 ENGLAND Final Shield
SAMOA 22 – 12 AUSTRALIA Final Plate
FIJI 14 – 24 SOUTH AFRICA Final Cup
The 7th leg of the IRB Sevens World Series takes place at Twickenham from 21-22 May 2011.
Fixtures Saturday 21 May (ZA times)
11:30 Samoa v Scotland
11:52 Australia v Canada
12:14 South Africa v Russia
12:36 Fiji v Portugal
12:58 New Zealand v Kenya
13:20 Wales v Spain
13:42 England v United States
14:04 Argentina v France
14:36 Samoa v Canada
14:58 Australia v Scotland
15:20 South Africa v Portugal
15:42 Fiji v Russia
16:04 New Zealand v Spain
16:26 Wales v Kenya
16:48 England v France
17:10 Argentina v United States
17:54 Scotland v Canada
18:16 Russia v Portugal
18:38 Kenya v Spain
19:00 United States v France
19:22 Samoa v Australia
19:44 South Africa v Fiji
20:06 New Zealand v Wales
20:28 England v Argentina
Sunday 3 April 2011
Final Cup | NEW ZEALAND 28 v 20 SOUTH AFRICA
Final Plate | ARGENTINA 07 v 14 WALES
Final Bowl | KENYA 10 v 17 UNITED STATES
Final Shield | TONGA 05 v 22 JAPAN
Sunday 27 March (SA times)
11:17 Final Shield : KENYA 17 – 12 SPAIN
11:47 Final Bowl : JAPAN 12 – 33 CANADA
12:17 Final Plate : SOUTH AFRICA 26 – 19 AUSTRALIA
12:47 Final Cup : NEW ZEALAND 29 – 17 ENGLAND
All times local Hong Kong time.
SA time is less 6 hours
Day 1: Friday 25 March 2011
01 16:30 AUSTRALIA 42 – 0 ZIMBABWE
02 16:52 SOUTH AFRICA 33 – 5 SPAIN
03 17:14 FIJI 59 – 0 MALAYSIA
04 17:36 SAMOA 64 – 0 MEXICO
05 17:58 ENGLAND 59 – 5 CHINA
06 18:20 NEW ZEALAND 61 – 0 KOREA
07 18:42 ARGENTINA 21 – 22 CANADA
08 19:04 WALES 0 – 0 HONG KONG
09 19:54 KENYA 0 – 0 RUSSIA
10 20:16 SCOTLAND 0 – 0 TONGA
11 20:38 UNITED STATES 0 – 0 JAPAN
12 21:00 FRANCE 0 – 0 PORTUGAL
Day 2: Saturday 26 March 2011
13 10:30 ARGENTINA 0 – 0 ZIMBABWE
14 10:52 WALES 0 – 0 SPAIN
15 11:14 KENYA 0 – 0 MALAYSIA
16 11:36 SCOTLAND 0 – 0 MEXICO
17 11:58 UNITED STATES 0 – 0 CHINA
18 12:20 FRANCE 0 – 0 KOREA
19 12:42 AUSTRALIA 0 – 0 CANADA
20 13:04 SOUTH AFRICA 0 – 0 HONG KONG
21 13:26 FIJI 0 – 0 RUSSIA
22 13:48 SAMOA 0 – 0 TONGA
23 14:10 ENGLAND 0 – 0 JAPAN
24 14:32 NEW ZEALAND 0 – 0 PORTUGAL
25 14:54 CANADA 0 – 0 ZIMBABWE
26 15:16 HONG KONG 0 – 0 SPAIN
27 15:38 RUSSIA 0 – 0 MALAYSIA
28 16:00 TONGA 0 – 0 MEXICO
29 16:22 JAPAN 0 – 0 CHINA
30 16:44 PORTUGAL 0 – 0 KOREA
31 17:06 AUSTRALIA 0 – 0 ARGENTINA
32 17:28 SOUTH AFRICA 0 – 0 WALES
33 17:50 FIJI 0 – 0 KENYA
34 18:12 SAMOA 0 – 0 SCOTLAND
35 18:34 ENGLAND 0 – 0 UNITED STATES
36 18:56 NEW ZEALAND 0 – 0 FRANCE
Day 3: Sunday 27 March 2011
37 09:00 QF 1a 0 – 0 QF 1b 1/4 Final Shield
38 09:22 QF 2a 0 – 0 QF 2b 1/4 Final Shield
39 09:44 QF 3a 0 – 0 QF 3b 1/4 Final Shield
40 10:06 QF 4a 0 – 0 QF 4b 1/4 Final Shield
41 10:28 QF 1a 0 – 0 QF 1b 1/4 final Bowl
42 10:50 QF 2a 0 – 0 QF 2b 1/4 final Bowl
43 11:12 QF 3a 0 – 0 QF 3b 1/4 final Bowl
44 11:34 QF 4a 0 – 0 QF 4b 1/4 final Bowl
45 11:56 QF 1a 0 – 0 QF 1b 1/4 final Cup
46 12:18 QF 2a 0 – 0 QF 2b 1/4 final Cup
47 12:40 QF 3a 0 – 0 QF 3b 1/4 final Cup
48 13:02 QF 4a 0 – 0 QF 4b 1/4 final Cup
49 14:03 Win SQF 37 0 – 0 Win SQF 38 SF Shield
50 14:25 Win SQF 39 0 – 0 Win SQF 40 SF Shield
51 14:47 Win BQF 41 0 – 0 Win BQF 42 SF Bowl
52 15:09 Win BQF 43 0 – 0 Win BQF 44 SF Bowl
53 15:31 Loser CQF 45 0 – 0 Loser CQF 46 SF Plate
54 15:53 Loser CQF 47 0 – 0 Loser CQF 48 SF Plate
55 16:15 Win CQF 45 0 – 0 Win CQF 46 SF Cup
56 16:37 Win CQF 47 0 – 0 Win CQF 48 SF Cup
57 17:17 Win SSF 49 0 – 0 Win SSF 50 Final Shield
58 17:47 Win BSF 51 0 – 0 Win BSF 52 Final Bowl
59 18:17 Win PSF 53 0 – 0 Win PSF 54 Final Plate
60 18:47 Win CSF 55 0 – 0 Win CSF 56 Final Cup
SOUTH AFRICA 24 – 14 FIJI Final Cup
KENYA 15 – 26 SAMOA Final Plate
CANADA 14 – 19 SCOTLAND Final Bowl
UNITED STATES 19 – 12 JAPAN Final Shield
Cup Final: SOUTH AFRICA 24 – 14 FIJI
Blitzbokke: 1 Chris Dry, 2 Neil Powell (s), 3 Frankie Horne, 4 Petrus Engelbrecht (s), 5 Lubabalo Mtembu (s), 6 Kyle Brown, 7 Renfred Dazel (s), 8 Bernado Botha, 9 Cecil Afrika, 10 Branco du Preez, 11 Steven Hunt (s), 12 Paul Jordaan.
South Africa [24] Tries: Cecil Afrika, Chris Dry, Branco du Preez, Bernado Botha. Conversions: Cecil Afrika (2).
Fiji [14] Tries: Watsoni Votu, Mitieli Nacagilevu. Conversions: Mitieli Nacagilevu, Nikola Matawalu.
Final Cup ENGLAND 14 – 29 NEW ZEALAND
Final Plate FIJI 26 – 12 SOUTH AFRICA
Final Bowl KENYA 19 – 0 TONGA
Final Shield UNITED STATES 19 – 12 FRANCE
Final Cup ENGLAND 19 – 22 NEW ZEALAND
Final Plate SOUTH AFRICA 10 – 5 ARGENTINA
Final Bowl SCOTLAND 26 – 0 RUSSIA
Final Shield KENYA 5 – 14 ZIMBABWE
Final Cup SAMOA 21 – 29 ENGLAND
Final Plate SOUTH AFRICA 19 – 12 AUSTRALIA
Final Bowl ARGENTINA 21 – 00 ZIMBABWE
Final Shield KENYA 26 – 00 FRANCE
Springbok Sevens team
Lubabalo Mtembu, Boom Prinsloo, Frankie Horne, Pieter Engelbrecht, Sibusiso Sithole, Kyle Brown, Renfred Dazel, Bernardo Botha, Mark Richards, Cecil Afrika, Branco du Preez, MJ Mentz.
Management: Paul Treu (coach), Vuyo Zangqa (assistant-coach), Hugh Everson (physio), Alan Temple-Jones (biokineticist), Sebastian Prim (team manager).
Day 01: Friday 03 December 2010
Fiji vs Portugal – 05:20
England vs France – 05:42
Samoa vs Wales – 06:04
Kenya vs Arabian Gulf – 06:26
New Zealand vs USA – 06:48
Argentina vs Zimbabwe – 07:10
Australia vs Scotland – 07:32
South Africa vs Russia – 07:54
Fiji vs France – 08:56
England vs Portugal – 09:18
Samoa vs Arabian Gulf – 09:40
Kenya vs Wales – 10:02
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe – 10:24
Argentina vs USA – 10:46
Australia vs Russia – 11:08
South Africa vs Scotland – 11:30
Portugal vs France – 12:32
Wales vs Arabian Gulf – 12:54
USA vs Zimbabwe – 13:16
Scotland vs Russia – 13:38
Fiji vs England – 14:30
Samoa vs Kenya – 14:52
New Zealand vs Argentina – 15:14
Australia vs South Africa – 15:36
