The quarter-finalists were decided last night as fans filling the famous Hong Kong Stadium, and watching around the globe, were treated to a superb showcase of the speed and skill of world-class rugby sevens as the pool phase concluded on day two of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
Double Olympic champions Fiji are aiming for a sixth straight title in Hong Kong and made smooth progress through their pool with free-scoring wins over Japan (59-12), Spain (35-21) and the USA (24-0).
Samoa were outstanding as well in the pool phase as they recorded three straight victories over New Zealand (24-0), Australia (22-17) and hosts Hong Kong (31-15) to top Pool A.
Australia’s entertaining 24-17 win over New Zealand in the last match of day two saw the reigning Series title holders through to the quarter-finals as pool A runners-up at the expense of the All Blacks Sevens who miss out on a place in the quarter-finals for the first time in history and will now contest the ninth to 16th placed classification matches today.
Samoa will take on Argentina at 3.25pm this afternoon, Fiji will face rivals South Africa at 3.50pm in the second quarter-final, Ireland play Australia at 4.15pm and France will tussle with USA in the last quarter-final.
The cup semifinals are at 7.45pm tonight and the cup final will kick off at 11pm tonight.
[Source: World Rugby]
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