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 3 3 0 0 91 12 9  Kenya 3 2 0 1 39 50 7  Australia 3 1 0 2 45 51 5  Portugal 3 0 0 3 17 79 3

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 3 3 0 0 83 26 9  Wales 3 2 0 1 85 33 7  Italy 3 1 0 2 19 79 5  France 3 0 0 3 24 73 3

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 3 3 0 0 74 27 9  South Africa 3 2 0 1 94 41 7  Russia 3 1 0 2 24 81 5  Canada 3 0 0 3 34 77 3

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 3 3 0 0 114 14 9  Argentina 3 2 0 1 57 52 7  England 3 1 0 2 38 57 5  Georgia 3 0 0 3 12 98 3

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

• 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.

2006–07 IRB Sevens – Series VIII

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	George	Well­ing­ton	San Diego	Hong Kong	Adel­aide	Lon­don	Edin­burgh	Points total
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.

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.

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.