Blitzbokke v Kiwis in semis
Defending champions South Africa will face series leaders New Zealand in the semifinal of the Las Vegas leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.
Pacific rivals Samoa and Fiji will meet in the other semifinal on Sunday, after a series of intriguing quarterfinals late on Saturday at the Sam Boyd Stadium.
Fiji are currently second behind New Zealand in the overall standings.
South Africa have a chance of overtaking England on the standings, with just three points separating third and fourth place on the IRB table.
Cup quarterfinals:
New Zealand became the first side to book their place in the Cup semifinals with a 12-7 victory against England. They came from behind for the second successive week against Ben Ryan’s side, Tomasi Cama scoring the eventual winning try in the victory.
Frank Halai had given Gordon Tietjens’ side a 5-0 lead before Dan Norton’s try made it 7-5 ahead of Cama’s effort which now puts even more distance between New Zealand and England in the Series.
Gordon Tietjens’ side will face the defending champions South Africa in the semifinals after captain Kyle Brown’s 50th World Series try helped Paul Treu’s side to a 24-5 victory over Argentina in the second quarterfinal.
Two of the crowd’s favourites met in the third quarterfinal as an Alafoti Fa’osiliva hat-trick helped the 2009/10 Series champions in their 19-14 victory against a much improved Kenya.
Fiji, who are currently second behind New Zealand in the overall standings, set up an enthralling semifinal with their Pacific rivals after coming from 0-5 behind to beat Wales 12-5 thanks to two tries from Setefano Cakau.
Results:
New Zealand 12-7 England
South Africa 24-5 Argentina
Kenya 14-19 Samoa
Fiji 12-5 Wales
Plate:
England will enter the Plate semifinals on Day Three, after their defeat to New Zealand and will meet Argentina. Kenya will face Wales in the second Plate semifinal.
Bowl quarterfinals:
Australia beat Brazil 50-0 in the opening Bowl quarterfinal to book their place in the semis and will face United States in the semis.
Allan Fa’alava’au scored two of eight tries for Michael O’Connor’s side in the victory before Zach Test, Folau Niua and Peter Tiberio tries gave Al Caravelli’s side a first victory at their home tournament, coming from 5-0 behind to win 21-5.
Taylor Paris scored a hat-trick to book Canada’s place in the final four of the Bowl competition after a 29-0 victory against Uruguay.
Sean Duke scored Canada’s first and Jeffery Hassler scored their fifth, meaning Geriant John’s side will now play Japan on Day Three after two tries from Ryo Tsuruta and one from Kazushi Hano helped the Asian side record a dramatic 15-14 victory against Scotland.
Results:
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Canada 29-0 Uruguay
Scotland 14-15 Japan
France 5-21 United States
Australia 50-0 Brazil
Shield:
Brazil will face Dubai Sevens runners-up France in the first Shield semifinal on Day Three. Scotland will play Uruguay.
