The Third Tournament of the HSBC Sevens World Series 2011 / 2012, known as the Nelson Mandela BaySouth Africa Rugby Sevens tournament played on 9 and 10 December 2011.

This week the tournament was in OUR back yard, the first games started at 11:37 on 9 December 2011, SA Time. We only had a lively general Discussion Article and not a Live Article with Score Updates as the games proceed.

This was exactly that, the Discussion Article, here you will find all the scores.

Last week, the Dubai leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series went totally cookoo, with all the big guns falling out and underperforming and having ordinary tournaments by their standards.

This time New Zealand just pip South Africa to the post, winning the tournament in a thrilling Final, by 31 / 26.

The next HSBC Sevens World Series tournament will be held in Wellington, New Zealand on 3 and 4 February 2012.

Here are the World Standings, as at the conclusion of this tournament:

HSBC Sevens World Series Standings

	Team		AUS	DUB	RSA	NZL	USA	HKG	JAP	SCO	ENG	Pts
1		FIJI	22	17	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
		NEW ZEALAND	19	10	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
3		SOUTH AFRICA	17	12	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
4		ENGLAND	10	22	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	47
5		FRANCE	10	19	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	39
6		AUSTRALIA	15	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
7		WALES	13	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
8		SAMOA	12	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
9		ARGENTINA	8	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
10		SCOTLAND	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
11		UNITED STATES	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
12		CANADA	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
13		PORTUGAL	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
14		KENYA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
		TONGA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
16		ZIMBABWE	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
17		PAPUA NEW GUINEA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
18		JAPAN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
19		MOROCCO	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		NIUE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		UAE	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1