worldclub7sDHL Western Province and the Vodacom Blue Bulls are scheduled to face each other today at Twickenham on day two of the World Club 7s tournament.  Both teams will be looking forward to improve on what was a disappointing first day for them at the inaugural tournament.  Western Province lost all three of their games while the Blue Bulls lost two and drew one game.

Twelve teams are taking part in the World Club 7s with the teams being divided into three pools of four teams for the first day. The top two teams in each group will be playing in the quarter finals of the cup today.  They are : ACT Brumbies, Auckland, Buenos Aires, Gloucester Rugby, Harlequins, New York, San Francisco, VVA Saracens Moscow. There will also be a Shield and Plate to play for today.

One of the highlights on day one was the super speedy Carlin Isles scoring a hat trick of tries for his team San Francisco in a close game against Northampton Saints. San Francisco had earlier beaten the Blue Bulls.

 

Day One results

DHL Western Province 19/26 New York

Gloucester Rugby 12/19 VVA Saracens Moscow Region

Vodacom Blue Bulls 19/28 San Francisco

Northampton Saints 0/30 Buenos Aires

Harlequins 14/24 ACT Brumbies

Auckland 33/5 Kuban Krasnador

DHL Western Province 17/19 VVA Saracens Moscow Region

Gloucester Rugby 26/24 New York

Vodacom Blue Bulls 7/7 Buenos Aires

Northampton Saints 12/19 – San Francisco

Harlequins 24/19 Kuban Krasnador

ACT Brumbies 12/24 Auckland

New York 12/12 VVA Saracens Moscow Region

San Francisco 12/31 Buenos Aires

Gloucester Rugby 27/17  DHL Western Province

Northampton Saints 17/7  Vodacom Blue Bulls

ACT Brumbies 35/12 Kuban Krasnador

Harlequins 31/14 Auckland

 

Pool Standings

POOL A

Gloucester 11

VVA Saracens Moscow Region 10

New York 9

Western Province 2

POOL B

Buenos Aires 12

San Francisco 9

Northampton 5

Blue Bulls 2

POOL C

Auckland 10

Brumbies 10

Harlequins 10

Kuban Krasnodar 1

 

Day Two initial fixtures

11:30 – DHL Western Province v Vodacom Blue Bulls (10th v 11th)

11:52 – Northampton Saints v Kuban Krasnador (9th v 12th)

12:15 – Buenos Aires v New York (Cup Quarter-Final 1)

12:37 – ACT Brumbies v VVA Saracens Moscow Region (Cup Quarter-Final 2)

12:59 – Gloucester Rugby v Harlequins (Cup Quarter-Final 3)

13:21 – Auckland v San Francisco (Cup Quarter-Final 4)

The rest of the day will see the Cup, Shield and Plate competitions settled.

 

10 Responses to World Club 7’s: South African teams disappoint

  • 1

    In the semi finals of the cup Buenos Aires play the Brumbies and Harlequins play Auckland

  • 2

    Cup quarter final results – Buenos Aires 31/12 New York; ACT Brumbies 22/17 VVA Saracens Moscow Region; Gloucester Rugby 7/19 Harlequins; Auckland 40/12 San Francisco

  • 3

    Auckland look like they must be favourites to win the tournament

  • 4

    The Brumbies will meet Auckland in the final

  • 5

    Cup semi final results – Brumbies 26/7 Buenos Aires; Auckland 31/14 Harlequins. ‘Interesting’ name for the Brumbies Stephen van der Walt scored two tries in their semi final.

  • 6

    Blue Bulls beat WP 31/19 (half time score – 12/12) in the first match of the day to progress to the Shield final against Russian team Kuban Krasnodar.

  • 7

    Shield final score : Kuban Krasnodar 19/12 Blue Bulls. Krasnodar were leading 19/0 with two minutes to play and had a big enough lead to keep the Bulls at bay in spite of two very late tries by Blue Bulls Neil Meyer.

  • 8

    Western Province eventually won their first game of the tournament in their last match to end 11th and forcing Northampton to 12th (last place) – WP 31/7 Northampton Saints

  • 9

    The ACT Brumbies won the final against Auckland. They lead 12/0 at half time but then Auckland scored an unanswered 14 points to be ahead by 2 points with 2 minutes left, Brumbies Henry Speight then scored his second try of the match in the last minute. Final score – Brumbies 14/12 Auckland.

  • 10

    Buenos Aires 33/7 Harlequins in the play off for 3rd place. Plate Final: New York 33/7 Gloucester.

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