The Tokyo leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series took place this weekend in Tokyo, Japan.
It was Round 7 of 9 Rounds in the season.
After finishing 3rd at the previous 3 HSBC Sevens World Series tournaments, South Africa was determined to add another Cup title to their collection so far this season at the Japanese tournament this weekend. It was not to be, as they lost in the Final against England by 14 / 21.
Fiji finished in 3rd place and the surprise of the tournament, Canada finished 4th.
The Springbok Sevens (129 points) are currently enjoying a slightly increased but slender lead of 4 points over Fiji at the top of World Series standings after 6 Rounds. After winning the Cup in Dubai and Port Elizabeth, they have could not progress beyond the semi-final stages in Wellington, Las Vegas and Hong Kong but progressed to the Final in Tokyo.
New Zealand have fallen back to 9 Log Points behind South Africa on the HSBC Sevens World Series standings.
The 19 points the team collected this weekend in Tokyo allowed them to stay in 1st place above Fiji and New Zealand. With 2 tournaments to go in the season the slender South African lead simply means they still have to go fullout in the remaining tournaments, to be the winners overall for the season.
The Top 4 teams at the end of the HSBC Sevens World Series season in May will qualify automatically for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
The HSBC Sevens World Series standings table is detailed below.
Results:
Japan – Tokyo |
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Fiji | 19 / 10 |  |
Wales |
Sat 4 Apr 10:00 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 03:00 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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England | 33 / 0 | Hong Kong |
Sat 4 Apr 10:22 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 03:22 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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New Zealand | 38 / 0 |  |
Scotland |
Sat 4 Apr 10:44 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 03:44 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Australia | 10 / 12 |  |
Portugal |
Sat 4 Apr 11:06 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 04:06 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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South Africa | 29 / 7 |  |
Canada |
Sat 4 Apr 11:28 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 04:28 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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United States | 5 / 27 |  |
Kenya |
Sat 4 Apr 11:50 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 04:50 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Samoa | 14 / 12 |  |
France |
Sat 4 Apr 12:12 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 05:12 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Argentina | 14 / 14 |  |
Japan |
Sat 4 Apr 12:34 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 05:34 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Fiji | 35 / 14 | Hong Kong |
Sat 4 Apr 13:18 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 06:18 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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England | 10 / 7 | |
Wales |
Sat 4 Apr 13:40 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 06:40 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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New Zealand | 26 / 7 | |
Portugal |
Sat 4 Apr 14:02 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 07:02 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
See past results
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Australia | 14 / 17 | |
Scotland |
Sat 4 Apr 14:24 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 07:24 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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South Africa | 26 / 0 | |
Kenya |
Sat 4 Apr 14:46 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 07:46 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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United States | 22 / 14 | |
Canada |
Sat 4 Apr 15:08 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 08:08 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Samoa | 12 / 26 | |
Japan |
Sat 4 Apr 15:30 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 08:30 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Argentina | 7 / 17 | |
France |
Sat 4 Apr 15:52 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 08:52 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Fiji | 33 / 19 |  |
England |
Sat 4 Apr 17:30 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 10:30 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Wales | 31 / 5 | Hong Kong |
Sat 4 Apr 17:52 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 10:52 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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New Zealand | 14 / 19 |  |
Australia |
Sat 4 Apr 18:14 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 11:14 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Scotland | 17 / 12 | |
Portugal |
Sat 4 Apr 18:36 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 11:36 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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South Africa | 24 / 15 |  |
United States |
Sat 4 Apr 18:58 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 11:58 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Canada | 26 / 10 | |
Kenya |
Sat 4 Apr 19:20 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 12:20 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Samoa | 26 / 26 |  |
Argentina |
Sat 4 Apr 19:42 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 12:42 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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France | 24 / 19 | |
Japan |
Sat 4 Apr 20:04 (local)
Sat 4 Apr 13:04 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Wales | 14 / 7 | |
Argentina |
Sun 5 Apr 09:52 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 02:52 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Kenya | 5 / 14 | |
Australia |
Sun 5 Apr 10:14 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 03:14 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Samoa | 21 / 0 | Hong Kong |
Sun 5 Apr 10:36 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 03:36 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Portugal | 0 / 39 | |
United States |
Sun 5 Apr 10:58 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 03:58 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Fiji | 41 / 5 | |
Japan |
Sun 5 Apr 11:20 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 04:20 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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South Africa | 22 / 0 | |
Scotland |
Sun 5 Apr 11:42 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 04:42 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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France | 0 / 10 | |
England |
Sun 5 Apr 12:04 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 05:04 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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New Zealand | 15 / 19 | |
Canada |
Sun 5 Apr 12:26 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 05:26 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Argentina | 17 / 12 | |
Kenya |
Sun 5 Apr 13:10 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 06:10 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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| Hong Kong | 17 / 19 | |
Portugal |
Sun 5 Apr 13:32 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 06:32 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Wales | 12 / 17 | |
Australia |
Sun 5 Apr 13:54 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 06:54 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Samoa | 5 / 22 | |
United States |
Sun 5 Apr 14:16 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 07:16 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Japan | 5 / 14 | |
Scotland |
Sun 5 Apr 14:38 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 07:38 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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France | 12 / 19 | |
New Zealand |
Sun 5 Apr 15:00 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 08:00 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Fiji | 5 / 7 | |
South Africa |
Sun 5 Apr 15:22 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 08:22 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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England | 14 / 5 | |
Canada |
Sun 5 Apr 15:44 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 08:44 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Argentina | 7 / 12 | |
Portugal |
Sun 5 Apr 16:06 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 09:06 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Australia | 12 / 17 | |
United States |
Sun 5 Apr 16:35 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 09:35 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Scotland | 14 / 21 | |
New Zealand |
Sun 5 Apr 17:04 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 10:04 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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Fiji | 21 / 19 | |
Canada |
Sun 5 Apr 17:36 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 10:36 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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South Africa | 14 / 21 | |
England |
Sun 5 Apr 18:00 (local)
Sun 5 Apr 11:00 (SA Time)
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Aoyama district
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HSBC Sevens World Series Standings:
| Team | AUS | DUB | RSA | NZL | USA | HKG | JPN | SCO | ENG | PTS | |
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| 1 | South Africa | 15 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | – | – | 129 |
| 2 | Fiji | 22 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 17 | – | – | 125 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 13 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 13 | – | – | 120 |
| 4 | England | 17 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 22 | – | – | 100 |
| 5 | Australia | 10 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | – | – | 91 |
| 6 | USA | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | – | – | 71 |
| 7 | Scotland | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 12 | – | – | 67 |
| 8 | Argentina | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | – | – | 66 |
| 9 | Samoa | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | – | – | 56 |
| 10 | France | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | – | – | 54 |
| 11 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 15 | – | – | 47 |
| 12 | Wales | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 42 |
| 13 | Kenya | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 33 |
| 14 | Portugal | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 25 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | – | – | 17 |
| 16 | Brazil | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 21 | American Samoa | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Blitzbokke did well in their 2 opening games!
Aussies have been shit… they’ve lost both games against Portugal and Scotland… and their next game is against New Zealand!
New Zealand, Fiji & England have also each won both their games… as expected.
Surprised me see Japan beat Samoa. Good result for Scotland against Australia, pity were nulled by NZ
Surprized to see the Ausmob beat New Zealand!
Blitzbokke still undefeated, as they beat USA in the 3rd game of the day, by 24 / 15.
Blitzbokke play Scotland in the Quarters… so SA should advance.
New Zealand play Canada… so NZ too should advance
Fiji play Japan… so Fiji should advance too
France play England… so England is likely to advance
So, the big 3 will all advance to the semi’s… and the last semi place should go to England or France.
SA/Eng coming up. Go Boks
Blitzbokke been watching the Sharks. That was the worst 5 minutes I have seen the Blitzes play in a long while. Eng try full deserved
Thats better. Inspired chip.. Its 7’s apiece
HT and 7 all. Boks seems to be really struggling with the dampness. Dropping so many balls, England driving over at every opportinuty – SA have given away so many balls. Need to tighten up 2nd half
….and it continues in the second half. Error sees an England try
On attack, and they lose the ball forward again. Scrum Eng
SA just can’t do anything right – about to score, Eng run length of field and score at the other end. Very, very average rugby by SA
SA manage to score – lucky one – need another quickly to even the score
Blitzbokke showing how to lose a match here. No chance for them to come back now. Well done England, really disrupted the Bokke, and they simply had no answer. Blitzbokke looked very ordinary, I am afraid. Not good enough
So Blitz Bokke’s reward for ending second in Tokyo and New Zealand’s poor showing is that they are in the same Pool for the 7s in Glasgow, with Samoa and Kenya also in that pool.
Other pools for Glasgow are: Pool A- England, France, Australia, Russia; Pool C- Fiji, Scotland, Wales, Portgual; Pool D- Canada, Japan, USA, Argentina
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