Awesome New Zealand win South Africa Sevens

New Zealand have beaten Fiji to claim their second IRB Sevens World Series Cup title in as many weeks, the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens in George, to add to their Dubai title.

They travel home with a maximum 48 points from the first two legs of the new Series. Fiji are 12 points behind Gordon Tietjens' men, followed by England (28), Samoa (26), Argentina and Kenya (both 22). Reigning World Series champions South Africa currently lie eighth in the table with 16 points.

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- IRB Sevens World Series standings after two events >> 

Fiji's William Ryder and England newcomer Christian Wade finished as the tournament's joint-leading try scorers (7), while New Zealander Sherwin Stowers is the leading try-scorer overall after the first two legs of the World Series with 15.

- IRB Sevens World Series leading scorers (2009/10 & all time) >> 

Rights-free Photos and Audio

Full details of every match are available on the official website, IRBSevens.com, as well as rights-free photographs of all 16 teams and trophy lift images of the Cup (New Zealand), Plate (England), Bowl (Wales) and Shield (Scotland) winners.

Rights-free broadcast quality audio is also available at the end of the tournamnent with:
- Gordon Tietjens, NZ coach & Tony Philp, NZRU Player Development Manager (Cup winners)
- Ben Gollings & Ben Ryan, England player and coach (Plate winners)
- Paul Treu, South Africa coach
- Paul John, Wales coach (Bowl winners)
- Nicolas Fernandez Lobbe, Argentina coach (Cup semi finalists, Espagnol & English)
- Benjamin Ayimba, Kenya coach (Cup semi finalists)

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Further information:

Seb Lauzier, IRB Web & Broadcast Editor, seb.lauzier@irb.com