USA Sevens: New Zealand-Samoa final

All the latest on the final day of the 2010 USA Sevens in Las Vegas, the fourth event in the 2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series.

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Latest buzz (16:20 local): New Zealand beat Kenya and Samoa edge Australia to win through to the Cup final. Scotland win the Shield final against Japan.

Starmers comment: "What a performance here by Australia. I've been saying for a while now that this young Wallaby team would come good - Mick O'Connor's done a marvellous job with them. It won't be long before they win a Cup title."

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New Zealand beat Kenya 21-7 to reach their third Cup final of the sesaon in Vegas.

Samoa then came from behind to beat inspired Australia 14-12 and book a place in their second consecutive Cup final.

Australia earlier produced the first upset of the day by beating Wellington champions Fiji to reach their first Cup semi final for two years.

New Zealand won through to the Cup semis with a tight 12-5 victory against reigning World Series champions South Africa.

Kenya sent their 1,500 travelling fans into raptures by pulling level with England on the final hooter and then scoring first in sudden-death extra time to win through.

Samoa then produced a superb display against Wales, Alafoti Fa'osiliva inspiring them to come from behind and win through in the lower half of the draw.

South Africa-Fiji Plate final

South Africa and Fiji will contest a replay of their pulsating pool match yesterday after both won their Plate semis.

South Africa were too strong for England, Kyle Brown and Steven Hunt each scoring two in a 27-14 win, and Fiji then bounced back from their defeat against the Wallabies, Emosi Vucago scoring two in their 32-0 victory against Wales.

USA reach Bowl final

The USA delighted their home fans by winning through to the Bowl final against France. Matt Hawkins scored twice as the Eagles won a physical semi final against last year's USA Sevens Cup champions Argentina. France overwhelmed Chile in the other.

Shield competition

Scotland and Japan both won through to the final of the Shield with respective wins over Guyana and Canada.

IRB Sevens World Series: How it works

So far this season New Zealand and Fiji have been the two teams to beat. The kiwis won the first two tournaments of the World Series in Dubai and George before Christmas to open up a lead and then in Wellington last weekend Fiji hit back to take their first title of the season and close the gap on the men in black at the top of the table.

There are eight tournaments in the IRB Sevens World Series. Three have been played in Dubai, South Africa and New Zealand and this is the fourth. After this the teams will go to Adelaide and Hong Kong in March and London and Edinburgh in May.

Depending on how well they do, teams take a certain number of World Series points from each event, and those points have been increased this season as follows: