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Latest buzz: Hosts USA lose to great rivals Canada and will now compete for the Shield. Scotland and France join Canada in winning their Bowl quarter finals to reach the semi finals on day two of the USA Sevens whilst USA will play Uruguay in the Shield semi finals.
Joint World Series leaders England and New Zealand line up in the Cup semi finals of the USA Sevens in Las Vegas, the fourth leg of the 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series, along with Fiji and South Africa.
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Both currently have 64 points in the race for the overall title and remain on course to play each other in what would be a third successive Cup final. First, though, Ben Ryan's side faces South Africa and Gordon Tietjens' kiwis meet Fiji.
In a change to the usual competition format, the Cup quarter finals were staged late on day one to tie in with the first live broadcasting of the World Series on network television across the States, on NBC.
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Collins Injera scored his 100th career try in the World Series on day one during Kenya's 25-10 defeat to New Zealand and England captain Ben Gollings also recorded a landmark moment, surpassing 2,500 all time points in Sevens in front of a 25,000-strong crowd at the Sam Boyd Stadium.
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Plate
Having lost their Cup quarter finals at the end of day one, Samoa, Australia, Kenya and Argentina all proceed to the second-tier Plate trophy.
Kenya, who reached their first Cup quarter final since the 2010 Hong Kong Sevens, take on Australia at 13:31 local time and defending USA Sevens and World Series champions Samoa will play Argentina at 13:53.
Bowl
There are still four World Series points on offer for the winners of the Bowl and Wales reached the semi finals after beating Guyana 54-0. Ifan Evans scored the first try of the match and is now just one short of 50 all time tries in the World Series whilst Matthew Morgan scored the last, his first in the World Series.
Scotland proved too strong for Japan in their quarter final as captain Scott Riddell, Andrew Skeen, Fraser Harkness and Alec Dunbar all contributed to their 28-7 victory. They will now play Wales in the semi final.
Canada beat great rivals USA 19-15 and now face a semi final against France. Both sides scored three tries, Justin Mensah-Coker, Matt Evans and Ciaran Hearn scoring for Canada and Paul Emerick (2) and Marco Barnard for USA, but the hosts were unable to convert.
Earlier France narrowly won the opening match of day two, beating Uruguay 19-12 in the first Bowl quarter final. Santiago Gibernau had given the South Americans a 7-0 lead but tries from Jean Baptiste Mazoue, Jean Baptiste Gobolet and Camille Canivet helped secure France's path to the semi finals.
Shield
The four losing Bowl quarter finalists proceed to the Shield semi finals for a chance to win silverware and USA will play Uruguay in the first semi at 11:57 before Japan face Guyana.