South Africa Win London Sevens as New Zealand Claim World Series
South Africa celebrate their victory at the London Sevens
• Full round-up as South Africa win London Sevens
• Rights-free photos, including trophy lifts
• Rights-free reaction audio
• HSBC Sevens World Series standings
South Africa beat Fiji 24-14 to win the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham on a day which also saw New Zealand crowned 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series champions with one tournament remaining.
It is South Africa’s second Cup title of the season and lifts them to third in standings with 116 points, ensuring the race for second place behind New Zealand will be a four-way battle in Scotland next weekend with England (121), Samoa (112) and Fiji (110).
As the London Sevens set a new Series record of 100,094 crowd across the two days, the other finals saw Samoa beat Australia to take the Plate, Scotland overcome Kenya to win the Bowl and hosts England beat Portugal to claim the Shield.
HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES STANDINGS
The final round of the World Series takes place on 28-29 May, the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens at Murrayfield.
Rights-free photos and audio
Rights-free photos of all four trophy lifts and 16 nations in action at Twickenham as well as rights-free reaction audio at the end of the tournament is available for download in the online Media Centre.
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Full match details
Full match details - including team line-ups, scorers and scoring sequence - are available from even game online at irbsevens.com.
For all results go to the RESULTS PAGE >> for London. For more details from a match, click on the match.
Further Information:
Dominic Rumbles, email: dominic.rumbles@irb.com