By K
November 30 2017
England men have won the bronze medal in Dubai in the opening leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji in their final game.
Dubai Sevens 2017/18 Series
Day One 01/12/17 | ||||
TIME | M | FIXTURE | v | FIXTURE |
0500 | 1 | USA | 14-22 | Argentina |
0522 | 2 | New Zealand | 24-12 | Samoa |
0544 | 3 | Australia | 38 - 7 | Wales |
0606 | 4 | Fiji | 50 - 7 | Russia |
0630 | 5 | Canada | 15-29 | Kenya |
0652 | 6 | South Africa | 19-10 | Uganda |
0714 | 7 | Scotland | 24-14 | France |
0736 | 8 | England | 28 - 0 | Spain |
0800 | 9 | USA | 14-26 | Samoa |
0822 | 10 | New Zealand | 21-19 | Argentina |
0844 | 11 | Australia | 47 - 0 | Rusia |
0906 | 12 | Fiji | 21 -7 | Wales |
1014 | 13 | Canada | 22-17 | Uganda |
1036 | 14 | South Africa | 48 - 5 | Kenya |
1058 | 15 | Scotland | 26-21 | Spain |
1120 | 16 | England | 14-12 | France |
1400 | 17 | Argentina | 12-22 | Samoa |
1422 | 18 | New Zealand | 22-12 | USA |
1444 | 19 | Wales | 29-5 | Russia |
1506 | 20 | Fiji | 26-19 | Australia |
1531 | 21 | Kenya | 29-14 | Uganda |
1553 | 22 | South Africa | 28- 0 | Canada |
1615 | 23 | France | 12-14 | Spain |
1637 | 24 | England | 29- 0 | Scotland |
England’s running lines and offloading saw Phil Burgess stroll in, before Tom Mitchell’s introduction to the game as a replacement sent McConnochie through as five tries were scored in the first seven minutes, but England had the edge 21-14.
In arguably the try of the match, some lovely interplay and offloads between Bowen and Burgess sent Bowen in for his second, before Josua Vakurunabili’s interception got Fiji to within one score.
However, England held out to finish third in the tournament ahead of the second round of the series in Cape Town next weekend.
In the semi-final, it was a tense clash with New Zealand but Ruaridh McConnochie got England off to the perfect start as he took Mitchell's pass and opened up to score out wide.The All Backs wing Joseva Ravouvou scored twice though in an end-to-end game as they clinched a place in the final, where they lost to winners South Africa.
Tom Mitchell got England's third following James Rodwell break, but Australia's converted try meant the game was level at 19-19, but, with the clock dead, captain Mitchell’s break through the middle got behind the defence and found Harry Glover to secure a dramatic win.
In the invitational tournament the England Sevens academy played under the banner of The Royals and were in the cup quarter-final after their performances on day one.. After suffering a 12-17 defeat from The Froggies, they went on to play Ireland in the fifth place play-off semi-final where they lost 5-24 to finish in sixth place.Dubai day two results:
Cup quarter-final: England 26-19 Australia
Cup semi-final: England 5-14 New Zealand
Bronze final: England 28-21 Fiji
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