First day of the 7s has kicked off in San Diego

All results being updated as they come in.

England's first match result

England 48 - 0 Mexico


England got their USA Sevens campaign off to a fine start with a 48-0 mauling of Mexico in San Diego.

After poor performances in the last two events of the IRB Sevens World Series in South Africa and New Zealand, the English were in total command throughout their clash with the Pool D minnows and now look set to vie with South Africa for top spot.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:02:09:20:20:43 by Kath..

Mexico has far too large a population to lose to.

No tiny islands on England's fixtures, so we might make the QFs!!!!


I hope no one has noticed the ball is missing!

2nd match result for England

England 28 - 21 USA

I just got back from the san diego 7s - england and newbury supporter living over in LA and boy was today great! The boys were fantastic in the last group game and beat SA 14-10 with a try at the death to win it! Looked liked damudamu got a bad injury almost as soon as the game kicked off which was a real shame as he was awesome in first 2 games. I cant wait for tomorrow's games - come on england! Oh, here is qf draw;

eng v kenya
fiji v NZ
samoa v scotland
sa v argentina

wales, france, aussies all knocked out

monkslanerules: thank you so much for this, if you take your camera will you email me a couple of photos for the site?

enjoy tomorrow

Kath

So we can beat South Africa...but not the Cook Islands? Right...

What are the crowds like?

Can anyone point me to a real-time score site for day 2? - I can't find anything that's reasonably upto date.

Well they are 11 hrs behind us and the first match has only just finished

I am using the IRB site here....

[www.irb.com]

[www.sportable.com]

Could try this.

Cheers...

oh beggary boos

England 7 - 17 Kenya

What a great idea those guys have for a live blog with auto refresh... Good stuff..

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Kath.
oh beggary boos
England 7 - 17 Kenya

Sigh...

England lose to Fiji in the Semi Final of the plate. They were leading 14-7 with a few minutes left

oh dear Phew........


Semi Final Plate Fiji 21-14 England

Congratulations to New Zealand they are unstoppable


Final Cup New Zealand 27-12 South Africa

England miss out in San Diego

England exit day two of the IRB USA Sevens after loosing their Cup quarter final against Kenya.

England had an impressive first day in San Diego winning all three of their pool matches against Mexico, USA and South Africa.

Outstanding performers Ben Gollings (Toyota), Anthony Elliott (Bristol Rugby), Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby) and Kevin Barrett (Exeter Chiefs) all contributed to England's first day victories.

Isoa Damudamu (Newbury/Army) inspired the win against USA with a fantastic performance but unfortunately was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a suspected dislocated shoulder.

England faced Kenya on day two in the Cup quarter final but they couldn't match their day one performances and missed out on a Cup semi final place by loosing 7-17.

Faced with the Plate semi final and Fiji England fought hard but once again lost out and went down 21-14 to go out of the competition.

Said coach Ben Ryan, "We suffered a lot of humility on the first day of the New Zealand tournament but we worked hard this week and I'm really pleased for the players they have regained respect.

"There's a certain amount you can do as the coach but the players have to go out there and play and on day one that's exactly what they did.

"Isoa fell awkwardly and I think he might have dislocated his shoulder, which would be a massive blow to us and to him," added Ryan.

"I think he's the best forward in world sevens rugby so it was a massive blow when he came off."
England will now look forwards to the IRB Hong Kong Sevens which is the half way point of the series on the 28, 29 & 30 March 2008.

England's IRB USA Sevens results:

Pool
England 48-0 Mexico
England 28-21 USA
South Africa 10-14 England

Cup quarter final
England 7-17 Kenya

Plate semi final
Fiji 21-14 England


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