A world record crowd of more than 54,000 fans attended the first day of the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham today.
The penultimate leg of the 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series attracted 54,357 spectators, the biggest crowd to attend a single day of the global series in its 12-year history.
The previous best of 50,000 was set on both days of the 2008 Dubai Sevens and a new record for a two-day tournament will be set if tomorrow’s crowd takes the combined figure at Twickenham past the 100,000 mark.
The record means that the overall HSBC Sevens World Series target of 500,000 fans is very much within reach with just one event left to go – the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens on May 28-29.
Well done, Twickers! Enjoy Day 2
The HSBC Sevens World Series log standings going into the London Sevens
Live Score Updates: London 7s (Day 2)
Quarter-finals
25 10:30 SPAIN 14 – 0 UNITED STATES 1/4 final Bowl (Final Score)
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26 10:52 PORTUGAL 0 – 26 SCOTLAND 1/4 final Bowl (Final Score)
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27 11:14 CANADA 12 – 15 RUSSIA 1/4 final Bowl (Final Score)
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28 11:36 ENGLAND 17 – 19 KENYA 1/4 final Bowl (Final Score)
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29 11:58 NEW ZEALAND 31 – 14 ARGENTINA 1/4 final Cup (Final Score)
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30 12:20 FIJI 26 – 14 SAMOA 1/4 final Cup (Final Score)
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31 12:42 AUSTRALIA 0 – 17 SOUTH AFRICA 1/4 final Cup (Final Score)
London 7s Live: Close call BUT Bernado Botha scores in the corner! #BlitzBokke (5 – 0)
Half-time: AUS 0 – 5 SA
London 7s Live: Classic Cecil Afrika Score! Great supporting run by the Bokke! (10 – 0) #BlitzBokke
Cecil Afrika the Talisman! Nice. (17 – 0)
London 7s Live: They don’t call him The Tank for nothing! The match is all but won, but Frankie Horne still puts in the HUGE Tackles! #BlitzBokke
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32 13:04 FRANCE 12 – 19 WALES 1/4 final Cup (Final Score)
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Semi-Finals
33 13:36 United States 15 – 21 Portugal SF Shield (Final Score)
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34 13:58 Canada 14 – 22 England SF Shield (Final Score)
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35 14:20 Spain 17 – 19 Scotland SF Bowl (Final Score)
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36 14:42 Russia 15 – 19 Kenya SF Bowl (Final Score)
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37 15:04 Argentina 0 – 38 Samoa SF Plate (Final Score)
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38 15:26 Australia 19 – 0 France SF Plate (Final Score)
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39 15:48 New Zealand 19 – 42 Fiji SF Cup (Final Score)
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40 16:10 South Africa 21 – 19 Wales SF Cup (Final Score)
SA vs. Wales: First blood: Boom Prinsloo #BlitzBokke (7 – 0)
London 7s Live: Try-Time, Bernado Botha! #BlitzBokke (14 – 0)
Half-time: SA 14 – 0 Wales
Try: Boom Prinsloo
Wales score twice
Wales manage to score right at the death. A successful conversion will draw them level, but kick is missed.
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(OK, my video feed from Twickenham has turned shoddy. I hope I can keep up the updates till the end.Haiyibo!)
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Finals
41 16:58 Portugal 7 – 22 England Final Shield (Final Score)
Half-time: Portugal 0 – 15 England
Shield Champions: England
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42 17:26 Scotland 21 – 19 Kenya Final Bowl (Final Score)
Bowl Champions: Scotland
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43 17:54 Samoa 22 – 12 Australia Final Plate (Final Score)
Half-time: Samoa 15 – 5 Australia
Plate Champions: Samoa
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44 18:22 Fiji 12 – 24 South Africa Final Cup
Try: Votu + Conversion (7 – 0)
Handling error by SA: Ikanikoda (14 – 0)
Turn-over won by SA: Try Boom Prinsloo!
Try time: Bernado Botha!
London 7s Live: SA 10 – 14 Fiji (Half-time) #BlitzBokke
Try: London 7s Live: SA takes the lead thru a Bernado Botha try! (17 – 14 Fiji)
Try: Steven Hunt!
Today, at Twickenham, brains triumphed over brawn.
Well done to coach Paul Treu, skipper Paul Treu and all the Boys.
Wicked effort!
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22/05/2011 at 12:39 PM
go fiji go