Fiji, Wales, South Africa and England all progressed to the Cup quarter-finals at the 2011 Dubai Sevens after maintaining 100% records on day one.
After a storming start to the 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series by the men-in-black, the men-in-green-with-a-wee-bit-of-gold showed on Day 1 of the Dubai Sevens that New Zealand will not be unstoppable this season. DJ Forbes’ Boys went down 21 – 5 to a heavily-bandaged Kyle Brown’s Blitzbokke.
The fans, of course, loved the final score:
Day 1 – Well done. Slow start as per the Gold Coast, warmed up and now set for Day 2. Can’t wait.Wish we were in Dubai. On the bucket list. Go well !
(Glen Knowles, Australia)
Whos the man!!! smallies se naam hoog!
(Marisel Small-Smith, South Africa)
WHOOO HOOOO BOKKIES!
(Rouxlè Horne, South Africa)
EAT DAT NZ! BOKKE!
(Yvette Riddles, South Africa)
Great win for the Springbok Sevens team in their final pool game in Dubai, with 21-5 against New Zealand! Well done boys, unbeaten on the first day!
(Springboks on FaceBook)
Dankie Bokkies! Julle kan!!!!!
(Frankie Horne Snr., South Africa)
MOOOOOOI SO BOKKIES!!!!!!!!
(Carita Roodselaar)
Here’s the official Day 1 highlights from irbsevens.com:
The scene is set for a whopping final day in the Dubai desert with South Africa meeting France in the Cup quarter-finals, instead of the usual Fiji.
Strap in… it’s going to be a scorcher!
Updated scores will follow as usual, or simply add @BlitzBokke if you’re on Twitter.
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25 09:40 SAMOA 17 – 26 CANADA 1/4 final Bowl (full-time)
Samoa 0 – 12 Canada (half-time)
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26 10:02 ZIMBABWE 7 – 41 UNITED STATES 1/4 final Bowl (full-time)
Zimbabwe 7 – 17 USA (half-time)
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27 10:24 SCOTLAND 40 – 5 UAE 1/4 final Bowl (full-time)
Scotland 21 – 5 UAE (half-time)
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28 10:46 PORTUGAL 24 – 12 KENYA 1/4 final Bowl (full-time)
Portugal 12 – 7 Kenya (half-time)
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29 11:08 FIJI 34 – 7 AUSTRALIA 1/4 final Cup (full-time)
Fiji 17 – 0 Australia (half-time)
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30 11:32 ENGLAND 10 – 7 NEW ZEALAND 1/4 final Cup (full-time)
England 5 – 7 New Zealand (half-time)
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31 11:54 WALES 5 – 7 ARGENTINA 1/4 final Cup (full-time)
Wales 5 – 0 Argentina (half-time)
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32 12:16 SOUTH AFRICA 5 – 19 FRANCE 1/4 final Cup (full-time)
South Africa 0 – 7 France (half-time)
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33 12:38 SAMOA 21 – 12 ZIMBABWE SF Shield (full-time)
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34 13:00 UAE 5 – 35 KENYA SF Shield (full-time)
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35 13:24 CANADA 17 – 33 USA SF Bowl (full-time)
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36 13:46 SCOTLAND 19 – 17 PORTUGAL SF Bowl (full-time)
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37 14:08 AUSTRALIA 26 - 12 NEW ZEALAND SF Plate (full-time)
Australia 26 – 0 New Zealand (half-time)
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38 14:30 WALES 7 – 22 SOUTH AFRICA SF Plate (full-time)
Tries: (SA) Robert Ebersohn, William Small-Smith, Branco Du Preez, Renfred Dazel
Tries (Wales) : Owen B Williams
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39 17:02 FIJI 12 – 19 ENGLAND SF Cup (full-time)
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40 17:24 ARGENTINA 5 – 24 FRANCE SF Cup (full-time)
Argentina 0 – 12 France (half-time)
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Final Shield Winners: Samoa
41 17:48 Samoa 31 – 17 Kenya (full-time)
Samoa 24 – 0 Kenya (half-time)
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Final Bowl Winner: Scotland
42 18:18 USA 0 – 26 Scotland (full-time)
USA 0 – 12 Scotland (half-time)
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Final Plate Winner: Australia
43 18:48 Australia 17 – 14 South Africa (full-time)
Australia 5 – 14 South Africa (half-time)
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Third-place Play-off winner: Fiji
44 19:48 Fiji 026- 21 Argentina
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Cup Final winner: England
45 20:18 England 29 – 12 France
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