2010 USA Sevens Winners:

Cup - Samoa
Plate - South Africa
Bowl - USA
Shield - Scotland

2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series:

New Zealand 84
Samoa 70
Fiji 68
England 50
Australia 44
South Africa 36
Argentina 22
Wales 18

Cup Final – New Zealand v Samoa

Epic stuff from Uale Male – Samoa’s petite generale – floating a beauty of a pass to Fa’osiliva to open the scoring. That’s his sixth try. Samoa not getting any luck with some decisions at breakdown time. Awesome work from Cama, injecting over the gain-line and when it come back the other way its Baker soaring through. Magnificent kick from Cama. 7-7. Suit you sir, some handbags between Baker and Aiono. Baker is now throwing a horribly telegraphed pass and Pesamino picks it and goes in from 70m. 14-12 to Samoa.

How resilient can NZ be? Fa’osiliva makes another break and he’s outstanding. That’s another try to him and a two-try cushion for Samoa. 21-7. Great work from Raikabula and its Baker throwing a purler of a long pass to Mikkelson and NZ score. 21-12 for Samoa, still work to do for NZ. Is that the back breaker? Cama is dispossessed and Aiona finds Levasa and its 26-12 to Samoa in Vegas. Cama goes for broke and throws a speculator (extreme even for Vegas) but it’s picked by guess who...Pesamino. Another try to him and Samoa up 33-12.

Result: New Zealand 12 Samoa 33

NEWS ALERT:

New Zealand has got a bit of a injury/suspension situation before their final. Save Tokula has received a six match ban for his pole-axing tackle earlier today on SA. Stowers had a dodgy ankle and Souness is also injured. All three miss the final and they are down to just two replacements. Will that be an issue. Hooter goes and SA are shattered, Ryder makes a break and it looks like is in but no he checks and eventually a forward pass means it’s plate time for SA. Finally they beat Fiji this season!

Tom, Spain:
Following on the Live Text, epic work UR7s! My heart says Samoa, My head New Zealand

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Interesting info ahead of the big New Zealand v Samoa final later...

NZ v Samoa head to head, 24-7 plus 2 draws in all IRB Sevens, 5-0 in Cup Finals

Samoa won last two games: 24-14 in Wellington, 24-22 in George, although NZ 24-12 in Dubai final

NZ's 54th final, W37 L16. Samoa P15, W3, L11

‘The Boss’ aka Bruce Springsteen pelts out as USA make their way onto the pitch. They face some France for some Bowl ‘Hardware’ as the US commentators are saying. Have noticed there isn’t much security here and some punter with a Stars & Stripes flags runs on with the US team...he’s chased off by the US Eagle mascot though...fairly amusing scenes.

France beat USA last weekend in the Bowl QFs but this is a different Eagles team. Pumped up with a vociferous crowd behind them.

Shield Final – Japan v Scotland

David Tait, a Sale Shark in England, broke a tackle in midfield showing good strength for a try. Conversion by Jericevich. 7-0. Japan pull out to the blindside, float a long pass to Kaoru Matsushita who levels things up at Sam Boyd Stadium, 7-7 at the break. Take a breather fellas.

Lee Jones skins the Japanese defence on the outside showing some goodish toe to take the Scots out to a 12-7 lead. That’s why he’s in the Scotland U20s. Kinloch shows and goes, breaks a tackle and races away for a two try cushion for the Scots. 17-7. Doesn’t look like Japan will get their first win over the Scots. At least they have experienced a Las Vegas final though. Scotland’s second Shield of the season.

Result: Scotland 17 Japan 7

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Dallen’s USA 7s Banter : It’s been an awesome vibe throughout the stadium today UR7s. Great event this. The USA bunny girls next to me are getting excited for the Bowl final later. They have dominated the camera time today! The Samoan fans have been partying hard too. Tonight is going to another belter, I can smell it.

Bowl Update: The USA delighted their fans by winning through to the Bowl final against France. Matt Hawkins scored twice as the Eagles won a physical semi final against last year's USA Sevens Cup champions Argentina. France overwhelmed Chile in their semi-final. If only they could cut loose like that more often.

Cup SF – Samoa v Australia

Aussies start where they left off against Fiji. Big hits and suffocating their opposition. Situati makes yards spins out of a tackle and gives the Aussies the lead! This is gripping stuff as the Samoans come back with Mai making the ball do the work and giving Fa’osiliva a try. He has impressed all weekend. Brilliant kick from Lui, he’s the best kicker in business in Sevens. 7-5 to Samoa. Hooter goes. What do you 'ave Australia...? Black Eyed Peas pumps out...BOOM BOOM BOOM.

This 18 year old Situati (only his second tournament) is a real find, stopping, starting and skipping round his man to get the Aussies back into the lead! 12-7 to OZ. Mai is doing his best for Samoa here, superb vision with a left-footed chip but the bounce is cruel for Pesamino. Mai at the heart of it again jinking in and out then putting in Pesamino for his 9th of the weekend. Lui’s kick hits the post but is over! 14-12 to Samoa. Aussies press but Lui denies Sills. It’s over. Samoa go through and the Polynesian fans go wild!

Result: Samoa 14 Australia 12

Cup SF- New Zealand v Kenya

Kenya right up for this and swarm New Zealand from the off. Crowd love it. Injera playing centrally and causing mischief. They work it the short side and the barrel like Odour smashes through for a 7-0 start. Lawrence breaks for NZ, gives it to Baker but that is a magnificent Kenyan tackle to shut the NZ out. Lawrence gets a breakaway for New Zealand right at the end of the first half to even this up at 7-7. Drinks time lads.

Brilliant turnover from Forbes – how often does he do that. Kiwis get a penalty and they go quickly and lovely hard yards from Raikabula who pops to Baker gives NZ the lead. 14-7. End-to-end stuff this as Cama is almost away for NZ. Stowers limps off for the Kiwis, looks nasty. Big hits from NZ pinning Kenya back and they are forcing it to much. Game over. Kiwis get it and Baker is held but Raikabula has enough room. 21-7 to NZ and it is the final for them.

Result: New Zealand 21 Kenya 7

Plate SF – Wales v Fiji

Fiji out to make a point after that thrashing by Australia earlier. They press hard and they think Votu is over but no, great ‘D’ by Wales. He’s over shortly after though getting on the end of a sweeping move. Kolinisau is now making room for Vucago who goes in. 12-0. That’s more like it from Fiji. Brilliant hands and vision from all 7 of them – including a sensational one handed spin pass from Vucago – sees Lutumailagi get in. 17-0.

Welsh hold them out at the start but Vucago is dazzling with some feet and gets in and soon after William Ryder explodes off the mark past Harries for Fiji’s fifth. Wales press but it doesn’t stop another Fiji breakout with Votu giving Rokobuli a pass and a finish. Fiji to meet old foes SA later in the final.

Result: Wales 0 Fiji 32

Plate SF - England v South Africa

Out fly South Africa from the traps showing good physicality to a shell shocked England. Kyle Brown is everywhere and his neat dummy does enough for the try. 7-0. Horne works a turn over for SA and then they use the width expertly and Hunt flies in on the wing. 12-0. All SA and when du Preez breaks, Brown is on hand again for another try. 17-0. Gollings bags one back for England chipping behind Afrika. 17-7.

England should be fired up after some feisty words from Gollings at half-time. But no the Boks are just more aggressive and a simple line move sees a try for hunt. 22-7. Boks get one from the head at a scrum and Afrika showing sublime speed pins his ears and dreadlocks back to speed past Caprice. 27-7 to England. Norton pulls one back for England but its an early shower for them

Result: South Africa 27 England 14

Twitter from England coach Ben Ryan:

'Lost qf in sudden death to Kenya. Tries by wade, gollings & norton. Had more than enough opportunities to win; now need to win plate sf v SA'

Both Ryan and Boks coach Paul Treu already know they have got 6 WS points in the bag but they are after a maxium of 12 that is on offer for winning the Plate. England/South Africa take to the paddock.

Shield Update : Canada have had a weekend to forget and they have been dismissed by Japan 17-5. Shomen, Tsuiki, and Matsushita going over. That’s what can be expected with such a young Canadian side, just no consistency. That will hopefully come. Scotland ended Guyana’s weekend courtesy of a 31-7 win over Guyana. Tough learning curve for Guyana but the Caribbean champions will surely learn from this experience. I’ll hopefully catch up with their coach Joe Whipple later for a beer to see what he made of the weekend.

Allen, Kenya:
Wish I was with the fans in Vegas! Shuuja are back with great win against England. We beat New Zealand twice last year...bring them on!

Dallen’s USA 7s Banter : Howdy UR7s readers! What a day already. The Kenyan fans are buzzing after their dramatic win against England. I was in the heart of the fans as they danced in celebration. And what about Australia? Great to see them back. Was a blinding night at the Hard Rock Hotel last night guys...Vegas is buzzing!

Break in play...waiting for a Parade of Nations...where are they though?! No-one really knows whats happening.

Wowy! Australia deserve that. They have made a steady improvements throughout the last few tournaments and a big win was always around the corner. UR7s' Nick Jordan tells me it's Australia's first win over Fiji in a Cup playoff match since Tokyo 2001. Broke a streak of 8 Cup playoff wins by Fiji. Reward for Mick O'Connor's youngters.

Who will Samoa meet? It will be either Fiji or Australia. The Aussies looked decent yesterday and were denied a possible draw against New Zealand by a teeny weeny forward pass. Australia haven’t beaten the Fijians for five years though, which doesn’t bode that well. How will they break down the Fiji’s fortress? The pacific islanders made the most tackles yesterday then other nation (53). Defence wins titles.

Wow truely a thriller that. Delight for the Kenyan fans...all 2000 of them. They meet New Zealand in the Cup semi-finals later.

Samoa/Wales now. Pesamino was massive for Samoa yesterday going over for 8 tries. He is obviously the major threat for Wales here. It’s Wales’ first step into the quarter-finals this season. Samoa has very strong record against the Welsh only losing three times to them in 18 IRB Sevens outings. Samoa hungry for a title after two losing finals (Dubai and George) thus far this season.

Right New Zealand will meet the winner of England/Kenya now. England’s young guns did enough yesterday and showed good ticker to comeback from early deficits in games. They have bags full of pace but can they consistently secure a decent amount of ball? Kenya aren’t really in their groove here in the US. But you know they can turn it on in an instance here, they love the underdog tag.

New Zealand v South Africa. Possibly the most intriguing cup quarter-final on show today. Sure, New Zealand are big favourites but don’t write off the IRB Sevens champions just yet. The Boks were unlucky against Fiji yesterday and for me are showing some of their old form. Can they get into Gordon Tietjen’s expertly functioning unit? These two met last week in Wellington last week with the Kiwis winning 19-7. If SA can pull it off it could really open it up at the top of the IRB Series.

Cup Quarter-Finals:

New Zealand v South Africa
England v Kenya
Samoa v Wales
Fiji v Australia

Bowl Quarter-Finals:

Canada v France
Chile v Japan
Argentina v Scotland
USA v Guyana

Adam, London:
Robin, can’t believe you swung the Vegas gig? Dominating the roulette tables. Sleep much? England or South Africa to catch Fiji, Samoa, and New Zealand knapping

Adam I was tucked up in bed with a hot water bottle watching the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest at 10:00pm thanks very much....;)

Admin time. 16 team here who all played in four groups of four yesterday.

First this morning we we have the four Bowl quarter-finals first. The Bowl competition is the secondary event today for the sides finishing third and fourth in their groups yesterday.

Following that of course is the Cup quarter-finals, consisting of yesterday’s top eight sides.

What’s up y’all?! The Vegas dream lives on for a second day with the USA Sevens reaching the pant-wettingly exciting knockout stages.