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Argentina came from behind to deny England back to back IRB Sevens World Series titles, winning 19-14 in the final of the USA Sevens in San Diego. It is only their second Sevens World Series title.

Trailing 14-5 at the break, the Pumas hit back with tries through Martin Rodrigues and Lucas Amorosino, before their defence kicked in to hold England at bay for five minutes.

Tom Biggs and Ben Gollings had both sandwiched first-half tries for England around one by Argentina captain Santiago Gomez Cora.

The win opens up the race for the 2008-09 World Series, as England and South Africa are now joint-top on 60 points, eight clear of New Zealand on 52. Argentina lie fourth with 48 ahead of Fiji, Kenya and the USA, who take 12 points from their home event.

In the semi-finals England performed their own comeback to turn around a 12-0 deficit to beat South Africa 22-19, while Argentina overcame hosts the United States 19-14 thanks to a late try from Gomez Cora.

Elsewhere New Zealand beat Kenya in the final of the Plate 22-7. The Kiwis led 12-0 at the break after two tries by the impressive Viliame Waqaseduadua and, although Collins Injera pulled one back for the Kenyans, Waqaseduadua struck again and a fourth try for Ben Souness rounded off a convincing win.

Earlier, New Zealand trailed Fiji 14-5 at half-time in their semi-final but after the break Waqaseduadua scored two tries and another from Chad Tuoro took them clear.

Kenya also had to come from behind against Samoa to reach the final as second-half tries from Sidney Ashioya and Injera earned them a 17-12 victory.

Meanwhile Australia walked to a 40-0 victory against France in the final of the Bowl.

Damon Murphy and Luke Morahan each scored a brace of tries while Aidan Toua and William Brock also crossed the line for the Aussies.

Finally Dave Moonlight scored a hat-trick of tries as Canada beat Uruguay 31-7 to take the Shield.

As it Happened: Live Updates

Day 2 Results

44 15-02-2009 17:22 England 14 - 19 Argentina USA Final Cup
43 15-02-2009 16:57 New Zealand 22 - 7 Kenya USA Final Plate
42 15-02-2009 16:32 Australia 40 - 0 France USA Final Bowl
41 15-02-2009 16:07 Uruguay 7 - 31 Canada USA Final Shield
40 15-02-2009 15:30 Argentina 19 - 14 USA USA SF Cup
39 15-02-2009 15:08 South Africa 19 - 22 England USA SF Cup
38 15-02-2009 14:36 Samoa 12 - 17 Kenya USA SF Plate
37 15-02-2009 14:14 New Zealand 24 - 12 Fiji USA SF Plate
36 15-02-2009 13:52 Scotland 12 - 17 France USA SF Bowl
35 15-02-2009 13:30 Australia 26 - 24 Wales USA SF Bowl
34 15-02-2009 13:08 Mexico 7 - 31 Canada USA SF Shield
33 15-02-2009 12:46 Uruguay 26 - 10 Japan USA SF Shield
32 15-02-2009 12:04 Kenya 7 - 14 USA USA 1/4 final Cup
31 15-02-2009 11:42 Samoa 5 - 21 Argentina USA 1/4 final Cup
30 15-02-2009 11:20 Fiji 10 - 12 England USA 1/4 final Cup
29 15-02-2009 10:58 South Africa 19 - 7 New Zealand USA 1/4 final Cup
28 15-02-2009 10:36 France 26 - 12 Canada USA 1/4 final Bowl
27 15-02-2009 10:14 Scotland 50 - 0 Mexico USA 1/4 final Bowl
26 15-02-2009 09:52 Wales 28 - 12 Japan USA 1/4 final Bowl
25 15-02-2009 09:30 Australia 27 - 10 Uruguay USA 1/4 final Bowl