The

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, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI Sevens, is played annually as part of the

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for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of

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). The 2007 competition, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at

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as part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was won by

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, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

* 1/4 final Bowl - Portugal 12 - 24 Cook Islands * 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 19 - 12 Papua New Guinea * 1/4 final Bowl - Scotland 12 - 17 Argentina * 1/4 final Bowl - Australia 33 - 12 USA * 1/4 final Cup - Fiji 60 - 0 Canada * 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 14 - 7 England * 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 26 - 21 Kenya * 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 26 - 14 France * SF Shield - Portugal 26 - 19 Papua New Guinea * SF Shield - Scotland 26 - 19 USA * SF Bowl - Cook Islands 7 - 29 Tonga * SF Bowl - Argentina 26 - 21 Australia * SF Plate - Canada 7 - 29 England * SF Plate - Kenya 5 - 26 France * SF Cup - Fiji 31 - 0 New Zealand * SF Cup - Samoa 14 - 12 South Africa * Final Shield - Portugal 26 - 24 Scotland * Final Bowl - Tonga 5 - 12 Argentina * Final Plate - England 21 - 12 France * Final Cup - Fiji 14 - 17 Samoa

Round 3 table

Notes and references

External links

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