2007 Edinburgh Sevens

Rugby sevens tournament March 2018 March 2018 The Edinburgh Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament after defeating Samoa, 34–5, in the final. Fiji were upset by Wales, 21–14, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006–07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series. Pool Stages Pool A {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL FIJ330091129 KEN320139507 AUS310245515 POR300317793 |width=10|  |Results Fiji 31–0 Kenya Australia 26–5 Portugal Fiji 31–5 Portugal Australia 12–17 Kenya Kenya 22–7 Portugal Fiji 29–7 Australia |} Pool B {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL SAM330083269 WAL320185337 ITA310219795 FRA300324733 |width=10|  |Results Samoa 21–14 Wales France 0–19 Italy Samoa 36–0 Italy France 12–28 Wales Wales 43–0 Italy Samoa 26–12 France |} Pool C {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL SCO330074279 RSA320194417 RUS310224815 CAN300334773 |width=10|  |Results South Africa 27–17 Canada Scotland 19–5 Russia South Africa 50–0 Russia Scotland 31–5 Canada Canada 12–19 Russia South Africa 17–24 Scotland |} Pool D {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL NZL3300114149 ARG320157527 ENG310238575 GEO300312983 |width=10|  |Results New Zealand 33–7 Argentina England 24–0 Georgia New Zealand 43–7 Georgia England 14–19 Argentina Argentina 31–5 Georgia New Zealand 38–0 England |} Finals 1/4 Final Bowl AUS 19–7 FRA 1/4 Final Bowl ENG 29–7 CAN 1/4 Final Bowl RUS 7–19 GEO 1/4 Final Bowl ITA 12–19 POR 1/4 Final Cup FIJ 14–21 WAL 1/4 Final Cup NZL 19–12 RSA 1/4 Final Cup SCO 10–22 ARG 1/4 Final Cup SAM 14–12 KEN SF Shield FRA 33–17 CAN SF Shield RUS 19–17 ITA SF Bowl AUS 19–24 ENG SF Bowl GEO 12–19 POR SF Plate FIJ 19–14 RSA SF Plate SCO 17–19 KEN SF Cup WAL 0–28 NZL SF Cup ARG 14–24 SAM Final Shield FRA 21–12 RUS Final Bowl ENG 31–0 POR Final Plate FIJ 31–7 KEN Final Cup NZL 34–5 SAM Final standings The points awarded to each team after all 8 rounds of the 2006–07 season, as well as their overall points totals, are shown in the table below. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ 2006–07 IRB Sevens – Series VIII ! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"|Pos. Position ! Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparent ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|UAEDubai ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|RSAGeorge ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|NZLWellington ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|USASan Diego ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|HKGHong Kong ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|AUSAdelaide ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|ENGLondon ! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|SCOEdinburgh ! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"|Pointstotal |- style="line-height:8px;" ! style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"|  !! style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| ! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| ! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| ! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| ! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| ! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"|   |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|1 ||align=left|NZL | style="background: silver;"|16 ||style="background: gold;"|20 || 12 || 12 || 18 || 12 ||style="background: gold;"|20 ||style="background: gold;"|20 ||130 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|2 ||align=left|FIJ | 12 || 12 || style="background: silver;"|16 ||style="background: gold;"|20 || style="background: silver;"|24 ||style="background: gold;"|20 || style="background: silver;"|16 || 8 ||128 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|3 ||align=left|SAM | 8 || 4 ||style="background: gold;"|20 || style="background: silver;"|16 ||style="background: gold;"|30 || style="background: silver;"|16 || 12 || style="background: silver;"|16 ||126 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|4 ||align=left|RSA |style="background: gold;"|20|| style="background: silver;"|16 || 12 || 8 || 18 || 6 || 8 || 4 ||92 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|5 ||align=left|ENG | 12 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 ||52 |- |6 ||align=left|WAL | 0 || 8 || – || – || 4 || 2 || 12 || 12 ||38 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|7 ||align=left|AUS | 4 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 8 || 6 || 0 ||30 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|8 ||align=left|FRA | 6 || 4 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||28 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|9 ||align=left|SCO | 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 4 || 4 ||26 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|10 ||align=left|ARG | 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 12 ||23 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|11 ||align=left|KEN | 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 6 ||22 |- |12 ||align=left|TON | – || – || 0 || 2 || 8 || 0 || – || – ||10 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|13 ||align=left|CAN | 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||8 |- |14 ||align=left|TUN | 0 || 6 || – || – || 0 || – || – || – ||6 |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|.1em15*||align=left|POR | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||2 |- |.1em15*||align=left|USA | – || – || 0 || 0 || 2 || – || – || – ||2 |- |17 ||align=left|RUS | – || – || – || – || 1 || – || 0 || 0 ||1|- |rowspan=14 background:transparent; |align=left|ITA | – || – || – || – || 0 || – || 0 || 0 ||0 |- |align=left|ZIM | 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|COK | – || – || 0 || – || 0 || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|HKG | – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|JPN | – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|GEO | – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 ||0 |- |align=left|Arabian Gulf | 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|UGA | – || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|PNG | – || – || 0 || – || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|CHI | – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|West Indies | – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|CHN | – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|KOR | – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – ||0 |- |align=left|SRI | – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – ||0 |} Sources: rugby7.com (archived), irb.com (archived), https://archive.today/20191208203015/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/mens?series=7 world.rugby (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series. |} Notes: Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. Teams that share a position in the standings (on the same total series points) are marked with an asterisk (*) beside their position. Any teams that did not score any points in the overall series are marked with N/A in the position column. They are sorted by most number of events played, earliest date of events played, then alphabetically by team name. External links http://www.fijitimes.com.fj/story.aspx?id=63921 Sevens shock: Fiji loses series to NZ Fiji Times 2007-06-04 2007-06-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024636/http://www.fijitimes.com.fj/story.aspx?id=63921 2007-09-28 http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3829_2164182,00.html planet-rugby.com New Zealand snatch Fiji's Sevens crown 2007-06-03 2007-06-04 6 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070606212828/http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3829_2164182,00.html dead Edinburgh Sevens Edinburgh Edinburgh Sevens Category:Scotland Sevens