Fiji Wins in Vegas, Tops Standings
Fiji Wins in Vegas, Tops Standings
David Barpal photo.
Fiji leads the Men's Sevens World Series after a dramatic victory over Australia in Last Vegas.
Australia led 15-0 on an extremely windy March 6 afternoon, but the Fijians came back with three converted tries to win the game, an especially poignant moment given the devastation that Cyclone Winston had wreaked over the nation of Fiji in late February.
With the victory over Australia, Fiji broke a three-way tie with Fiji, New Zealand, and South Africa. Meanwhile, the USA, in finishing 4th, jumped past Argentina and England (who finished a shocking last place), to go to #5 in the World Series.
Next up, Vancouver March 12-13.
| Pos. | Country | Dubai | RSA | NZ | Australia | USA | Canada | HK | Singapore | France | England | Overall |
| 1 | Fiji | 22 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | 91 |
| 2 | S. Africa | 13 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 86 |
| 3 | NZ | 15 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 82 |
| 4 | Australia | 12 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 73 |
| 5 | USA | 17 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 |
| 6 | Argentina | 10 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 |
| 7 | England | 19 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 52 |
| 8 | Kenya | 5 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 52 |
| 9 | France | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| 10 | Scotland | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 |
| 11 | Samoa | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 31 |
| 12 | Canada | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| 13 | Wales | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| 14 | Japan | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 15 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 16 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
