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Craig HillAustralia Wins USA Sevens Bowl Final
February 17th 2009 10:58
Australia has defeated France 40-0 to win the Bowl Final at the USA Sevens, San Diego.
“Everything went the right way against France,” said Michael O’Connor, the Australian Sevens coach. “Everyone just fired up.”
Australia, who was captained by Damon Murphy, was determined to not let France defeat them, especially since France walked away with the win when they met in George, South Africa late last year.
“It’s good to finish on a positive note leading into the World Cup next month in Dubai,” O’Connor said.
Earlier today Australia was also victorious over Uruguay in the Bowl Quarter Final and Wales in the Bowl Semi Final.
“I am just happy we improved on our last performance [at the Wellington Sevens]. We had a couple of good wins today,” O’Connor, a former Wallaby said.
Australia defeated Uruguay 27-10 but O’Connor said that the game was a lot closer than the score indicated.
“Uruguay is a very competitive side,” he said. “Uruguay beat Kenya on day one and Kenya finished top of Pool B.”
However, towards the end of the game O’Connor’s men over powered the South Americans to claim a win.
The Aussie’sBowlSemi Final bout against Wales was their fourth encounter this season. Leading into today’s game Australia led their head-to-head meetings 3-0 and extended this lead to 4-0 after defeating Wales 26-24.
O’Connor named Luke Morahan as Australia’s best player for today.
Next week the Aussie squad will be back down under and training at the AustralianInstitute of Sport in Canberra to prepare for the Sevens World Cup in Dubai from March 5-7.
In other finals action, Argentina upset England to win the Cup Final 19-14. New Zealand downed Kenya 22-7 to take the Plate Final crown and Canada defeated Uruguay 31-7 to win the Shield Final.
England, who won the Wellington Sevens tournament last week, now moves into equal first position with South Africa on the IRB Sevens World Series ladder.
The next IRB Sevens World Series tournament is in Hong Kong from March 27-29.
The Australian Rugby Sevens program is proudly supported by the Australian Institute of Sport
Pool A
South Africa
Australia
USA
Canada
Pool B
New Zealand
Kenya
France
Uraguay
Pool C
England
Samoa
Scotland
Japan
Pool D
Fiji
Argentina
Wales
Mexico
Latest results:
England 14 - 19 Argentina Final Cup
New Zealand 22 - 7 Kenya Final Plate
Australia 40 - 0 France Final Bowl
Uruguay 7 - 31 Canada Final Shield
Argentina 19 - 14 USA SF Cup
South Africa 19 - 22 England SF Cup
Samoa 12 - 17 Kenya SF Plate
New Zealand 24 - 12 Fiji SF Plate
Scotland 12 - 17 France SF Bowl
Australia 26 - 24 Wales SF Bowl
Mexico 7 - 31 Canada SF Shield
Uruguay 26 - 10 Japan SF Shield
Kenya 7 - 14 USA 1/4 final Cup
Samoa 5 - 21 Argentina 1/4 final Cup
Fiji 10 - 12 England 1/4 final Cup
South Africa 19 - 7 New Zealand 1/4 final Cup
France 26 - 12 Canada 1/4 final Bowl
Scotland 50 - 0 Mexico 1/4 final Bowl
Wales 28 - 12 Japan 1/4 final Bowl
Australia 27 - 10 Uruguay 1/4 final Bowl
ARU
“Everything went the right way against France,” said Michael O’Connor, the Australian Sevens coach. “Everyone just fired up.”
Australia, who was captained by Damon Murphy, was determined to not let France defeat them, especially since France walked away with the win when they met in George, South Africa late last year.
“It’s good to finish on a positive note leading into the World Cup next month in Dubai,” O’Connor said.
Earlier today Australia was also victorious over Uruguay in the Bowl Quarter Final and Wales in the Bowl Semi Final.
“I am just happy we improved on our last performance [at the Wellington Sevens]. We had a couple of good wins today,” O’Connor, a former Wallaby said.
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Australia defeated Uruguay 27-10 but O’Connor said that the game was a lot closer than the score indicated.
“Uruguay is a very competitive side,” he said. “Uruguay beat Kenya on day one and Kenya finished top of Pool B.”
However, towards the end of the game O’Connor’s men over powered the South Americans to claim a win.
The Aussie’sBowlSemi Final bout against Wales was their fourth encounter this season. Leading into today’s game Australia led their head-to-head meetings 3-0 and extended this lead to 4-0 after defeating Wales 26-24.
O’Connor named Luke Morahan as Australia’s best player for today.
Next week the Aussie squad will be back down under and training at the AustralianInstitute of Sport in Canberra to prepare for the Sevens World Cup in Dubai from March 5-7.
In other finals action, Argentina upset England to win the Cup Final 19-14. New Zealand downed Kenya 22-7 to take the Plate Final crown and Canada defeated Uruguay 31-7 to win the Shield Final.
England, who won the Wellington Sevens tournament last week, now moves into equal first position with South Africa on the IRB Sevens World Series ladder.
The next IRB Sevens World Series tournament is in Hong Kong from March 27-29.
The Australian Rugby Sevens program is proudly supported by the Australian Institute of Sport
Pool A
South Africa
Australia
USA
Canada
Pool B
New Zealand
Kenya
France
Uraguay
Pool C
England
Samoa
Scotland
Japan
Pool D
Fiji
Argentina
Wales
Mexico
Latest results:
England 14 - 19 Argentina Final Cup
New Zealand 22 - 7 Kenya Final Plate
Australia 40 - 0 France Final Bowl
Uruguay 7 - 31 Canada Final Shield
Argentina 19 - 14 USA SF Cup
South Africa 19 - 22 England SF Cup
Samoa 12 - 17 Kenya SF Plate
New Zealand 24 - 12 Fiji SF Plate
Scotland 12 - 17 France SF Bowl
Australia 26 - 24 Wales SF Bowl
Mexico 7 - 31 Canada SF Shield
Uruguay 26 - 10 Japan SF Shield
Kenya 7 - 14 USA 1/4 final Cup
Samoa 5 - 21 Argentina 1/4 final Cup
Fiji 10 - 12 England 1/4 final Cup
South Africa 19 - 7 New Zealand 1/4 final Cup
France 26 - 12 Canada 1/4 final Bowl
Scotland 50 - 0 Mexico 1/4 final Bowl
Wales 28 - 12 Japan 1/4 final Bowl
Australia 27 - 10 Uruguay 1/4 final Bowl
ARU
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