HONG KONG -- Canada moved up two places to seventh in the IRB Sevens World Series standings after finishing tied for seventh Sunday at the Hong Kong Rugby
Sevens.
Howie Long Raiders Jersey . New Zealand brushed aside England 26-7 to win the event and reclaim top spot in the overall
standings. The All Blacks, the defending World Series champions, won their third
tournament this season in style, running four tries past England to claim their
11th Cup championship in Hong Kong and first since 2011. Canada finished
runner-up to England in Pool C with a 2-1-0 record to reach the quarter-finals
of the elite Cup competition for the fourth event in a row. And it led Australia
twice in Sundays quarter-final -- 5-0 and 12-7 on tries by Harry Jones and
Ciaran Hearn -- before giving up a converted try in the final minute. Canada
then lost 31-14 to Wales in the consolation Plate semifinal. Wales led 19-0
before Canada got on the board. Jones and Sean Duke scored tries for Canada. The
Canadians were without captain Nathan Hirayama, ruled out by injury. Canada
finished 12th in last years series standings. In Sundays final, first-half tries
from Ben Lam and Tim Mikkelson gave New Zealand a 12-0 lead but England hit back
just before the break when Tom Powell burst through to touch down from a quickly
taken tap penalty to reduce the deficit to just five points. But evergreen
captain DJ Forbes, who had a huge impact on the final day with his bustling play
at the breakdown, quickly put New Zealand back in command, stretching the lead
after receiving a huge cut-out pass from Sherwin Stowers to score uncontested.
"We were given a lesson by England last week (in Tokyo) but here we are on the
podium. It feels good to win in Hong Kong again," said an elated Forbes. Despite
a second try by Lam being overturned, and the winger being penalized for an
off-the-ball offence, the men in black had too much firepower and sub Sam
Dickson sealed victory with his sides fourth try. The victory allowed New
Zealand to regain the lead from South Africa who had entered the Hong Kong
Sevens holding a two-point lead. With two more legs remaining in Scotland and
England in May, New Zealand top the standings with 136 points, seven points
ahead of South Africa who stumbled badly after losing in the Cup quarter-finals
to England, 14-7. Fiji are third on 112 while England fourth on 105. England had
booked its berth in the Cup final with a 17-7 victory over Fiji in the
semifinal. Fiji had looked impressive in the run-up and seemed on course for
back-to-back titles after winning in Tokyo last week but came undone against a
disciplined English side. New Zealands path to the final was a 28-5 win over
Wales in the quarter-finals followed by a 19-7 victory over trans-Tasman rivals
Australia. Japan became the first Asian team to win a core team spot on the
World Series when it won the qualifying tournament defeating Italy 26-5. Japan
will play in the remaining two legs this season in Scotland and England, and all
nine legs in the World Series next season.
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warnings of danger.SANDY, Utah -- Andres Gonzales shot a 2-under 69 in the final
round Sunday to win the Web.coms Utah Championship by four strokes. Gonzales,
who opened with a 62 in the first round and led after each day, finished at
21-under 263 for his second victory on the tour. He had four birdies in his last
round to help overcome a double-bogey on the par-4 13th hole that dropped his
lead from five shots to three. When he stepped up for his tee shot on No. 18, he
took a peek at the leaderboard -- something he avoided doing all week. "I saw I
had a four-shot lead, so that kind of gave me goose bumps knowing I could do
some stuff on the last green and win," Gonzales said. His first shot landed
above the hole and he ttwo-putted for par to complete the win that made him the
first player in Web.
Reggie Nelson Raiders Jersey. com Tour history to win two titles while leading after every round. He also accomplished
the feat at the Soboba Classic in 2012. "I was a little more nervous here,"
Gonzales said. "Soboba was the very beginning of the year. This is kind of
getting down to crunch time, where we only have five tournaments left before the
playoffs start." Adam Crawford shot a final-round 66 to finish tied with
Sung Kang (68) and Travis Bertoni (68) at 267. Tony Finau was one shot back in
fifth after a 68. Bill Lunde had the lowest round of the day, shooting 8-under
63 to move up 38 places to sixth at 269.
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