New Zealand men and women both won first-place Cups at the Cathay Pacific HSBC Rugby Sevens on Sunday, April 7. In the finals, the New Zealand women beat the USA in a runaway victory of 36 points to 7, and the New Zealand men won a tight match against an equally competitive French team, 10 points to 7 points, in front of an almost capacity crowd of nearly 40,000.
In the Semi-finals, New Zealand women beat Australia 28 points to 14 points, and the USA won against France (19-5); in the men’s semi-finals, New Zealand beat Australia 26-7, and France won against Ireland 26-10.
