Sevens

Spain stun NZ in Vancouver 7s

March 10, 2019 10:57 am

The Spain players celebrate after beating NZ [Source: TVNZ]

The New Zealand’s men’s 7s team have suffered a historic first-ever loss to Spain in its second pool match in the Vancouver tournament.

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After dispatching France 45-7 in their opening pool match, NZ was stunned 26-24 by the Spaniards.

Pol Pla scored the winning try for Spain after the fulltime hooter.

New Zealand’s final pool match against Australia is at 2.15pm.

In other matches, Argentina beat Scotland 31-14, England defeated Japan 19-7, Australia lost to France 17-21 and USA hammered Wales 40-14 while South Africa defeated Chile 43-0.

MATCHTIMETEAM 1SCORETEAM 2POOL
M105:08AMEngland21 - 7ScotlandPool D
M205:30AMArgentina24 - 7JapanPool D
M305:52AMAustralia17 - 14SpainPool C
M406:14AMNew Zealand45 - 7FrancePool C
M506:39AMFiji36 - 12KenyaPool B
M607:01AMSamoa38 - 7CanadaPool B
M807:23AMSouth Africa43 - 0ChilePool A
M807:45AMUSA38 - 14WalesPool A
M908:37AMEngland19 - 7JapanPool D
M1008:59AMArgentina31 - 14ScotlandPool D
M1109:21AMAustralia17 - 21FrancePool C
M1209:43AMNew Zealand24 - 26SpainPool C
M1310:08AMFiji19 - 26CanadaPool B
M1410:30AMSamoa35 - 12KenyaPool B
M1510:52AMSouth Africa19 - 10WalesPool A
M1611:14AMUSA33 - 19ChilePool A
M1712:09AMScotland29 - 7JapanPool D
M1812:31AMArgentina14 - 33EnglandPool D
M1912:53AMSpain10 - 26FrancePool C
M2013:15PMNew Zealand36 - 12AustraliaPool C
M2113:40PMKenya21 - 36CanadaPool B
M2214:02PMSamoa17 - 31FijiPool B
M2314:24PMChile12 - 19WalesPool A
M2414:46AMUSA7 - 19South AfricaPool A
MONDAY MARCH 11
M2504:30AMWales35 - 0JapanCTQF
M2604:52AMAustralia47 - 7KenyaCTQF
M2705:14AMScotland25 - 5ChileCTQF
M2805:36AMCanada33 - 7SpainCTQF
M2906:08AMSouth Africa33 - 12ArgentinaCup QF1
M3006:30AMNew Zealand21 - 22FijiCup QF2
M3106:52AMEngland19 - 21USACup QF3
M3207:14AMSamoa12 - 35FranceCup QF4
M3307:46AMJapan22 - 14Kenya13th Place SF
M3408:08AMChile5 - 26Spain13th Place SF
M3508:30AMWales22 - 33AustraliaCT SF
M3608:52AMScotland14 - 19CanadaCT SF
M3709:24AMArgentina21 - 26New Zealand5th Place SF
M3809:46AMEngland33 - 14Samoa5th Place SF
M3910:08AMSouth Africa31 - 12FijiCup SF
M4010:30AMUSA5 - 33FranceCup SF
M4111:12AMJapan10 - 15Spain13th Place Play-off
M4211:37AMAustralia35 - 21CanadaCT Final
M4312:07AMNew Zealand26 - 19England5th Place Play-off
M4412:52PMFiji24 - 14USABronze Final
M4513:19PMSouth Africa21 - 12FranceCup Final