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Wellington 7s pools announced

December 13, 2015 9:41 pm

World Rugby has announced the pools for the Wellington 7s tournament in New Zealand, to be played on 30-31 January 2016.

The draw for the third round of the HSBC Wellington Sevens Series was made before the Cup final in Cape Town this morning, with winners South Africa heading Pool A against New Zealand, Scotland and Russia.

Argentina are top seeds in Pool B alongside joint series leaders Fiji, Wales and Japan.

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France is grouped with USA, England and Samoa, while Kenya is seeded with Australia, Canada and Portugal.

Fiji and South Africa are joint leaders in the World Series standings with 35 points each.

USA is tied with Argentina in second spot with 29 points while England has 26 points.

France is tied with New Zealand in fourth spot on 25 points.