New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens)
The New Zealand national rugby union sevens team is the New Zealand representative team in rugby union sevens and competes in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.
IRB Sevens
The team has won nine of the twelve IRB Sevens events. Since 2000 when the series first started, the only times they have not won were in 2006 when Fiji were crowned champions, 2009 won by South Africa and 2010 when they came second to Samoa.
2007
In the 2006-07 series, it was left until the last round at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, to find out who would win. If Fiji had won their quarter-final against Wales then they would have won the series but they lost 21-14. This meant that New Zealand needed to win the final against Samoa to win the title. With a convincing six tries to one, 34-5 scoreline, they did just that and were crowned champions.[1]
2008
The 2007-08 series saw New Zealand set several records. They became the first team in the nine-year history of the IRB Sevens to have won the first four events of a season, having won the Dubai, South Africa, Wellington and USA tournaments. During the USA Sevens, they broke their own record, set in 2001 and 2002, for most consecutive match wins in the IRB Sevens. The team extended their streak of tournaments won to the first five of the season, and a record seven overall, by defeating South Africa in the final of the 2008 Hong Kong Sevens.[2]
Their record streaks of tournaments won (7) and match wins (47) ended in the final of the Adelaide Sevens with a 15-7 defeat to South Africa.[3] Although they would lose to England in the Cup quarterfinals of the next event, the London Sevens, they won the second-level Plate final, giving them enough points to secure the 2007-08 series crown with one round to spare.[4]
Honours
Win summaries
There are no fixtures available for 1999-2004
Current squad
A 13 man squad for 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series in Australia, Dubai and South africa: Scott Curry was injured during the Australian leg of the tournament, replaced by Ben Souness. James Marshall withdrew after the Dubai leg due to Super Rugby commitments, replaced by Kylem O'Donnell. George Tisley was also added for injury cover.
Coaches
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