IRB Sevens World Series 2013
Unbeaten quartet lead way in Las Vegas
ESPN Staff
February 9, 2013
New Zealand's Sam Dickson does his best to break free of France's defenders. New Zealand v France, Las Vegas Sevens, IRB Sevens World Series, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, USA, February 8, 2013
New Zealand's Sam Dickson has helped his side to two wins from two at the Las Vegas Sevens © Getty Images
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Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji and South Africa were all unbeaten at the end of day one of the Las Vegas sevens, but still had one more pool match to worry about before the quarter-finals.

They all won both their matches, but all 16 teams are still in a position to reach the last eight. One team struggling to find their best form though is England, winners of the Wellington leg only a week ago, who lost to Fiji and Portugal. Kenya, the team England defeated in the final in New Zealand, also appeared to be suffering something of a hangover and only narrowly beat Uruguay, having lost to Canada in their opening fixture.

There was another shock as Spain downed Australia 24-14. Earlier in the day Spain had pushed Samoa hard and led 12-0 at one stage, but the South Sea Islanders fought back to win 19-12 for their second victory of the day, after they had beaten hosts USA.

Reigning World Series champions New Zealand appear in good nick and only conceded five points in two matches. They began the day with a 21-0 win over France in which Belgium Tuatagaloa scored two tries, then saw off Wales 45-0 thanks in part to a Ben Lam hat-trick.

South Africa made light work of their opposition, starting with a 45-0 win over Uruguay before beating Canada 17-5. It was a similar day's work for Fiji who began with a 26-17 defeat of England in which Samisoni Viriviri scored twice and finished with a 14-12 win over Scotland, for whom Russell Weir missed a late drop goal.

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