Front runners: Kiwis got revenge on South Africa
By ADAM ELLIS
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ENGLAND equalled their worst ever finish in Cape Town by missing out on the Cup quarter-finals and losing to USA 17-12 in the ninth-place play-off. With only a comfortable 33-7 win over Spain to show for their efforts, defeats to Scotland and France meant England faced a USA team falling short of the form which saw them run Fiji close for the World Sevens Series title in June.
But after Ollie Lindsay- Hague had bagged his fourth try of the weekend early on, the USA held sway before and after the break. Maka Unufe, in his ...
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