April 28, 2008

England to face Series leaders New Zealand

England will face series leaders New Zealand in a challenging pool at the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens on May 31 and June 1.

Number one seeds New Zealand have had a dominant Series, winning the first five Cup titles and are still 32 points clear of second place South Africa. The two sides last met in George where England very nearly came away with the win scoring four tries to finish 24-26.

England kick off against Portugal before taking on Russia and will face the Kiwis’ in their final match of day one.

England’s pool matches:

Englandv Portugal, ko 9.34am

Englandv Russia, ko 12.40pm

New Zealandv England, ko 4.20pm

Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens pools:

Pool A

New Zealand

England

Russia

Portugal

Pool B

South Africa

Australia

Argentina

Scotland

Pool C

Samoa

Wales

Canada

Spain

Pool D

Fiji

Kenya

France

Moldova

The Edinburgh leg on May 31 & June 1 follows London on May 24 & 25 and is the last leg of the IRB World Sevens Series 2007/08.

To follow England Sevens and to buy tickets for the Emirates Airline London Sevens 24-25th May, Tickets from £10 go to www.londonsevens.co.uk 

For the full two day event match schedule visit www.irb.com

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