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| 4 February 2002, 9:42 am |
| England Sevens Squad Reach Quarter-Finals In Brisbane |
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The England Sevens side reached the last eight in the fourth leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Brisbane at the weekend.
Pool wins against Canada and Tonga meant that the defeat to South Africa did not affect their progress to the quarter-finals where they met the hosts Australia. The Wallabies, who included rugby league converts Wendell Sailor and Matt Rogers in their line-up, eventually beat England 29-12 and went on to win the final crushing New Zealand by 28-0.
England went on to the semi-final of the plate competition where they lost out to Fiji 19-12 in sudden death extra time.
The squad now travel to Wellington for the fifth leg of the series on February 8 and 9.
POOL GAMES
ENGLAND 29 - 0 CANADA
Half-time 19-0
England scorers - Tries: Richard Haughton (Saracens), Geoff Appleford (London Irish), Chris Jones (Sale Sharks), Michael Stephenson (Newcastle Falcons), Simon Amor (Cambridge University); Cons: Amor (2).
ENGLAND 33 - 0 TONGA
Half-time 21-0
Tries: Geoff Appleford (London Irish), Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons), Richard Haughton (Saracens), Joe Shaw (Northampton Saints), Leon Lloyd (Leicester Tigers); Cons: Simon Amor (Cambridge University) (4).
ENGLAND 5 - 17 SOUTH AFRICA
Tries: Simon Amor (Cambridge University)
QUARTER-FINAL
ENGLAND 12 - 29 AUSTRALIA
Tries: Jamie Forrester (Gloucester), Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers); Con: Simon Amor (Cambridge University).
SEMI-FINAL - PLATE
ENGLAND 12 - 19 FIJI
Half-time: 12-0
Tries: Jamie Noon, Michael Stephenson (both Newcastle Falcons); Cons: Ben Gollings (NEC Harlequins)
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