Unbeaten England Sevens Progress to Cup Quarter-Finals in Wellington

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England Sevens will face Scotland in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Cup quarter-finals on Sunday (KO 11.38pm GMT this evening, live on Sky Sports 2) after an unbeaten first day in Wellington.

Simon Amor’s side sealed victories over Papua New Guinea (40-0), Argentina (26-7) and Kenya (31-12) to seal their place in the last eight of the Cup.

Looking ahead to day two, England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell said: “We know Scotland very well and we are pretty close with them after training with some of them for GB. It’s always a fierce game with them, it’ll be a tough one.”

England, who won the last series leg in Cape Town, opened their account in Wellington with a comfortable win over Papua New Guinea with tries from Dan Bibby, Charlie Hayter, Tom Mitchell, Richard de Carpentier, James Rodwell and Dan Norton sealing the victory.

A win against Argentina followed with Norton, Alex Davis, Mitchell and Lindsay-Hague all crossing to continue their fine start in New Zealand.

Amor’s side ended the day by beating Kenya thanks to tries from Norton, Bibby, Mitchell, Davis and Lindsay-Hague to top Pool A.

Elsewhere, South Africa, Fiji, Canada, New Zealand, France and England’s next opponents Scotland also progressed to the last eight of the quarters.

England Sevens squad for Wellington:

Dan Bibby, Tom Bowen, Phil Burgess, Alex Davis, Richard de Carpentier, Ollie Lindsay-Hague, Charlie Hayter, Ruaridh McConnochie, Tom Mitchell ©, Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Ethan Waddleton

England Pool A Results:

England 40 – 0 Papua New Guinea
Tries: Bibby, Hayter, Mitchell, de Carpentier, Rodwell, Norton
Conversions: Mitchell (3), Bibby (2)

England 26 – 17 Argentina
Tries: Norton, Davis, Mitchell, Lindsay-Hague
Conversions: Mitchell (3)

England 31 – 12 Kenya
Tries: Norton, Bibby, Mitchell, Davis, Lindsay-Hague,
Conversions: Mitchell (2), Bibby

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