Source: World Rugby

Twickenham to host women’s final at London Sevens

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The final and third place play-off matches will be played at Twickenham after the men’s event on Saturday 16th May.

Pool stages, quarters and semi-finals will  be played at The Stoop.

New Zealand can secure Olympic qualification simply by winning a quarter-final.

Matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports UK and streamed around the world on worldrugby.org

The home of England Rugby will play a crucial role in determining the 2014-15 Series winner as well as the first women’s qualifiers for the Olympic Games in 2016.

After an action-packed round four in Canada, the penultimate round of this series gets underway at midday on Friday, 15 May at The Twickenham Stoop, home of Harlequins, when New Zealand take on Rio 2016 hosts Brazil.

The action continues at the Stoop on Saturday, with the play-off for third place and the women’s final taking place at Twickenham Stadium, after the pool stages of the HSBC Sevens World Series finishes for the day.

Click here for the full London Sevens Women’s schedule.

New Zealand will qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio next year if they win a Cup quarter-final in London. With the teams ranked second to seventh place separated by only 12 points, it’s too close to call on which teams will secure one of the three remaining spots.

New Zealand top the standings on 80 points and are joined by France, Brazil and Spain in Pool A. Pool B has some exciting matches in store with Canada, hosts England, round four runners-up Russia and South Africa set to battle it out on day one.

Australia will look to get their campaign back on track in London after disappointments at the last two rounds and face USA, Fiji and China in Pool C.

Watch highlights from Canada here.

Current standings with two rounds left to play are:

Team Dubai Brazil USA Canada England Netherlands Total Points
New Zealand 20 20 20 20 80
Australia 16 16 16 10 58
France 14 14 10 14 56
USA 8 10 18 12 48
England 12 12 8 16     48
Russia 6 8 14 18 46
Fiji 10 4 4 6 24
Brazil 4 6 6 3 19
Spain 2 3 3 4 12
China 1 2 2 2 7
South Africa 3 1 1 1 6

 

Photo above shows Canadian and USA teams running onto the pitch to contest the Plate Final in Canada.