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LIVE: Australian Sevens begin Commonwealth Games campaign ... (Rugby.com.au)

Australia have cruised to victory in the opening pool match of the Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens, defeating South Africa 38-0. Tim Walsh's side were dominant ...

- Nathan Lawson - Maddison Levi - Faith Nathan

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Commonwealth Games: Kiwis in action on day three on Sunday (Stuff.co.nz)

Men's sevens get their shot at gold, more medals beckon at the velodrome and pool and triathlete Hayden Wilde eyes another crack at the podium.

7.30am: Men's 100m freestyle semifinals* (Cameron Gray) 4.42am: Men's sprint finals* (Sam Dakin, Callum Saunders, Sam Webster) 2.10am: Men's sprint semifinals* (Sam Dakin, Callum Saunders, Sam Webster) 10.33pm: Men's 100m freestyle heats (Cameron Gray) 9.37pm: Men's 200m butterfly heats (Lewis Clareburt) 9pm: Men's sprint qualification (Sam Dakin, Callum Saunders, Sam Webster)

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New Zealand, Fiji progress to semi-finals in mens and womens ... (Talking Rugby Union)

Fiji captain Waisea Nacuqu celebrates a try against Zambia on day one of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Coventry Stadium on 29 July, ...

New Zealand showed no mercy as they went past Kenya with a 31-0 margin while South Africa blanked out Kenya with a 33-0 difference. Wales had to settle for the third place with five points. Samoa too maintained their good form as they blanked out Sri Lanka 44-0 to finish at the second eliminating England from the quarter-finals.

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Aussie thriller leaves NZ 'absolutely gutted' (NEWS.com.au)

Victories do not come as sweet for an Aussie rugby team than defeating New Zealand and the women's sevens side have pulled off a memorable 17-12 victory to ...

The winner will play either New Zealand or Fiji for gold, the loser will play the other for bronze. Just the amount of work they put in to get to that point and for it to be so close. “It was a pretty emotional win … as much as I love AFL it was pretty much a no-brainer to come and showcase what I could do on the world stage.” On the other side, New Zealand were gutted — and will now play Canada for bronze. Four years ago on the Gold Coast, New Zealand edged the Aussies for gold, and now Australia have their revenge. Although the Aussies are currently leading the World Series, New Zealand are big event specialists, coming into the event as the reigning Commonwealth and Olympic champions.

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Mixed fortunes for New Zealand sides on day two (All Blacks)

The New Zealand Women's Sevens golden run was ended by Australia in their Commonwealth Games semifinal early on Sunday at Coventry, and they will now meet ...

Several times the English infringed and New Zealand used their chances well, especially in the second half when running in 15 points. Earlier, New Zealand beat England to top their pool. When you turn over ball and you're in unstructured situations it's really hard to scramble d [defence] from there.

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All you need to know: NZ's medal chances on day three (New Zealand Herald)

You can see a theme in the first few days for New Zealand - medals in track cycling and swimming. Olympic champion Tupou Neiufi is New Zealand's best chance on ...

4.42am – Track Cycling - Men's Sprint finals potential - Callum Saunders, Sam Webster, Sam Dakin 2.10am – Track Cycling - Men's Sprint semifinals potential - Callum Saunders, Sam Webster, Sam Dakin You can see a theme in the first few days for New Zealand - medals in track cycling and swimming. 6.28am - Swimming – Men's 200m butterfly final potential – Lewis Clareburt 10.34pm – Track Cycling - Men's Sprint 1/8 finals potential - Callum Saunders, Sam Webster, Sam Dakin 9.57pm – Track Cycling - Men's Sprint 1/8 finals potential - Callum Saunders, Sam Webster, Sam Dakin They should beat Canada for the bronze medal at 7.50am before Fiji and Australia play off for gold. Bryony Botha eyes a third medal in the women's points race at 2.53am alongside pursuit teammate Michaela Drummond. That is followed by the women's 500m time trial at 3.32am where BMX turned track cycling rider Rebecca Petch eyes another medal. 9.02pm – Track Cycling - Men's Sprint Qualification - Callum Saunders, Sam Webster, Sam Dakin The All Blacks Sevens could guarantee a medal if they get past rivals Fiji in the semifinal at 11.42pm. Win that and it's another gold medal match at 9.04am. Day three is the penultimate day of action for track cycling and no surprise offers more medal chances for the Kiwis. The race starts at 1.31am with Hayden Wilde, Andrea Hansen, Tayler Reid and Nicole van der Kaay making up the New Zealand team.

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Australia and Fiji go for women's rugby sevens gold at ... (asiarugby.com)

An action-packed second day of Commonwealth Games rugby sevens saw Australia and Fiji reach Sunday's women's gold medal match after a pair of pulsating ...

England’s men and women both bounced back with big victories in the evening session on Saturday, much to the delight of the 25,000 strong crowd. Meanwhile the semi-finallists of the men’s competition were decided as Olympic champions Fiji and reigning World and Commonwealth champions New Zealand will go head to head in Sunday’s first semi-final. We are ready, the boys are happy and everyone is mentally prepared.” Our role is to continue to develop and inspire girls to come and join our sport.” So we have to recover well, and come back tomorrow and play our best for Fiji. The past two years has been a big journey. Australia’s match winner Levi said: “Getting over our neighbours is pretty exciting and to seal the deal with that last try was fantastic.

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