New Zealand domination has resumed its advance. A time back, the men's rugby team of 7 New Zealand has regained color by winning Saturday in Dubai, the first stage of the world circuit, in the wake of his triumph in the World Cup and like from his female counterpart. France finished 10th among men, 7th among girls.
The All Blacks, wide winners of the United States in the final (21-5), chained after their world title in San Francisco. As the Black Ferns, victorious the day before their 6th consecutive tournament after the last three stages of the circuit 2017-2018, the Californian World Cup and the inaugural stage of the circuit in Glendale.
In the men's draw, South Africa and Fiji, other favorites of the stage, fell in the quarter-finals, respectively against England (22-5) and the United States (24-14).
France, absent from the final table, finished the consolation with a positive record of two victories for a setback: the Blues beat in Wales quarterback (38-17) and half Canada (28-12) before bow in the final against Samoa (33-24).
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Results of the Blues Sunday
Challenge Quarterfinals: France - Wales 38-17 Challenge Semifinals: France - Canada 28-12 Challenge Finals: Samoa - France 33-24 Main Draw Results Sunday
Quarterfinals:
England - South Africa 22-5 New Zealand - Scotland 21-7 Australia - Argentina 38-0 USA - Fiji 24-14
Semi-finals:
New Zealand - England 7-5 USA - Australia 22-17 Match for 3rd place: England - Australia 15-14
Final : New Zealand - USA 21-5
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- World Rugby GB (@WorldRugby_EN) December 1, 2018Ranking after the 1st of the 10 stages:
1. New Zealand 22 points 2. United States 19 3. England 17 4. Australia 15 5. Fiji 13 6. South Africa 12 7. Scotland 10. Argentina 10 9. Samoa 8 10. France 7
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- World Rugby FR (@WorldRugby_EN) November 30, 2018On the girls' side, New Zealanders won their sixth consecutive tournament on Friday in Dubai, which was the second stop on the women's world circuit, where France took a disappointing 7th place given its recent performances.
By beating Canada 26-14 in the final, the Black Ferns went on to win a sixth consecutive title after the last three stages of the 2017-2018 circuit (Kitakyushu in April, Langford in May, Paris in June), the World Cup in San Francisco in July and the inaugural stage of the 2018-2019 circuit in Glendale in October.
If New Zealanders are on a (long) cloud, their Australian rivals, titled in 2017 in Dubai, must settle for 3rd place and can already do away with their ambitions to keep the win of this world championship in six stages: they will have a hard time catching up to 12 points behind in the remaining 4 tournaments (Sydney, Kitakyushu, Langford, Paris).
As the Australian Olympic champions, the French women, World Cup finalists, are a value down: the victory over Ireland (17-5) to finish in 7th place does not erase the setback against the United States (12-10), which deprives them of the last four for the first time since the Sydney tournament in January.
The Blues, also beaten by Russia (21-10) in the classification match, slipped to 5th place overall and will have to bounce back to Sydney at the beginning of February to climb back to the top 4, synonymous at the end of the direct qualifying season for the Olympic Games 2020
Results of the final table Friday
Quarter-Finals: New Zealand - Russia 31-0 USA - France 12-10 Australia - England 27-12 Canada - Ireland 24-7
Semi-finals:
New Zealand - USA 22-0 Canada - Australia 15-10 Match for 7th place: France - Ireland 17-5 Match for 5th place: Russia - England 12-7 Match for 3rd place: Australia - United States United 26-21
Final : New Zealand - Canada 26-14
Overall ranking after two out of six stages
1. New Zealand 40 points 2. Canada 34 3. United States 32 4. Australia 28 5. France 22 6. Russia 20 7. Ireland 16. England 16 9. Spain 7 10. China 6