Sevens: All Blacks scrape past France in World Cup quarter-final

  • 22/07/2018
New Zealand will face Fiji in their World Cup Sevens semi-final.
New Zealand will face Fiji in their World Cup Sevens semi-final. Photo credit: Photosport

The All Blacks Sevens have survived a major scare in their World Cup quarter-final against France in San Francisco on Sunday (NZ time).

The defending champions beat the French 12-7, after trailing at the break.

France dominated the first half and led 7-0 at the break after New Zealand had three payers sin-binned for separate incidents. 

Kurt Baker and Joe Ravouvou both scored in the second half to secure the win.

The All Blacks Sevens will play Fiji in the Championship semi-final at 8:02am on Monday.

Fiji slaughtered Argentina 43-7 in their quarter-final.

Meanwhile, the Blacks Ferns Sevens will face France in the women's final after coming from behind to beat the USA in their semi-final.

New Zealand trailed 14-7 in the first half but fought back to come away with a 26-21 win.

The final will take place at 2:47pm.

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