South Africa leads HSBC Sevens Series standings

After the first tournament of the 2016/17 HSBC World Sevens Series in Dubai, South Africa now lead  the 2016/17  HSBC Sevens Series standings with 22 points, Fiji is in second with 19 points, followed by England with 17 points, Wales has 15 points and Australia have 13 points.

Meanwhile South Africa are the 2016 Dubai 7s champions after beating the Vodafone Fiji 7s team 26-14 in the final early this morning.

The next leg will now be at Cape Town next weekend.

The draw for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens was made before the Cup final at the opening round of the series in Dubai,

Dubai winners South Africa are drawn in Pool A with Australia, USA and Russia.

Olympic champions Fiji, head up Pool B with France, Kenya and Japan.

England head‑up a tough Pool C which also features New Zealand, Argentina and Canada.

Wales, Scotland, Samoa and invitational team Uganda are in Pool D. 

Source: World rugby