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France crowned HSBC SVNS winners after beating Argentina 19-5 in Madrid 7s Cup Final
Australia Women win Madrid 7s Women’s Cup final after beating France 26-7

France crowned HSBC SVNS winners after beating Argentina 19-5 in Madrid 7s Cup Final

Australia Women win Madrid 7s Women’s Cup final after beating France 26-7

By Mosese Raqio
03/06/2024
Photo:World Rugby

France has been crowned the HSBC SVNS World Series winners after beating Argentina 19-5 in the HSBC Madrid 7s this morning.

France earlier came from behind to beat the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team 21-14 in the semi finals to book a Cup final with Argentina.

Argentina scored the first try in the 6th minute of play with the conversion unsuccessful to lead 5-0 before France replied with a converted try to Stephen Parez Edo Martin to take a 7-5 lead heading into halftime.

France scored a further 2 tries to Jefferson- Lee Joseph and Paulin Riva with one conversion to seal the win.

Fiji settled for bronze after beating NZ 17-10 in the 3rd place playoff this morning.

Meanwhile, Australia won the Women’s Cup Final after beating France 26-7 and was crowned the Women’s HSBC SVNS World Series winners.

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