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Final round in London to be all about the Olympics

Final round in London to be all about the Olympics

With the World Rugby Sevens Series all but decided, the final round in London will be all about the Olympics this weekend.

When the teams walk off the park for the final time at Twickenham on Monday, the cement on their path to Rio Olympic glory will be setting.

The three Olympic sevens groups are decided based on World Series standings over the past two years.

If the standings stay as they are after London, and Samoa do qualify for the Rio Games, then the Vodafone Fiji 7's team will be in Pool A with United States, Argentina and Brazil.

Pool B will see South Africa, United Kingdom, Samoa and Japan while New Zealand will head Pool C with Australia, Kenya and France.

New Zealand will play the ninth and 10th ranked teams, which heading into London are Kenya and France.

Should either of those sides leap ahead of Samoa in London, it is likely that Samoa would fall into New Zealand's pool, creating the toughest group in Rio.

Samoa are yet to qualify for the Olympic sevens tournament, but are favourites to win a last‑chance Olympic repechage tournament in Monaco in June.

Meanwhile, Fiji will face England at 11.04pm Saturday in their first pool match of the London 7s.

Fiji will then play Wales at 1.48am Sunday while the last pool match against Australia will be at 4.54am Sunday.

The Cup Quarter‑finals will start at 9:58pm Sunday while the Cup semifinals will kick off at 1:48am Monday.

The Cup final will kick off at 4:57am Monday.

Source: Stuff.co

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