They raced out to a 14-0 lead through Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez tries, before Fijian captain Osea Kolinisau chalked up his side’s first try on the cusp of halftime.
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Australia battled to the end of the 14 minute final, but tries from Portia Woodman and two from Rebekah Cordero-Tufuga saw the Kiwis collect the gold medal and the Dubai Sevens Cup.
Senatla himself was as good as unstoppable, touching down 11 tries over the course of the weekend, including the one that provided the exclamation mark to the 26-14 win over Fiji.
Speaking afterwards, captain Philip Snyman said: “We just needed to stick to our game plan and structure and that’s exactly what the guys did. So we didn’t chase the game and I think they started to chase the game at one point, which worked in our favour”.
Charlie Hayter took a reverse pass from Bibby out wide and cut inside to score after two minutes as England took the initiative before the try-scorer was sent to the sin-bin for a late tackle.
In the third-place play-off, Dan Norton scored four of England’s six tries in a 33-10 win over Wales.
Phillip converted his own try in the fourth minute of the first half, missing another in the seventh minute – just before the break, off Ssebuliba’s try.
The Blitzboks beat the reigning World Series and Dubai champions Fiji in a dominant display in the final.
South Africa’s Dylan Sage takes a picture with the trophy and two fans after defeating Fiji in the final of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
For Kenya, they were much better at the breakdowns on the second day.
The clash of England and Scotland in the second quarter-final lived up to the hype.
US controlled the possession in the second half and grabbed a fourth try with four minutes remaining in the match to end the match as a contest with a 21-point lead.
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The second women’s team in action in the UAE today are a development side, and they suffered an early loss to an experienced Belgium squad before bouncing back with a 22 – 12 win over Poland in the Women’s Invitational. Against Argentina we knew they were going to throw the kitchen sink at us because they had lost to Wales.
