Unbeaten Australia beat New Zealand 15-12 and France 26-0 en route to the final.
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Canada finished 13th at the Dubai stop on the HSBC Sevens World Series on Saturday, hanging on to edge Japan 19-17 and win the consolation Shield portion of the men’s rugby sevens competition.
It need a try after the final hooter to Dylan Collier to keep New Zealand’s hopes alive.
England scored first in the second half to reduce the deficit but could only add one more try to their score as Fiji sealed the crown with a 28-17 win. It was our day today but it was by no means a fluke.
“We showed composure and an ability to solve problems on our feet”.
“It’s especially frustrating because we felt coming into the tournament that although we are missing a half-dozen players from our last tournaments – Pan Am Games and Amsterdam – there was still enough quality in this side to finish better than we did”.
New Zealand surged ahead with Joe Webber going under the posts.
By halftime it was 19-0 to the Russians, and although Gayle Broughton did strike back first after the break, Russia regained control to outscore the world series champions five tries to one.
The second leg of the world series will be held in Brazil in mid-February.
Twenty four pool matches in the Dubai sunshine concluded with England’s 21-5 defeat of Australia which saw them top Pool D with three wins from three.
United States took advantage of the numbers after Senatla was sent to the sin-bin by scoring twice in quick succession through Leuta and Carlin Isles to regain the lead 21-19 with less than two minutes remaining.
Sam Dickson scored his fourth try of the day in the 12th minute to put New Zealand on the verge of a third straight victory, before the elusive Baker struck.
Searching for the first Cup title of the season Fiji will meet Australia in their quarter-final, US await defending Dubai champions South Africa, New Zealand will play Samoa and England will challenge Los Pumas for a spot in the semi-finals.
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The US clinched the 2014/2015 season-ending London Sevens title in May, beating South Africa, England and Australia in the process.
