The Scots will then complete Pool C tomorrow (Saturday) with matches against Mexico, followed by current Series and Hong Kong Cup champions, Samoa.

As the only 24-team tournament on the World Series, Hong Kong carries extra points for the successful teams, with 30 points going to the Cup champions rather than the usual 24. The event also offers the largest prize purse in international Sevens, $US150,000.

The increased tournament size means that the six pool winners progress to the Cup quarter-final along with the top two second-placed performers.

Losing Cup quarter-finalists will make up the Plate semi-final, the 9-16th-placed Pool teams make up a straight knock-out Bowl quarter and the bottom eight Pool performers (17-24th) make up the Shield, which was lifted by the hosts last season.

Joint World Series leaders New Zealand and England top Pools A and B respectively: New Zealand will face France, Portugal and Korea, while England will play USA, Japan and China.

In Pool D USA Sevens runners-up Fiji are matched against Kenya, Russia and Malaysia in Pool D.

Champions of Las Vegas, South Africa, will line up against Wales, hosts Hong Kong and Spain in Pool E and finally, sixth seeds Australia face seventh seeds Argentina, as well as Canada and Zimbabwe in Pool F.

At the halfway stage in this year’s Sevens World Series there have been three different champions from the four tournaments, England winning Dubai, New Zealand victorious in both South Africa and at home in Wellington and South Africa the most recent champion in Las Vegas.

New Zealand and England currently share top spot in the Series table with 80 points apiece. Fiji and Samoa are joint third with 64 and South Africa is close behind in fifth with 56.

As the only 24-team tournament on the World Series, Hong Kong carries extra points for the successful teams, with 30 points going to the Cup champions rather than the usual 24.

Two days, sixteen nations, 44 matches – one great weekend! For a fifth season the IRB Sevens World Series comes to Murrayfield with the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s being the eighth and final leg of a super season of international sevens. Scotland put in a stellar performance at the last event, bringing home the Plate after defeating some of the big hitters on the sevens circuit – Fiji, USA, Wales, South Africa and Argentina.  Samoa were the overall winners in Edinburgh, taking home the Ned Haig Cup, as well as the main IRB Sevens World Series trophy.

Tickets for this fast and furious festival of rugby are on sale now and are priced from £5 for under-18s, £10 for students and senior citizens and £20 for adults. All tickets are ANY DAY tickets – valid for one day of your choice, either Saturday 28 May or Sunday 29 May.

HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES: USA 7s (Saturday Sunday 12/13 February)
POOL A: England, Argentina, France, Guyana
POOL B:  New Zealand, Wales, Kenya, Uruguay
POOL C: Australia, Fiji, Scotland, Canada
POOL D: Samoa, South Africa, USA, Japan

2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series schedule
Dubai, UAE – 3-4 December 2010
George, South Africa – 10-11 December 2010
Wellington, New Zealand – 4-5 February 2011
Las Vegas, USA – 12-13 February 2011
Hong Kong – 25-27 March 2011
Adelaide, Australia – 2-3 April 2011
London, England – 21-22 May 2011
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – 28-29 MAY 2011

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