Paris Sevens

South Africa win Paris 7s to clinch World Series title

The Blitzboks beat England 24-14 in the cup final to finish two points clear of Fiji in the overall standings.

Captain Philip Snyman was full of praise for South Africa's performance.

"In the beginning of the tournament we said listen, we're not going to focus on the result, we want to go out and play some fantastic rugby and it's out of our hands," he said.

"We can only control the controllable and we made it so difficult for us but that's day one and we put it behind us.

Samoa record their best season at Paris Sevens

The Manu finished the weekend with only eight fit players, after five were ruled out with concussion, but still pushed eventual champions South Africa all the way in a 12-0 defeat in the Cup quarter finals.

Samoa topped their pool on day one and eventually finished sixth, after beating France and losing to the United States 24-19 in the Plate final.

Head coach Sir Gordon Tietjens said the team have been improving for a couple of months.

Pool draw made for Paris Sevens

The Canadians are drawn in Pool A with series leaders South Africa, Scotland and Japan.

Pool B features Singapore runners-up USA who are drawn alongside New Zealand, Wales and Argentina. 

England, who lie third in the series standings, are in Pool C with Kenya, France and invitational side Spain, who were recent series qualifier winners in Hong Kong.

Australia top Pool D and will face Fiji, Samoa and Russia on day one in Paris.

The action kicks off in Paris on Saturday, 13 May with all the action broadcast live from Stade Jean Bouin.