The All Black Sevens finished top of Pool A - winning three from three pool matches over Samoa, France and Kenya - but it wasn't as smooth sailing as normal.
The Gordon Tietjens-coached team comfortably overcame Samoa 28-10 but lacked conviction in beating France 19-17 with a late Tim Mikkelson five-pointer and they pipped Kenya 5-0 thanks to a try to veteran DJ Forbes with two minutes remaining.
