Samoa magic man helps Samoa to plate

Samoa won the Plate, Canada won the Bowl and Russia took home the Shield at the inaugural event in Vancouver.

A record 60,418 fans turned up across the two days with the tournament set to go down in history, also the first sevens event to be played under a closed roof.

Another bit of magic from Samoa's man of the moment Phoenix Hunapo-Tofoa played a pivotal role as Samoa won the Plate.

Alex Samoa scored twice in the win as move to ninth in the series standings with the win, with Hunapo-Tofoa setting up his second which secured the win despite consolation tries from Madison Hughes and Ben Leatigaga for the USA.

The final score was Samoa 31-USA 19

     

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