Usual suspects into Canada quarters

Australia, Scotland, Samoa, Wales and the United States will join the big three in the Cup section of the tournament.

Kitione Taliga's last-minute winner lifted Fiji to a 24-19 victory over Kenya to knock the Africans into the Bowl. That took some of the gloss off Kenyan Collins Injera's milestone day. He scored his 221st career try, to move into second place behind Argentina's Santiago Gomez Cora (230) on the World Series all-time list.

Fiji, who came into Vancouver leading the standings with 91 points after their triumph in the Las Vegas Sevens, will play the United States in the first quarterfinal after Mike Friday's side finished second to New Zealand in Pool D.

New Zealand avoided the unwelcome match-up with Fiji with a 17-5 victory over the United States in the Pool D decider. Sione Molia scored twice for the All Blacks Sevens as they set up a meeting with Samoa, who haven't reached the Cup quarters since the season-opening tournament in Dubai.

In their earlier matches, New Zealand scored three second-half tries to see off France 24-10 and downed England 7-0.

Australia secured their spot in the last eight as winners of Pool B with a 49-14 victory over Wales.

That result left Canada needing a 30-point win over Russia in the final match of the day to grab the last Cup berth from Wales, and Canada's 29-12 win saw them fall short on point difference despite the fevered support of the home crowd, where home fans had been thrilled by their team's 14-12 upset of Australia.

"This is a game of tiny margins, huge heartache. The effort these guys put in to come close and lose out can be heartbreaking. Two wins should be enough to get you through," said Canada coach Liam Middleton.  

But instead it was Australia, who also thumped Russia 43-5, going through along with Wales, whose run was keyed by a 52-0 demolition of Russia.

"It's been a brilliant day. When we saw the group we saw it as a chance to progress into the Cup this week, and we're really pleased so far," Wales captain Luke Treharne said.

Andy Friend's Australia, runners-up in the last two tournaments, will play Scotland. Wales face a tough match against South Africa, who scored 16 tries on Saturday while conceding only one. South Africa, second to Fiji in the standings on 86 points, moved smoothly into the last eight with a 43-0 victory over Scotland, a 26-7 win over Brazil and a 27-0 triumph over Argentina.

Vancouver Sevens results:

Pool A

Fiji 38-5 Samoa

Kenya 43-5 Portugal

Fiji 61-0 Portugal

Kenya 19-26 Samoa

Samoa 43-7 Portugal

Fiji 24-19 Kenya

Pool B

Australia 43-5 Russia

Wales 26-19 Canada

Wales 52-0 Russia

Australia 12-14 Canada

Australia 49-14 Wales

Russia 12-29 Canada

Pool C

South Africa 43-0 Scotland

Argentina 35-5 Brazil

South Africa 26-7 Brazil

Argentina 7-19 Scotland

Scotland 33-0 Brazil

South Africa 27-0 Argentina

Pool D

United States 42-14 France

New Zealand 7-0 England

United States 17-12 England

New Zealand 24-10 France

France 12-14 England

United States 5-17 New Zealand

Sunday fixtures:

(Kick-off is local time - GMT minus eight hours)

Bowl

Kenya v France - 09:40

Argentina v Russia - 10:02

England v Portugal - 10:24

Canada v Brazil - 10:46

Cup

Fiji v United States - 11.08

South Africa v Wales - 11.30

New Zealand v Samoa - 11.52

Australia v Scotland - 12.14

Semifinals:

Shield

Semifinal One - 12:56

Semifinal Two - 13:18

Bowl

Semifinal One - 13:40

Semifinal Two - 14:02

Plate

Semifinal One - 14:24

Semifinal Two - 14:46

Cup

Semifinal One - 15:08

Semifinal Two - 15:30

Finals:

Shield Final - 16.02

Bowl Final - 16.30

Plate Final - 16.58

Third/Fourth playoff - 17.26

Cup Final - 18.00