Fiji finishes 3rd, USA wins Las Vegas 7s

The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team has finished third in the Las Vegas 7s after defeating South Africa 26-22 in the Bronze Medal final while USA has won their home tournament for the first time after defeating Argentina 28-0 in the Cup final.

The national side fought to the final minute to hold on against the strong South African side.

📊 Monster Stats! Ben O'Donnell has been incredible all weekend. He tops the @DHLRugby performance tracker at the end of play & takes the #DHLImpactPlayer award in Las Vegas

25 Carries
21 Tackles
4 Offloads
2 Breaks pic.twitter.com/0zP0retCqJ

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 5, 2018

Fiji’s tries were scored by Paula Dranisinukula, Alasio Naduva and two tries from captain Jerry Tuwai.

Fiji was leading 19-5 at halftime.

🔝points scores! It's @RugbyCanada's Nathan Hiriyama who tops the table with an impressive 45 points at the #USA7s pic.twitter.com/scQHpMnI7N

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 5, 2018

Meanwhile, New Zealand finished fifth after beating Australia 17-12 in the fifth place play-off while France beat Canada 26-19 to win the Trophy Final.

📊It's Ben O'Donnell who leads the @DHLRugby performance tracker after 5 rounds on the series with an incredible 214 points, followed by Justin Douglas with 198 points #DHLImpactPlayer pic.twitter.com/EXrU8lQqhA

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 5, 2018