New Zealand win Cape Town Sevens
New Zealand were crowned winners of the Cape Town Sevens after comfortably beating Argentina 38-14 in the Cup final on Sunday.
They edged host nation South Africa 19-12 in their semi-final, with Argentina having made the final two after overcoming Canada 14-12.
The All Blacks Sevens made up for their final defeat to South Africa in Dubai last week with a clinical display in front of a sold-out crowd.
Two tries from HSBC Player of the Final Joe Ravouvou combined with scores from Vilimoni Koroi, Tim Mikkelson, Regan Ware and Sione Molia to help head coach Clark Laidlaw's side to victory over an Argentina side chasing their first Cup win since San Diego in 2009.
"I'm so proud of how the boys played this weekend and last weekend," said captain Scott Curry. "It could have gone either way after we lost our first pool match against USA yesterday but day two is another day.
"We started fresh today and really worked for each other and that’s what won it for us. We’ll look forward to our home tournament in Hamilton coming up soon – it’s a new city and they really love their rugby there."
Hosts South Africa were knocked out by New Zealand yet finished strongly to take third after beating Canada 19-17 in the bronze final.
New Zealand are two points clear of South Africa in the table with eight stops to play. The teams will return in Sydney on 26-28 January.
Sunday's results
Cup final
New Zealand 38-14 Argentina
Bronze final
South Africa 19-17 Canada
Fifth place play-off
Fiji 26-12 USA
Challenge Trophy final
Spain 7-26 Australia
13th place play-off
Kenya 24-14 Uganda
Cup semi-finals
South Africa 12-19 New Zealand
Canada 12-14 Argentina
Fifth place semi-finals
Fiji 19-12 England
France 12-29 USA
Challenge Trophy semi-finals
Samoa 0-24 Spain
Wales 5-42 Australia
13th place semi-finals
Kenya 33-12 Scotland
Russia 19-28 Uganda
Cup quarter-finals
South Africa 31-26 Fiji
England 12-17 New Zealand
Canada 35-7 France
USA 12-28 Argentina
Challenge Trophy quarter-finals
Kenya 17-19 Samoa
Scotland 7-24 Spain
Wales 21-12 Russia
Australia 47-12 Uganda
Day One results
Samoa 19-17 Canada
Fiji 28-14 Wales
Scotland 14-19 Argentina
England 36-0 Uganda
Australia 36-12 Spain
New Zealand 0-22 USA
Kenya 14-21 France
South Africa 40-5 Russia
Samoa 12-17 Wales
Fiji 14-22 Canada
Scotland 45-0 Uganda
England 24-7 Argentina
Australia 14-31 USA
New Zealand 50-0 Spain
Kenya 34-0 Russia
South Africa 31-5 France
Canada 31-14 Wales
Fiji 38-7 Samoa
Argentina 43-7 Uganda
England 12-7 Scotland
Spain 5-26 USA
New Zealand 35-12 Australia
France 21-5 Russia
South Africa 26-7 Kenya