South Africa add Paris title to superb Series

South Africa celebrated their first Series title since 2009 in style by defeating Scotland 15-5 in the final of the Paris Sevens on Sunday.
The win was South Africa's fifth title of the Series, after triumphing in Dubai, Wellington, Sydney and Las Vegas, with the Blitzbokke getting revenge over Scotland in the final after the Scots got the upper hand in their match on Day One.
Despite an excellent weekend which included defeating Fiji (24-0) and then England on their route to the final, Scotland could not pull off what would have been a famous triumph.
Elsewhere, New Zealand took the Bronze medal after getting the better of England, while the USA came fifth following their win over last year's Paris winners Samoa.
Argentina claimed the Challenge Trophy after a 33-12 win over Australia, with 13th place going to Japan.
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell said: "We want to make South Africa proud and hopefully this will help towards that."
Cup
Final
Scotland 5-15 South Africa
Bronze Final
England 5-12 New Zealand
Semi-Finals
Scotland 19-17 England
South Africa 26-5 New Zealand
Quarter-Finals
Scotland 24-0 Fiji
England 26-12 USA
Samoa 0-12 South Africa
New Zealand 14-0 France
5th Place
USA 24-19 Samoa
Semi-finals
Fiji 14-24 USA
Samoa 21-19 France
Challenge Trophy
Final
Argentina 33-12 Australia
Semi-finals
Canada 14-15 Argentina
Australia 14-12 Wales
13th Place
Russia 10-19 Japan
Semi-finals
Russia 15-7 Kenya
Japan 26-19 Spain
Quarter-finals
Canada 33-0 Russia
Kenya 7-12 Argentina
Australia 28-19 Japan
Wales 26-14 Spain
Overall Standings
1 South Africa – 179
2 England – 145
3 Fiji – 142
4 New Zealand – 127
5 USA – 114
6 Australia – 101
7 Scotland – 87
8 Canada – 81
9 Argentina – 80
10 Wales – 66
11 France – 61
12 Kenya – 58
13 Samoa – 48
14 Russia – 27
15 Japan – 19
16 Chile – 6
17 Uganda – 4
18 Papua New Guinea – 2
19 Spain – 1
20 Hong Kong – 1
21 South Korea – 1