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\"7s2014\"<\/a>Waikato and Auckland crowned new Bayleys National Sevens champions
\n<\/strong>Luke Masirewa and Kayla McAlister named players of the tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two new champions have been crowned after the Finals of the Bayleys National Sevens tournament in Rotorua today.<\/p>\n

The Waikato Mooloos took down Wellington in an entertaining nine-try men\u2019s Cup Final, while the Auckland women dominated defending champions Manawatu to claim their Cup Final, at Rotorua International Stadium today.<\/p>\n

The Waikato men beat Wellington 38-19 in a feast of tries with men\u2019s player of the tournament and crowd favourite, Luke Masirewa grabbing a double-try and the attention of All Blacks Sevens Coach Gordon Tietjens.<\/p>\n

Masirewa was on fire all weekend, and proved to be the circuit-breaker his team needed as he punched through Wellington\u2019s early 12-0 lead seven minutes into the first half.\u00a0 Masirewa thrilled Waikato supporters with a 60 metre runaway try that sparked a scoreless Waikato into life, and he promptly followed that with a second five-pointer, having slipped and stepped out of Wellington\u2019s stunned defence.<\/p>\n

That sparked a fantastic Waikato come-back who were up 14-12 at the break.\u00a0 Wellington scored another two tries in the second half, but the momentum was already lost as Waikato notched up four more tries with Dylan Collier and Declan O\u2019Donnell both nabbing doubles.<\/p>\n

In the ultimate grudge match, the women\u2019s Final was a repeat of last year, with Auckland and Manawatu facing off having fended off semifinal challenges from Bay of Plenty and Waikato respectively.<\/p>\n

Auckland came out steaming against the defending women\u2019s champions Manawatu, making their intentions clear when they crossed four times in the first half having spent all but the first minute in Manawatu\u2019s half.<\/p>\n

A shellshocked Manawatu went to the break, down 24-0 but they bit back in the second half, working hard to finish for a couple of scoring opportunities that went begging.<\/p>\n

Try scoring machine and women\u2019s player of the tournament Kayla McAlister notched up the only second half try for Auckland and despite two late tries to Manawatu, the damage had been done, and Auckland claimed the title honours winning 29-14.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Women\u2019s Head Coach Sean Horan said he was delighted with the improved calibre of rugby from the women’s teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the areas of growth, it\u2019s in the skill component, and the way they are playing the game – they are getting fitter and faster.\u00a0 We\u2019re starting to see different brands of the way the game is played, particularly in the contact area, defence systems, competitiveness and the overall fitness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing some real improvements from those Unions investing in this form of the game, and that\u2019s probably told in today\u2019s results.\u00a0 But the other unions are definitely showing signs of improvement and it won\u2019t take much for them to catch up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horan noted that McAlister in particularl, was in electrifying form in her first tournament after being out since mid-2014 with injury.\u00a0 The weekend’s tournament was her first competitive sevens rugby on her return, and despite being streaks ahead of anyoe else with pace, Horan said hew as excited that McAlister was still yet to reach her internatioal match fitness potential.<\/p>\n

Horan is due to name his 2015 contracted squad this week, he said he now had some tough choices to make, after watching some great talent on display.<\/p>\n

All Blacks Sevens Coach Sir Gordon Tietjens said he had been very impressed with how teams backed up yesterday\u2019s play with good performances today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWaikato and Wellington were certainly the two best teams certainly on day two.\u00a0 A great, great Final. A lot of players were on show for me and some players, certainly in the Waikato side, stepped up in the Final to perhaps be a contender for my side.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pleasing that some of the players backed up yesterday\u2019s performance with a couple of good performances today.\u00a0 I thought that Luke Masirewa, who has been contracted to New Zealand before, played very, very well; had an exceptional Final which was probably the point of difference (making him player of the tournament).\u00a0 Also Dylan Collier \u2013 new to sevens \u2013 he\u2019s an ITM Cup player for Waikato, and played extremely well.\u00a0 Isaac Te Tamaki, Johnathan Malo, Murphy Taramai (Wellington) \u2013 there\u2019s a lot of good players out there who played exceptionally well over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tietjens is looking to assemble a camp squad next week before finalising his team for the Wellington Sevens.<\/p>\n

Two of the men\u2019s minor Finals \u2013 Mid Canterbury v Canterbury, and Manawatu v North Harbour – were forced into extra time with golden points giving Canterbury the Shield, and North Harbour the Bowl.\u00a0 Taranaki easily despatched Northland in the Plate Final to win 22-7.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s minor Finals Otago kept out Southland to win 19-12 their Bowl Final while Wellington dominated Waikato 24-14 to win the Plate.<\/p>\n

For full results go to www.nationalsevens.co.nz. <\/a><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Finals<\/strong>
\nShield:\u00a0<\/strong> Canterbury
\nBowl:\u00a0<\/strong> Harbour
\nPlate:<\/strong> Taranaki
\nCup:\u00a0<\/strong> Waikato<\/p>\n

\"men_summary\"<\/a>Women\u2019s Finals:<\/strong>
\nBowl:\u00a0<\/strong> Otago
\nPlate:\u00a0<\/strong> Wellington
\nCup:\u00a0<\/strong> Auckland<\/p>\n

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