So 2 days of Rugby had led to 3 awesome final matches: a ‘southern hemisphere final ‘ between Australia and South Africa (for 5 & 6th place in the tournament); a ‘north American final’ between Canada and the USA (for 3rd & 4th place) and the final between ‘the auld enemies’ England and Scotland for the tournament trophy.
South Africa secure the line-out ball against AustraliaAustralia kick for goal against South AfricaCanada head for the try line against the USA.Canada out jump the USA to gain possession of the ball from a line-outEngland warm up for the finalEngland line up before the final for the national anthemsScotland head for the try line against EnglandScotland keep the ball moving against England
The eventual London tournament result was 1st Scotland; 2nd England; 3rd Canada; 4th The USA; 5th South Africa; 6th Australia. The winners of the World series for the best team over all the competitions this season was South Africa with England as runners-up and Fiji in third.
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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