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History was made at the IRB World Series Sevens, San Diego in February.
Dana Teagarden (of the USA) became the first woman to referee a senior men’s international match.
And didn’t she do well, being appointed by the IRB’s Paddy O’Brien to fully six matches over the weekend, including the tough Bowl final between Argentina and Tonga!
We can all be very proud of Dana. She smashed any ‘glass ceiling’ that might have existed, and Rugby is a better place today because of her achievements.
My [Tom Jones, IRB Regional GM] choice for Information Page Photograph of the Year shows Dana refereeing the West Indies v Fiji match, with thanks to Randall Mar.
Source: IRB by email
New Zealand maintained their perfect start to the IRB Sevens World Series with a 34-7 defeat of Fiji in the final of the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens at Outeniqua Park in George.
The defending champions raced into a 29-0 lead with tries from Lote Raikabula, Victor Vito (two), captain DJ Forbes and James Kamana before Neumi Nanuku scored Fiji’s only try of the match.
Fiji, just as in the Dubai final last weekend, had two players sin-binned in a match which the Kiwis controlled with Israel Dagg completing the scoring with his first touch after coming on as a replacement.
The title is New Zealand’s fourth consecutive in the IRB Sevens World Series after victories in London, Edinburgh and Dubai and gives them a maximum 40 points from the opening two tournaments of the 2007-08 campaign, eight more Fiji.
South Africa, semi-finalists in both Dubai and George, are third with 24 points, four more than Argentina, who followed up their plate victory in Dubai with a cup semi-final in George. England and Kenya are next, both with 12 points.
Tries from Richie Pugh and James Lewis saw Wales recover from 19-7 down to beat England 21-19 in the bowl final.
Source: Western Mail
A sea of colour greeted the Fiji rugby team yesterday as more than 4000 fans turned up to welcome the Flying Fijians at the Post Fiji Stadium in Laucala.
The die-hard fans braved the wet and windy conditions to take part in celebrations to honour the FMF Flying Fijians side after their inspirational performance at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
 Flying Fijians coach Ilivasi Tabua leads the team in the march in Suva
President Ratu Josefa Iloilo was joined by interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, the diplomatic corps, interim ministers and people young and old to mark the day.
In what was a repeat of 2005 when the Fiji 7s team won the 7s RWC, this celebration was fit for heroes despite the Webb Ellis Trophy still being in France.
Students from various schools lined Laucala Bay Road from Vatuwaqa Primary School to the stadium waving Fiji flags as Ilivasi Tabua and his men marched to the tune of the Fiji Military Forces and Fiji Police Force bands.
Back at the stadium, a small group of fans braved the rain and decided to sit on the grounds. They then kept the majority of fans who had gathered at the grandstands entertained with the Fiji rugby war dance cibi.
Upon entering the stadium, the crowd erupted into a cheer and sounds of "go Fiji go" echoed around the Laucala Bay bowl.
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South Africa 37 Fiji 20: Pietersen saves the day after Fiji take Boks to the brink.
This is getting ridiculous. Or rather, it was getting ridiculous – gloriously ridiculous – until one of the lower-profile Springboks, the wing JP Pietersen, made a beeline for the Fiji lock Ifereimi Rawaqa and wrestled him over the touch-in-goal line. But for that one tackle, the Springboks might have gone the same way as their Tri-Nations brethren from Australia and New Zealand. That is to say, they might have gone home. In a World Cup blessed with major shocks, this would have been the most seismic of all.
Having been ferociously tested for 40-plus minutes by Samoa and been given a significant scare by Tonga, the South Africans found themselves at serious risk of a quarter-final defeat by the most powerful of the South Seas rugby nations. For 15 minutes or so either side of the hour mark, Fiji's back-line runners cut lines, offloaded from tackles and opened up the Bokke defence almost at will. Vilimoni Delasau scored a chip-and-chase try and Sireli Bobo completed a move of considerable majesty, featuring as it did varying acts of brilliance from Seremaia Bai, Norman Ligairi and Mosese Rauluni, the little scrum-half and captain who will never play a better match in his life. Panic stations? You could say.
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