The result of the Final means that New Zealand and South Africa are joint leaders, on 36 points, at the top in the overall IRB standings. England and Fiji, who were also beaten Finalists in Dubai last week, share third place with 24 points.

It was a dramatic Final in George, in which the Kiwis showed a greater hunger for victory against a nervous-looking South African team that had never won a tournament on home ground.

The Kiwis had to hold off a strong, late challenge from the home team, South Africa, and the vociferous home crowd in George, to win a pulsating Final. But they were certainly the most impressive side on display and deserved the win.

Earlier South Africa had beaten England 10-7 in the semi-final, while New Zealand beat Fiji 29-12 in the other semi.

In the other finals there were also plenty of drama.

In the Plate Final Wales won a very dismal game - which produced four yellow cards and some very odd refereeing decisions - by a 26-5 margin to take away some well-earned silverware.

In the Bowl Final Australia came back from conceding an early score, to score five second half tries - to go with the two they scored in the first seven minutes - to run out comfortable 41-7 winners over Kenya.

In the Shield Final Portugal came from 12-0 down at the break, to score two fine second-half tries and record a 14-12 win over Zimbabwe - with the difference being a single conversion in a game of two tries each.

Here's a complete wrap of all the Day Two action!

Bowl quarter-finals:

Canada took an early lead with Christoph Strubin scoring in the second minute after a strong run by Kris Witkowski. The Portuguese reply came three minutes later, with Aderito Esteves the try scorer. Esteves added a second in the seventh minute, to give his team a 12-7 lead at the break. Canada again opened the scoring after the break, with Rob Turk's converted try putting his team back in the lead at 14-12. Then two minutes later Neil Meechan went over to put Canada into a commanding 19-12 lead. Portugal launched a late charge and came within metres of that crucial score, but strong Canadian defence held them out.

The Australians scored first, with Tim Atkinson going over after just 90 seconds. This followed a charge by the Ugandan team which was just stopped by a desperate ankle-yap. The Aussies went further ahead in the fifth minute when David Dillon went over from what appeared to be a forward pass. But the next Aussie score had class written all over it, as Nick Cummins stepped a defender and ran more than 50 metres to score. Dominic Fuller continued the rout after the break, scoring in the 10th minute. David Dillon (13th minute) and Brett Stapleton (14th) scored further tries as the Australians won 36-0.

Innocent Simiyu finally gave African and Kenyan supporters something to cheer about, when he opened the scoring against Scotland in the third minute of their encounter. But Scotland equalised a minute later, with Mike Adamson going over. Kenya went back into the lead in the seventh minute, with Victor Oduor exploiting some space on the left to score. And from the restart the Kenyans found lots of space up the middle and Brian Nyikuli scored to make it a 15-5 lead for the Africans at the break. Mike Adamson pulled one back for Scotland in the 10th minute and at 15-10 the game was wide open again. The Scottish scrambled to get the winning score, but the Kenyan defence held out.

Guillermo Lucas Spikermann opened the scoring for Argentina in the first minute, after the Zimbabweans had attacked strongly at the other end and the Pumas launched a strong counter offensive. But the African team was not to be outdone and even though it took them four minutes, continues pressure saw Willis Magasa going over for a converted try which put the Zimbabweans in the lead - a 7-5 advantage they took into the break. Spikermann was again first to score after the break, putting the Pumas back into the lead. Martin Rodriguez scored for Argentina soon afterwards as the game appeared to be slipping away from the tiring Zimbabweans. But Wensley Mbanje pulled one back with about a minute to go to leave the back door open. But they left it too late as the Pumas won 19-14.

Results:
Match 25: Canada 19-12 Portugal
Match 26: Australia 36-0 Uganda
Match 27: Kenya 15-10 Scotland
Match 28: Argentina 19-14 Zimbabwe

Cup quarter-finals:

As the rain started coming down Sireli Naqelevuki showed his strength by handing off a Welsh opponent and going over for the first score in the second minute. The next score came from a turnover, as Lepani Nabuliwaqa sprinted over without a hand being laid on him. Just before the break Wales finally pulled one back, through some sustained pressure, as Aled Thomas went over to make it 14-7 to Fiji at half-time. As the conditions worsened William Ryder displayed his brilliant skills by stepping inside and outside a couple of defenders to score a crucial try. And it was Ryder who scored next, as the Welsh failed to get out of their own territory and gave up the ball under pressure. Mosese Volavola scored the fifth just before the final whistle as Fiji won comfortably 33-7.

New Zealand were expected to walk this game again France, but it took them three minutes before Alfred Pelenise scored the first try against some stern resistance. The next score showed just how dangerous the Kiwis could be, when they countered from turnover ball inside their own 22 and Zar Lawrence made good ground before putting Nigel Hunt clear for the score. And right on the half-time hooter Edwin Cocker scored after a messy French scrum again turned over ball. That made it 19-0 at the break. The French again put up some initial resistance, but Alfred Pelenise scored his team's fourth try as the French again coughed up the ball. Lachie Munro scored soon afterwards as the French appeared to have given up altogether. That gave the Kiwis a 29-0 win.

The crowd were on their feet just two minutes into the game as Kabamba Floors raced over for the first try, following a quick tap-and-go at a free-kick. Within two minutes the South Africans' superiority in terms of pace and power became evident when Rayno Benjamin raced over after a great pass from Philip Burger. Floors scored his second in the fifth minute as the fans celebrated the performance of their local heroes. Burger scored next as he just bedazzled the opposition with some brilliant stepping. That made it 26-0 at the break. The rout continued the rout as Jovan Bowles scored inside the first minute of the second half, following Tunisia's failure to control then ball. A final try from Dusty Noble - as the South Africa showed their greater strength, pace and skills - saw the Boks win 38-0.

England suffered an early setback when the experienced Rob Thirlby hobbled off with an injury, but in the fourth minute Michael Hills scooted over for the first try from a penalty. The Samoans' high error rate continued as they gave away a strong of penalties. and just before the break James Haskell went over for the second try, from another Samoan mistake, as the English took a 12-0 lead. Haskell scored his second try soon after the restart, as the Samoans continued to fall off in the tackle. Dominic Shabbo scored the next try as Samoa simply ran out of defenders in the face of waves of English runners. That gave England a 24-0 win.

Results:
Match 29: Fiji 33-7 Wales
Match 30: New Zealand 29-0 France
Match 31: South Africa 38-0 Tunisia
Match 32: England 24-0 Samoa

Shield semi-finals:

It took the Portuguese two minutes to break the Ugandan defence, with Aderito Esteves going over for the first try after running a great support angle. Within a couple of minutes Esteves was again involved as he went up the middle before offloading to David Mateus to score. Vasco Uva was next to score as the Portuguese simply had too many runners in support. Just before the break the Ugandans pulled one back, as Simon Wakabi went over from a counter that started deep inside their own territory. That made it 19-5 at the break. But any thoughts of a serious comeback were quashed when Pedro Leal scored in the 11th minute to make it 26-5. There was one final score from Tiago Girao, to make it 31-5 in favour of Portugal.

Zimbabwe made a dream start in their semi-final against Scotland, with Wensley Mbanje using his strength to go over inside two minutes. And when Manasah Sita scored two minutes later the local spectators went into a wild frenzy on celebrations as one of the minnows from Africa team looked like upstaging a strong Northern Hemisphere outfit. Zimbabwe took that 12-0 lead into the half-time break. And 17 seconds after the second-half restart Mbanje again scored to give his team some breathing space - a 19-0 lead. Manasah Sita was then yellow carded for a professional foul and Mark Robertson used the numerical advantage to score Scotland's first try. But from the restart Willis Magasa found space up the middle and used his pace to score and make it 26-7 - restoring the 19-point advantage. Roddy Grant scored next as Scotland continued to chase the game - at 26-14. Ruaridh Jackson scored his team's third try in the dying moments, but it was too little too late as Zimbabwe won 26-19.

Results:
Match 33: Portugal 31-5 Uganda
Match 34: Scotland 26-19 Zimbabwe

Bowl semi-finals:

Andy Rasmus opened the scoring for Australia in the first minute of their semi-final against Canada, the try coming from turnover ball as the Canadians failed to get out of their own 22. The Canadians pressed hard and had a couple of scoring opportunities, but turnover ball saw David Dillon score Australia's second try from a move started inside their own 22. The Canadians got one back just before the break as Neil Meechan scored with a 60m run to outstrip the cover. That made it 14-5 at half-time. But a Tim Atkinson try in the ninth minute put a serious dent in Canadian hopes of a comeback. And the Canadian hopes were finally dashed when James Lew scored from turnover ball deep inside the Australian 22. Brett Stapleton added one more score for a 31-5 win for the Australians.

Kenya took an early lead when Innocent Simiyu went over in the fifth minute for a 7-0 lead. But they then went into self-destruct mode. First Arnold Odera was yellow carded for repeated offences and then Leonardo Casal scored to make it 7-5 for Kenya at the break. Two more quick tries by the Pumas - by Nicolas Fernandez Lobbe and again Casal - gave the Pumas a 19-7 lead. But Kenya rallied and a two-try charge in the final two minutes saw them steal an unlikely win. Simiyu scored with a strong run from deep inside his own half and then almost from the restart Horace Otieno ran from deep, handed off an opponent and raced over to score under the uprights. The conversion made the final score 21-19 and Kenya were into the Bowl Final.

Results:
Match 35: Canada 5-31 Australia
Match 36: Kenya 21-19 Argentina

Plate semi-finals:

The French made the perfect start to their semi-final against Wales, when Pierre Yves Montagnat used some great footwork to step his way over for the first try inside the opening minute.  The Welsh reply took a while to come, but in the fifth minute Jonathan Edwards scored after a strong run by Richard Pugh. The second Welsh try was a show of strength by Tal Selley, who just handed off his opponent before going over. Right on half-time Bogdan Leonte scored a second try for France - as the team's went into the break level at 12-all. Charles Platek again gave the French a perfect start to the second half, as he ran well in support to collect the final pass and go over for a try that saw his team take a 19-12 lead. Richard Pugh replied almost immediately as he used his great acceleration to outsprint the defence and level the scores at 19-all. Pugh scored his second try soon afterwards, after the French coughed up the ball at a line-out, to put his team back into the lead. But the French were not done yet and one the stroke of full-time Sebastien Gramatico scored to tie the scores again at 24-all. The game went into sudden-death extra time. Martyn Thomas scored the winner, the golden try, in the fifth minute of extra time.

It was a real ding-dong battle in the early stages of the Samoan versus Tunisia semi-final. But after almost five minutes Abbes Kherfani broke the deadlock with some good stepping, a strong hand-off and there pure pace for a great try to Tunisia. Mikaele Pesamino scored for Samoa within a minute, but an even bigger blow was that Lotfi Nino was yellow carded for a professional foul. The Samoans took a 7-5 lead into the break. Tunisia managed to hang on without conceding a further score while being a man down and in the 10th minute Sabri Guemir went over after some neat footwork to score a try that put his team in a 12-7 lead. And in the final minute Abbes Kherfani scored the try that put Tunisia into their first ever Plate Final - their highest achievement on the Sevens circuit.

Results:
Match 37: Wales 29-24 France
Match 38: Tunisia 19-7 Samoa

Cup semi-finals:

It took New Zealand one minute to open the scoring in their semi-final again Fiji, with D J Forbes going over after a move which started inside the Kiwis' 22 and saw them take the ball through the hands and phases, steadily working their way upfield. The Fijians tried hard to put something together, but for once their skills let them down and a couple of chances went astray. In fact the Kiwis showed of some superb skills on their way to a second try, with  Nigel Hunt finishing off a great passage of interplay. Almost from the restart Zar Lawrence intercepted and sprinted 50 metres downfield to score New Zealand's third try - giving them a 15-0 lead at the break. The Fijian errors continued in the second half, as they tried to chase the game against a more composed Kiwi outfit. And in the 10th minute Willie Rickards scored New Zealand's fourth try, coming from a scrum that was formed after another Fijian mistake. Edwin Cocker scored the fifth, busting through some weak Fijian tackling. There were a couple of late consolation scores - first as Sireli Naqelevuki went over after a strong hand-off and some strong running and then William Ryder showing off his skills - as the Kiwis ran out 29-12 winners.

England started strongly in their semi-final against South Africa and it took a desperate tackle from Stefan Basson to stop an England score inside the first minute. But it was home-town hero Kabamba Floors who opened the scoring in the third minute, coming from turnover ball and a strong run in which Floors stepped out of an Andrew Vilk tackle. England used the more direct route and with sheer brute force kept bashing away at the Boks. Eventually Michael Hills went over in the sixth minute to level the scores, with the conversion by Ben Gollings giving them a 7-5 lead. There was no further scoring in the first half of a tense match that were close to boiling point as the referee struggled to control proceedings. The South Africans appeared nervous and were slipping off some tackled against the physical England side. But finally, in the 12th minute, Philip Burger scored a try to put the hosts back in the lead (10-7) - coming after they kept the ball in hand for almost two minutes. But Dusty Noble created a huge problem for the Boks when he was yellow carded with a minute to go - for a late tackle. But luckily for him the Boks won a penalty soon afterwards and they escaped with a 10-7 win in a nailbiting encounter. The English players did not cover themselves in glory when, after the match, they wanted to get involved in some nasty stuff and showed their anger in the most unsportsmanlike fashion - sour grapes are the words that come to mind.

Results:
Match 39: Fiji 12-29 New Zealand
Match 40: South Africa 10-7 England

Shield Final:

The Shield Final struggled to get going and there was quite a bit of early sparring, before Zimbabwe finally put a few phases and some good passing together. The move was rounded of by a stepping Wensley Mbanje as Zimbabwe took a 7-0 lead after six minutes. And right on the stroke of half-time Mbanje scored a second try as the Africans took a 12-0 lead into the break. Portugal's star player Aderito Esteves put his team back in the game with a try through some aggressive running as he stood up a couple of would-be tacklers. The Zimbabwean defence held strong for a while, as it turned into a game of cat-and-mouse, before Francisco Moreira intercepted a stray pass and Pedro Leal converted to give the Portuguese a 14-12 lead with just one minute to go. The Portuguese came from behind to win the Shield Final.

Result:
Portugal 14-12 Zimbabwe

Bowl Final:

The Kenyans got off to a great start, when Innocent Simiyu scored inside the first minute - an opportunist score coming from a mistake in the Australian defence. The Australians hit back two minutes later when Andy Rasmus scored after a neat offload by Tim Cornforth. The conversion was wide and the Kenyans still had a 7-5 lead. But the Aussies did take the lead, just before the break, as Cornforth shrugged of a couple of tackles to score as they held a 12-7 advantage at the break. Nathan Trist gave the Australians some breathing space with a try, from turnover ball, in the ninth minute to make it 17-7. Nick Cummins scored soon afterwards as the Australians took command of the final and the Kenyans started to look very disheartened. The Kenyans continued to fall off half-hearted tackles as Cornforth scored another for the Aussies to make it 31-7 after 12 minutes. Edward Brenac and Nick Cummins ended the rout with further tries as the Australians ran out 41-7 winners.

Result:
Australia 41-7 Kenya

Plate Final:

Wales got off the a solid start in their Final against Tunisia, with Martyn Thomas scoring after just two minutes - following a great angled run from inside his own 22. Tunisia had some opportunities to get a score of their own, but their hands let them down. The Welsh went further ahead in the seventh minute when Tal Selley went over in the corner with a strong run and some great stepping. Lee Beach (Wales) was yellow carded for taking a man out off the ball, but Tunisia were also reduced to six players when Amor Mazgar was yellow carded for not moving 10 metres back at a penalty. The game had appeared to have lost all shape towards the end of the first half. The Welsh took what appeared to be an unsurmountable 21-0 lead when Rhodri McAtee powered his way over inside the first minute after the break. Wales were again reduced to six men when Richard Pugh was carded for verbal abuse of the referee. The game further deteriorated as both teams seemed more interested in employing over robust tactics rather than skill. And then Alec Jenkins scored the fourth Welsh try in the 12th minute, but by now the game had lost any sparkle. Lotfi Nino managed a consolation score for Tunisia in the 14th minute, but Haithem Chelli was yellow carded and the game ended rather tamely as Wales won the Plate with a 26-5 win.

Result:
Wales 26-5 Tunisia

Cup Final:

The Boks got off to a brilliant start, regathering the ball from the first kick-off and keeping it in hand till Schalk van der Merwe scored in the corner after one minute of all action running. But the Kiwis bounced straight back, with Alfred Pelenise scoring in the corner after they earned a penalty inside the South African 22.

The frenetic action continued, but the South Africans made a number of uncharacteristic errors which saw them being pinned back in their own 22. The South Africans looked very nervous and the Kiwis the more composed of the two outfits in the main Final.

It was the Kiwis who broke the first-half deadlock, as Nigel Hunt found space out wide to score a crucial try and give his team a 10-5 lead at the break.

The Kiwis got off to a flying start in the second half, with Zar Lawrence scoring in the 11th as the Kiwis continued to employ their physical approach to great effect. The conversion made it 17-5 for the Kiwis. But the Boks used the great pace of Philip Burger to pull one back in the 14th minute, with Burger scoring after combining with Stefan Basson off the back of a scrum to make it 17-12.

The mistakes continued to come from the South Africans, who certainly lacked the discipline that they showed earlier. And the Boks were made to pay for their own sloppy play when an error set up a scrum from which Alfred Pelenise scored a crucial try in the 18th minute to make it 24-12 with just a couple of minutes to go.

The Boks came back from the restart, with Van der Merwe scoring his second try of the match and leaving the back door open at 24-17.

The Boks launched one final assault, but Lachie Munro got back to cover and hack the ball into touch as the final whistle went and the Kiwis took away a well-deserved win in an exciting Final. The quality of the rugby may not have been up there with the best, but for sheer excitement and drama it had plenty to offer.

Result:
New Zealand 24-17 South Africa