Defending champions of the New Zealand 7s, England has lost its momentum at Las Vegas after going down 21-5 against Portugal in the USA 7s.

England also lost to Fiji 26-17 in the first match.

In other key matches, Australia beat USA 26-7, Samoa beat Spain 19-12, New Zealand beat France 21-nil, South Africa thumped Uruguay 45-nil and Canada beat Kenya 19-12, New Zealand thumped Wales 40-5 and South Africa beat Canada 17-5.

 
Story by: Dhanjay Deo