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  March 4, 2018 9:46 PM PST

  New Zealand made a quick start in their bid for a third straight Rugby Sevens World Series triumph, winning both of their matches on the opening day of the Las Vegas Sevens on Friday. Earl Campbell Jersey . New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Kenya and Argentina all won both of their opening day matches, but reigning series champions Fiji were stunned by Samoa in their opening contest.Savelio Ropatis late try lifted Samoa to a dramatic 28-24 victory over their Pacific rivals, who rebounded with a comfortable 42-12 win over France. Englands day got off to a rocky start as they had to battle back from a 19-5 deficit to salvage a 19-19 draw with Japan.Two tries in the final two minutes, the second converted by Tom Mitchell, gained the draw, but in Englands second match - the last of the day - Joe Nayacavou sealed a superb win for Scotland with a try on the last play of a 24-14 victory that knocked England out of the running for the Cup. England needed a last-minute Philip Burgess try and Tom Mitchell conversion to salvage a draw against Japan New Zealand, whose victories at Wellington and Sydney in the last two stops in the series pulled them level with Fiji and South Africa at the top of the standings, opened the tournament at Sam Boyd Stadium with a 42-7 victory over Portugal.They followed up with a 38-0 win over Russia and in their final Pool A match, they will take on Kenya, who also went two-for-two on Friday, as did Australia in Pool B, Argentina in Pool C and South Africa in Pool D.Bryan Habana, South Africas leading try-scorer in Tests with 64, returned to Sevens after a 12-year hiatus as South Africa notched victories over Canada and Wales. Bryan Habana scored his first World Rugby Sevens try with his first touch Australia opened their campaign with a 26-0 rout of Scotland that included the Sevens debut of Quade Cooper.Cooper, 27, came on as a substitute in the final five minutes against Scotland and struggled at first to adjust to the rhythm of the seven-a-side format.However, he contributed four conversions in a 35-5 victory over Japan.The United States opened with a 19-12 victory over Wales, but wasted a 12-point lead in a sloppy 26-26 draw with Canada. DJ Forbes of New Zealand carries the ball against Portugal during the Las Vegas Sevens The Las Vegas tournament is the fifth stop in the 10-event series, which is even more in the spotlight this year with rugby making a return to the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in August.Fridays action drew a crowd of 18,441 - a record USA Sevens one-day attendance.Pool play continues on Saturday before the event concludes on Sunday.Watch coverage of the Las Vegas Sevens on Sky Sports 3 HD from 7.20pm on Saturday. Also See: Rugby on Sky Follow @SkySportsRugby Pundits Fixtures and results Cheap Titans Jerseys . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Steve McNair Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. http://www.cheaptitansjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-avery-williamson-jersey . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. Fernando Alonso believes the drivers that have had a chance to test Pirellis 2017 tyres this season will be at an advantage next year.Pirelli has conducted a series of tests with Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull between races this season in order to help develop its new wider tyres for 2017. The tests are blind for teams and drivers, with Pirelli acquiring the data before sharing it among all 11 teams to help them develop their cars for next year.So far Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Esteban Gutierrez, Pascal Wehrlein, Nico Rosberg and Red Bull test driver Sebastien Buemi have all tested the tyres, while Lewis Hamilton pulled out of this weeks test due to a foot injury McLaren opted not to take part in the tests so that it could focus on next years car, but Alonso rues not being able to try out the new tyres ahead of pre-season testing next year.I think its always nice, in terms of preparing yourself, to know exactly what to expect from the tyre behaviour the following year by having some test with the tyres, he said. In 2007 [when Alonso changed from Michelins at Renault to Bridgestones at McLaren], it was more or less a similar situation of an unknown tyre coming into play from one year to another, but we have also in the Pirelli era in 2011 the same conditions, swittching from Bridgestone to Pirelli. Ben Jones Jersey. . At that time it was the same for everybody, but this time its only a few drivers and few teams having that possibility [to test]. Thats the thing that seems a little bit unfair this year.Alonso has been critical of Pirellis high-degradation tyres in recent years, but next year the Italian tyre manufacture has been given the freedom to produce faster, more resilient tyres.Asked if he was confident Pirelli will deliver a better tyre in 2017, Alonso said: I think they are in very early days in the tyre testing, so lets wait to see the final result. Unfortunately we are not able to test the tyres, only a few drivers will test the tyres, and it would be nice to all have the same opportunity after the last race or something like that, but I know that has some implications on the current [car] design and for the tyres as well.Lets hope for a good tyre. I know they are testing more than they did any other year, so before the quality of the tyre performance was not as good as it could be because of the lack of testing, but now they have a test programme in place, so I expect a fantastic tyre next year. ' ' '