Samoa romped to Cup success against USA in Adelaide to win back-to-back tournaments for the first-ever time in the IRB Sevens World Series.

Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has criticised the Rugby Football Union’s Director of Elite Rugby Rob Andrew.

Carl Hayman has eschewed overtures from both the NZRU and Newcastle and will play in Toulon next season, according to reports in Newcastle.

Samoan Sevens hero Mikaele Pesamino said that his team’s success in the IRB Sevens in Adelaide on Sunday had ‘come from the heart’.

Stephen Ferris fears Ireland were consumed by the occasion as their Croke Park farewell party ended with an anti-climatic upset.