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Dubai: New Zealand had to dig deep in Edinburgh to keep alive their hopes of an unprecedented sixth tournament win in the IRB World Sevens Series.
Gordon Tietjens's squad, already crowned overall victors before arriving at Murrayfield for the final tournament of the eight-leg championship, comfortably overcame Scotland in the quarterfinals with Tomasi Cama claiming two of his side's six tries.
But Samoa, who won last weekend's tournament at Twickenham, provided physically robust opposition in the last four and the men in black had to make all their experience count in wet and slippery conditions to come away with a 14-0 victory.
The hero was DJ Forbes who claimed a try in each half, Cama adding both conversions.
New Zealand surged through to their seventh final of the campaign, and were due to face England who overcame Wales in the other semifinal.
Results:
Bowl quarterfinals
Russia 0 Argentina 38; Kenya 10 Canada 19; Spain 33 Moldova 7
Australia 19 Portugal 5
Semifinals
Argentina 7 Canada 12; Spain 0 Australia 24
Cup quarter-finals
New Zealand 36 Scotland 14; Fiji 10 Samoa 17; Wales 19 France 10
South Africa 0 England 10
Semifinals
New Zealand 14 Samoa 0; Wales 0 England 7
Shield semifinals
Russia 7 Kenya 0; Moldova 0 Portugal 36
Plate semifinals
Scotland 19 Fiji 14; France 0 South Africa 19
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