Watch every match of the SVNS World Series live and on-demand, exclusively on Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nIn the Women’s event, the Kiwis ended Australia\u2019s winning streak in the UAE thanks to relentless pressure from the opening whistle.<\/p>\n
They forced several mistakes as the class of the Paris gold medalists shone through, starting through Stacey Wakka in the corner.<\/p>\n
Kelsey Teneti extended the lead thanks to a nice in-and-out before Jorja Miller showed why she is the reigning Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
She darted through the defence right at half-time, giving New Zealand a 17-0 lead at the break.<\/p>\n
The Aussies couldn\u2019t find rhythm in the game, with their attack stifled by a black wave of defence. It was summed up early in the second half when Risi Pouri-Lane picked up the loose ball and ran away for another Kiwi try.<\/p>\n
Replacement Heidi Dennis provided impact for the Aussies, scoring twice in the Final to give the defending champions some spark.<\/p>\n
But it was not enough to stop the defending SVNS champions as Miller scored her second right before the full-time whistle.<\/p>\n
As for the Men, they reversed the fortunes of their group stage matches 24 hours earlier when Maurice Longbottom dived over for the opener.<\/p>\n
However, it came at a cost, with the veteran playmaker forced off the field due to injury.<\/p>\n
New Zealand hit straight back when a fortuitous bounce landed in Dylan Collier\u2019s lap for the response, extending their lead shortly afterwards via Tone Ng Shiu.<\/p>\n
Aden Ekanayake was bundled into touch right before half-time, before a massive moment in the game saw an Australian break blown up to check high contact, ending a clear scoring opportunity.<\/p>\n
The play was cleared, with the Aussies unable to press their claims for the levelling try on account of it happening after the half-time siren.<\/p>\n
When the match resumed for the second half, Sione Molia\u00a0capitalised on an Australian mistake for a 19-5 advantage.<\/p>\n
Will Cartwright sparked the Aussie comeback with a nice step and dive for the corner as Harry Wilson scored straight afterwards from the kick-off to reduce the lead to four.<\/p>\n
However, it was all in vain as Kiwi young gun Jayden Keelan sprinted away for the sealer.<\/p>\n
Wilson scored his second after the siren to reduce the margin, but it was all New Zealand in the UAE, making it two from two to start the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand have completed a clean sweep of the trans-Tasman Finals against Australia in the season-opening SVNS World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[106212,106211,111,43,139,69,106210],"class_list":["post-161448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-australian-mens-sevens","tag-australian-womens-sevens","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sevens-world-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}