New Zealand have sailed into the women's semi-finals at the world sevens series event at Toulouse without conceding a point - but the Kiwi men have been bounced out before the quarter-finals.
After losing their final pool game 29-14 to Australia, the All Blacks Sevens wound up on the wrong end of a three-way tie on points differential, as the Aussies and United States advanced to the quarter-finals.
It was a lot smoother for the Black Ferns Sevens, who beat a determined Canada in their final preliminary, before overwhelming Brazil in the quarter-finals, keeping their fourth clean sheet in the process.
The NZ women barely touched the ball in the first half against Canada but somehow led 5-0 at halftime, then ran in two more tries in the second half.
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