If it wasn't for Fiji the New Zealand sevens team would be out of the Olympics. Now the two sides will face off in the quarter-finals.

It took 110 years to build the All Blacks into a leading sporting brand and just 15 minutes to inflict serious damage.

For the second time in less than a year, Japan stunned a traditional rugby power at a global event - and it's destined to keep people interested.

Unhappy rugby fans are calling on New Zealand Rugby to drop the All Blacks tag given to our national sevens team. A poll on the New

The All Blacks sevens team have been shocked by Japan in the opening fixture of the Rio Olympics, going down 14-12 and losing Sonny Bill Williams to a leg injury.

The New Zealand men's sevens team recovered from this morning's shock defeat to Japan by winning their second pool game against Kenya.

Even emergency services get flustered when they meet Sonny Bill Williams, and sometimes it gets a little too distracting.

Japan have shocked the rugby world once again, beating the All Blacks sevens team in their Rio Olympics opener.

There was little anyone could do to console Portia Woodman, who believes she let New Zealand down in the Olympic women's sevens final.

WATCH: New Zealand women's sevens coach Sean Horan is reluctant to blame crucial refereeing blunder for his side's loss to Australia in this morning's final.

A love for rugby runs deep in the McAlister family, and despite falling short in her quest for a gold medal Kayla McAlister's dad Charlie couldn't be prouder.

The women's sevens team have claimed New Zealand's second silver medal of the Rio Olympics after falling to Australia in this morning's final.

COMMENT: This morning's Rio gold medal sevens confrontation between Australia and New Zealand will be a major contrast in playing styles.

Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey was on hand to watch as the New Zealand women's sevens team reached the gold medal match in Rio.

New Zealand's sevens sisters will take on Australia for the first women's rugby gold medal at the Olympic Games.

It's the New Zealand sevens men's team's turn at Rio 2016 and probably the most anxious person in the side will be their coach, Sir Gordon Tietjens.

New Zealand sevens star Tyla Nathan-Wong has praised her side's gutsy defensive effort following a tense 5-0 quarterfinal win over

A gift for rugby appears to be a familial trait for at least three of New Zealand's women Seven's team.

The New Zealand women's sevens rugby team has made a flying start to the Rio Olympics with Portia Woodman and Kayla McAlister the stand out figures.

Australia are the overwhelming favourites to win gold in the women's sevens, with New Zealand, at best, a lukewarm hope for silver.

Australia are the overwhelming favourites to win gold in the women's sevens, with New Zealand, at best, a lukewarm hope for silver.

They are what Ben Ryan, the English coach of the Fiji sevens team, half-jokingly refers to as "third-world problems". Like going six

Australian media are claiming they were snubbed by All Blacks Sevens star Sonny Bill Williams at a press conference at the Rio Olympics today.

Show me the money? Not in the Olympic village, according to New Zealand sevens kingpin Sonny Bill Williams.

Liam Messam is on his way to Rio Olympics after all, being named as a standby member of the squad.

Jarryd Hayne has ended the speculation by telling us all why he quit the San Francisco 49ers.

DJ Forbes and Niall Williams discuss their expectations ahead of the Olympics in Rio later this year.

All Blacks Sevens stars DJ Forbes and Niall Williams are getting ready for their last few weeks of preperation before the biggest

OPINION: Jarryd Hayne lost far more than he gained by quitting the NFL to chase a position in the Fiji Olympic rugby team.

This week, we look at sevens player Sam Dickson and his miraculous return from injury.