Fiji, England cruise as Samoa bomb

Defending champions England and a buoyant Fiji side on Friday both cruised through to the quarter-finals of the IRB World Sevens Series here. But there was no place in the Cup quarter-finals for Samoa, who lost out on points difference to Argentina. A Joeli Lutumailagi hat-trick powered the Fijians to a 31-14 win over Samoa in their final pool match to set up a quarter-final against Australia. James Brown, Osea Kolinisau and Pio Tuwai also scored for the Fijians in an ill-tempered match that saw two red cards after a high tackle from Sitiveni Waqa was followed by punching from Uale Mai. ut it was not enough for the Samoans, who saw Argentina's 73-7 rout of debutants the United Arab Emirates count as enough to put the Pumas through at their expense. Two second-half tries from Richard Smith and a late effort from Tob Habberfield helped Wales to a comprehensive 33-14 win over Australia to finish the day unbeaten. The win meant the Welsh topped Pool D ahead of the Australians, having also snuck past Scotland (14-7) and Canada (15-12), with a quarter-final clash against Argentina set for Saturday. South Africa sprung a surprise on New Zealand, defending series champions and nine-time winners out of the last 12 seasons on the international sevens circuit. The Springboks notched up a 21-5 win in a game in which the Kiwis were badly outmuscled in the tackle and breakdown. Kyle Brown rode a poor tackle from New Zealand captain DJ Forbes to open the scoring, and a beautiful offload from Boom Prinsloo saw Robert Eberhsohn go in to take the Africans to a 14-0 half-time lead. Forbes brought his team back into contention with an early second-half try, but William Small-Smith hit back with a well-taken five-pointer for a decisive win and a quarter against France. In their deciding Pool C match, the French clocked up the first points on the scoreboard against England after Manoel Dall'Igna made the most of a clever Mathieu Acebes offload and some poor defence. Mat Turner got one back almost straight away and Dan Norton got a second after a strong run by the Fiji-born Isoa Damudamu. But France did not take it lying down and inspirational playmaker Terry Bouhraoua sped through for a converted try to equalise the scores at 12-12 at half-time. Norton, however, skinned Bouhraoua for an England lead, and a turnover in the red zone saw the speedster complete his hat-trick after good work from Rob Vickerman. Nick Royle added another try to seal a 29-12 victory to set up a tricky last eight match against New Zealand. Click here to find out more! RIM co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis said RIM remains "committed" to the PlayBook and "believes the tablet market is still in its infancy." "Although a number of factors have led to the need for an inventory provision in the third quarter, we believe the PlayBook... is a compelling tablet for consumers," Lazaridis said. "Early results from recent PlayBook promotions indicate a significant increase in demand across most channels," he said. "We look forward to continuing to grow the installed base of PlayBook users." RIM is scheduled to announce its third quarter results on December 15.