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SYDNEY (AP) New Zealand beat Australia 27-24 in a thrilling final Sunday to win the Sydney leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series, though controversy from their meeting the previous day lingered.
Australia and New Zealand were drawn in the same group at the inaugural Sydney tournament and in the last pool match Saturday New Zealand scored a stoppage time try for a 17-17 draw with Australia which placed it atop Pool A. Replays later showed New Zealand had eight players on the field at the start of the movement that produced the decisive try.
World Rugby launched an investigation Sunday as New Zealand fought its way into the final and scored a try after the final hooter for its second-straight tournament victory.
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