London Sevens: England, All Blacks dumped out

11:33 AM GMT

Perry Baker ran in four tries as defending champions the USA dumped New Zealand out of the London Sevens quarterfinals.

Baker was cutting past New Zealand tacklers almost at will as he fired his side to a 42-14 victory and a semifinal berth at Twickenham on Sunday, with the All Blacks reduced to a place in the Plate last-four.

Hosts England were dumped out in similarly unceremonious fashion with a 17-0 defeat by old foes Scotland in the last Cup quarterfinal.

Cup quarterfinals

The USA produced Sunday's first upset as they ran out easy winners over a strangely off-colour New Zealand side in the Cup/Plate quarterfinals.

The All Blacks were dealt a blow early on when star man Sonny Bill Williams -- a World Cup-winner in the XV-a-side game -- was forced from the field with what appeared to be a knock to his ankle.

There was little sign of the thrashing to come when the sides reached the half-time break tied at 14-14, but four tries from the USA's Perry Baker capped a fine 14 minutes from the reigning London champions, who go on to face Scotland in the Cup semifinals.

The Scots booked their place in the last-four with a convincing 17-0 victory over tournament hosts England, who looked as though they were still half asleep under the sunny Twickenham skies.

England recorded three wins from three in Saturday's pool stage but had no answer to Scotland's three tries, which came via James Fleming, Mark Robertson, and Damien Hoyland. The hosts go on to face New Zealand in the junior Plate semifinals.

Sunday's other Cup semi will be contested by Fiji and South Africa, who saw off Argentina and France respectively. The losers make up the second Plate semi.

Bowl quarterfinals

After three straight pool-stage defeats, Samoa notched their first win of the weekend against Russia in Sunday's Bowl/Shield quarterfinals.

The Pacific Islanders were champions in Paris a week ago but looked a shadow of their former selves as they slumped to defeats by South Africa, the USA, and Canada in Saturday's Pool A. But they found their feet on Sunday, conquering a tough Russian side 22-17 and running in four tries in the process.

That result puts them through to the Bowl semifinals, where they will meet Southern Hemisphere rivals Australia. The men in green and gold endured a difficult Saturday, scoring just one win over Wales in the treacherous Pool B, and they were made to work hard for their 17-12 last-eight victory over Portugal.

The other Bowl semifinal will see Canada and Wales go head-to-head after victories over Brazil and Kenya respectively, with those two nations going on to face each other in the junior Shield last-four. Portugal and Russia will contest the second Shield semi.

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London Sevens: England, All Blacks dumped out