It was the perfect opener to the revamped HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Stunning weather, huge crowds and incredible rugby on the pitch made the Dubai Sevens a tournament to remember on the road to Rio 2016.

Fiji were in fine fettle all weekend, showing incredible skills, offloads and support lines that seem to be ingrained in Ben Ryan's coaching methods. England had beaten Australia, USA and Argentina going into the final and despite an early try from Tom Bowen it wasn't long until Fiji upped their game.

The World Reacts

40,000 tweets using #Dubai7s were sent out during the weekend's action, with over 145 million impressions on social media. It seems with the Olympics on the horizon, rugby sevens is picking up fans quick.

While South Africa were unable to defend their title at the Dubai Sevens, former Sprinbok winger Breyton Paulse is sure they will be looking for revenge at Cape Town.

Skill school

Pio Tuwai again proved himself to be a fan favourite throughout the Dubai Sevens. Big, strong and mobile, he was one of the standout players, probably because he can do stuff like this.

Fans couldn't get enough of it. The best in sevens and 15s? Can't be far off.

The plaudits just kept on coming for Pio...

To be fair he had been steadily cranking up the skills all tournament...

Time to celebrate

The celebrations at full-time were of epic proportions as Fiji notched up their first win of the series and took the momentum going into Cape Town.

 

Celebrate good time come on! #dubai7s

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There was also plenty of praise for head coach Ben Ryan who has been a revelation since taking over the side at the beginning of the 2014-15 series

But fan Jim Tucker is sure he has seen the head coach somewhere else before...