Reaction at the USA Sevens in San Diego.
Day two
Gordon Tietjens, NZ coach
"It's a one off really, first time [winning four series titles in a row] and just a great result for us. We played particularly well this morning against Fiji and had a pretty good one against Kenya. The final was a bit stop-start but that's typical finals rugby sometimes and a good South African team as well, who we hadn't played for such a long time.
"We're just so good in contact and our defence in this tournament was simply outstanding - I attribute that to our success.
"Believe it or not the game plan for Fiji, Kenya and South Africa was exactly the same. It's the physical side of the game that we're loving at the moment and it's obviously working for us."
Jo Savou, Fiji coach
"I'm pleased that we finished with a win but it was the Cup final that we wanted to be in.
"For Hong Kong we will welcome back Semisi Naevo and William Ryder from Japan, also Nasoki Roko and Vunibaka and we're looking forward to that."
Nigel Melville, Chief Executive USA Rugby
"The IRB stopping here and bringing the tournament through America is very important to us. Our strapline over here is 'Inspiring Americans to fall in love with Rugby' and if you can't show them what it is, it's going to be very difficult to do that, so this weekend is an opportunity to show people what the modern game is all about.
"That's what we're preaching: You've got to see the modern game, not the one that you might have seen on the college campuses in the 70s and 80s.
"It's a special time for us. Great crowds, great rugby, an enjoyable place to come in San Diego, and it's a credit to everybody who's worked so hard to make it happen."
Benjamin Ayimba, Kenya coach
"I'm proud of the boys, they've done very well in this tournament after New Zealand, we've dug in deep here. I thank them for their maturity as well, coming back to play at the level they've reached this week.
"The fans are always a huge part in our performance, they're always appreciated.
"New Zealand are really on top of their game today and thanks to them they've showed us a few things that really need to go away and work on."
Day one
Gordon Tietjens, NZ coach
"It's always pleasing to go unbeaten on day one. I've also been able to give all my players a start today, which I wasn't able to do in Wellington so that was awesome. The likes of Solomon King and Tomasi Cama have really stood up and that's very good because it means there's a competition for places, which is always healthy.
"I don't really think about the records much but someone reminded me this week and if we can win the rest of our matches we'll go past the 35 unbeaten [achieved in 2002 by NZ] but for now we're just looking at playing a quarter final against either Samoa or Fiji."
Dan Lyle, Tournament Director, USA Sevens
"We're really excited, it's been a great first day in our second year. The number one thing for us, for the IRB, for the athletes and for USA Rugby is to get the people here and show off rugby to its best.
"We've exceeded our own expectations, we've had over 18,000 people here today, fantastic when you consider it was 24,000 over the two days last year, and hopefully we'll have more tomorrow.
"Long term growth really means that you have to get the San Diegans, the Americans involved in addition to the Samoans, the Fijians and the great foreign fans we get here and I think in that respect that we're well on the way."
Duncan Forrester, Argentina coach
"We are very pleased, especially after our horrible first day in Wellington. We had a big talk here, we wanted to win our three games today, not just qualify, and we did so I'm very happy for the boys.
"South Africa is a very tough team, but the guys are going to be good, hopefully I have no injuries and any side is tough in the quarter finals."
Ben Ryan, England coach
"We suffered a lot of humility on the first day last week and we worked hard this week and I'm really pleased for the players. There's a certain amount you can do as the coach but the players have to go out there and play and they did well out there today to gain a bit of respect.
"Isoa [Damudamu] fell awkwardly and I think he might have dislocated his shoulder, which would be a massive blow to us and to him. He missed out on Hong Kong last year through injury so it would be tough to miss it again this year. I think he's the best forward in world Sevens rugby, I think every coach would probably have him certainly in their squad, and probably as a starter, so it was a massive blow when he came off but it was good that the guys came off the bench and kept their composure against South Africa."
Al Caravelli, USA coach
"The first game [against South Africa] really wasn't the outcome we required, we just didn't play to our potential, against England we played well in the last six minutes, so against Mexico we said that we just wanted to keep our line intact, and tries followed because of our defence.
"This is the third time I've played England as a coach. The first time we lost 45-5, last year they beat us 24-10 and this year 28-21. We were disappointed and we continue to close the gap. We are making progress, I know the United States wants winners but they're starting to play with nice patterns and they're really on an upward curve.
"The [20,000] crowd is fantastic. I told the boys that if they make big hits the crowd will get behind you. We need to play well tomorrow and they'll get behind us again and if they do that we can really go all out for those two IRB points at the end of the day."
