Rugby World Cup-winning All Black Hosea Gear paid tribute to his Sevens teammates on yet another night of rugby success for New Zealand.

The kiwis retained their home Wellington title by beating Fiji to claim the Hertz Sevens, Gear's first home Sevens success.

“It is awesome. It is a tournament I have never been a part of before, so to play in it and to actually win it is amazing," said Gear, who won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Sevens in 2010.

"I have had the pleasure of being in the crowd and experiencing what it is like to watch (in Wellington) but to be playing is something that means a lot to me.

“It is always hard adjusting to the game but the boys have made me feel welcome and they have made it easy for me.”

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For coach Gordon Tietjens this was yet another Cup title in a catalogue of Series successes spanning back 13 years.

“It is really special, we love winning our own tournament, we know what it means to South Africa to win their home tournament and they just missed out on it, it has been taken away from us before a few years ago by England so for the young players it is an awesome experience and one they will never forget," said the veteran coach.

The victory over Fiji was also another step towards what could become a 10th World Series title for Tietjens and New Zealand.

"I think for any New Zealand team playing at home there is an expectation but I guess that is what it takes to play for the Silver Fern," added long-time captain, DJ Forbes.

“It is good momentum, but it is only a few points. It is going to be hard, but we now have two wins from South Africa and here so hopefully we can build on that.”

For Fiji the loss was a tough pill to swallow but they have the consolation of knowing that they are only three points behind New Zealand with five rounds still to play.

“We are very disappointed because we wanted to win the final for the people back home that are affected by the flood, but we couldn't and New Zealand were the best team today," said their flyer, Osea Kolinisau.

“We really need to perform well in Las Vegas now. We are still close to New Zealand but if they win in Las Vegas we could lose in the race.”

Other reaction

Kyle Brown, South Africa captain - Plate winners

"I suppose when you lose out in a Cup quarter final you've got to maximise your points for the rest of the tournament, and we did that.

"We had a really tough game against Canada, they're really showing how they're growing every single week, and then we met up with Tonga and played as clinically as we could to win.

"People don't really understand, they'll see these fixtures on the screen like South Africa-Canada and they'll write Canada off, but the way these sides are playing they're hugely competitive now.

"USA Sevens is a good tournament, it's been good to us these last couple of years, we enjoy playing there so we'll go there now and just try and be as clinical as we have been today."

Collins Injera, Kenya - Bowl winners

"We've played pretty well. We had quite a rough day yesterday and we wanted to redeem ourselves and we were up to the challenge.

"Those losses yesterday to Canada and France were painful for us and today we really wanted to play well.

Now we're really looking forward to the draw for Las Vegas and looking forward to playing there too."

Graham Shiel, Scotland coach - Shield winners

"It's been mixed to say the least. We put in a really good performance against New Zealand, against Samoa it was frustrating and then we played really well against Japan. And then this morning we didn't front up against Kenya, which was annoying to say the least, because we just didn't play well.

"We've soldiered through and played two teams in USA and Cook Islands in the Shield. It's been a tough day for us mentally as much as physically but at least we've come out of it with something.

"It's going to be a difficult week (ahead of Las Vegas). We have a number of injuries so it's going to be costly and a difficult week in preparation."