LIVE: National Sevens play-offs as it happens

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Day one of the 2018 Bayleys National Sevens provided all the huge hits, sizzling steps and tremendous tries you could ask for. The prospect of even more action to come on day two should have fans more excited than Thor at a two-for-one hammer sale.

The big shock yesterday was the Counties Manukau men, who were the 2016 and 2017 champions, being knocked out in pool play. They came up against superb Waikato and Taranaki sides in Pool A and will play for the Bowl today.

Auckland were the standouts in the women's pool play. They won three out of three games in Pool C, scoring a combined total of 99 points and conceding just five.

Meanwhile, both of the host sides, Bay of Plenty men and women, got the job done in pool play and will play in the Cup quarter-finals today. The men play Taranaki on field one at 12.30pm and the women play the defending champions Counties Manukau at 10.25am on field two.

Waikato, Taranaki and Bay of Plenty are joined in the men's Cup quarter-finals by Auckland, North Harbour, Wellington, Tasman and Manawatu.

In the women's Cup quarter-finals, Auckland, Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty will be joined by Waikato, Canterbury, Otago, Manawatu and Wellington.