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Rugby Sevens: All Blacks Sevens complete double-double with World Cup title win

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Kurt Baker celebrates with the New Zealand sevens side. Photo / Instagram.

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New Zealand has won a World Cup Sevens double for the second time after the men's team beat England 33-12 in San Francisco today to follow the Black Ferns' win in the women's tournament.

The New Zealand teams won the men's and women's titles in Russia in 2013 and again were dominant.

Sione Molia scored two of New Zealand's five tries in the men's final, and South Africa held off Olympic champion Fiji 24-19 to take bronze.

The weekend results mean New Zealanders are the men's and women's World Cup holders in the traditional 15-a-side rugby and the sevens

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Scott Curry was named man of the match.

"I'm so proud of how we played ... working really hard for each other," Curry said after the win.

Kurt Baker posted a cheeky photo of the team celebrating on Instagram.

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"Winner winner chicken dinner." Baker said. "Unreal year with an unreal squad! #ishowered #thebooooys"

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New Zealand's Kurt Baker gestures toward fans after scoring. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
New Zealand's Kurt Baker gestures toward fans after scoring. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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