Las Vegas will host the United States leg of the International Rugby Board World Sevens Series from next year.

NEW ZEALAND pounced on numerous errors by the South Africans to take the George title of the IRB World Sevens series when they downed the hosts 24-17 in the final on Saturday.

Gordon D'Arcy and Jamie Heaslip have both been short-listed for the IRB World Players of the Year awards at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel on November 28.

Jonah Lomu has targeted next year’s Sevens World Cup as his rugby comeback date, according to a Sunday newspaper in New Zealand.