Warriors’ Richard de Carpentier helped England Sevens to third place at the weekend’s Glasgow leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
Simon Amor's side fought out a tight contest with Australia in their tournament opener which ended in a draw, before they thumped Russia – with De Carpentier getting on the scoresheet.
They then defeated France to end the pool stages before seeing-off Canada in the Cup quarter-final.
However, they were edged 5-0 by New Zealand in the semi-finals but made amends to win the Plate Final against USA and securing third-place in the competition.
England are now fourth in the World Series Standings behind third-placed New Zealand, second-placed South Africa and leaders Fiji.
England Sevens results:
England 17-17 Australia
England 43-7 Russia
France 7-26 England
Canada 7-14 England
England 0-5 New Zealand
USA 19-24 England