Marcus Watson on the run during his last tournament for England Sevens

England have finished fourth at the Marriott London Sevens after losing to Fiji in the third place match.

Fiji, crowned HSBC World Sevens Series champions when they beat South Africa in the quarter-final, came out 26-12 victors against the home side.

England had earlier been beaten by eventual tournament champions USA in the semi-final while Australia had downed Fiji.

In the battle for third place, England led 12-7 at half-time thanks to scores from Tom Bowen and Richard De Carpentier in reply to a try from Isaka Katoninbau.

But Fiji roared back in the second period despite starting with six men, owing to an illegal challenge on Warwick Lahmert, as De Carpentier scored at the end of the first half.

Fiji answered with second half tries from Isaka Katoninbau, Josaia Wini, Rawaca and Osea Kolinisau to take the game away from the hosts.

In the semi-final, England succumb to USA 46-12 with the raw pace of the visitor’s Perry Baker and Carlin Isles proving the difference.

Former American Footballer Baker scored first and, from the resulting restart, captain Madison Hughes gathered the loose ball to give USA a quick-fire 12-0 lead.

England skipper Tom Mitchell hauled the hosts back into the game but USA immediately struck again with Hughes adding his second, showing great speed on the outside.

On the stroke of half-time Andrew Durutalo crashed over to give his side a 24-7 lead at the break.

The second half was all about the speedsters as, first, England’s Dan Norton raced away to give his side hope.

But that was as good as it got for the men in white as Baker responded by shrugging off a few tackles to score his second.

England’s hopes of a comeback faded as leader and talisman Tom Mitchell departed through injury mid-way through the second half.

For the USA, Baker was replaced by Isles, who added two tries in quick succession to underline his reputation as the quickest player on the sevens circuit.

This morning England produced a powerful performance to beat New Zealand in the quarter-final.

The hosts won a thrilling game 21-17 to progress to a semi-final against USA at Twickenham. The match was won at the breakdown and England bossed that area of the game from the off.

Charlie Hayter hit a sumptuous line to drive over the line but was adjudged not to have grounded the ball. However, England didn’t have to wait long for the first score.

Yet more sharp breakdown work saw a penalty awarded to the home side. Lahmert took a quick tap and strolled in under the posts.

In his final home tournament, before joining Newcastle Falcons, Marcus Watson treated the home fans to some magic as he produced some dazzling footwork to slash through the New Zealand defence and sprint in from deep inside his own half.

The hosts led 14-0 at half-time but New Zealand quickly hit back as Dylan Collier skipped through to dot down.

It was fitting that the ever-busy Captain Mitchell scored the decisive try. Watson sniffed the space on the blindside and once the play was switched back across the pitch, James Rodwell powered on and off-loaded to a well-placed Mitchell to score. He converted to make the score 21-7.

New Zealand pressed and scored through Akira Ioane and Gillies Kaka late on but England took the win.