Australia and Samoa remain on track to meet in Sunday's final of the Oceania Sevens and square off for a spot at next year's Rio Olympics.
The tournament favourites both scored three convincing wins in pool play at the Trusts Stadium in west Auckland on Saturday, making them the respective top qualifiers for the quarterfinals.
Australia dealt to Nauru (62-0), Tonga (49-0) and the Cook Islands (46-7) to top pool A, while Samoa did the same in pool B with victories over the Solomon Islands (48-0), American Samoa (50-0) and Papua New Guinea (41-7).
After both failing to join New Zealand and qualify for Rio during this year's World Series, Australia and Samoa should have no trouble in advancing to the semifinals on Sunday morning.
The Aussies will face winless American Samoa and Samoa take on the other side unable to score a victory on Saturday, Nauru. Tonga and Papua New Guinea were the next best sides in pool play, both winning two from three.
The other quarterfinals have Tonga taking on the Solomons and Papua New Guinea facing the Cooks.
Meanwhile, Fiji are in the box seat to claim the lone Rio spot up for grabs in the five-team women's competition.
They were the only team to win all three of their matches on Saturday, with Samoa and the Cook Islands both winning two from three.
There are two final women's matches on Sunday morning (Samoa vs Cook Islands and Fiji vs Papua New Guinea), before semifinals and the title-deciding final.
Both the New Zealand and Australian women's teams qualified for Rio via this year's World Series.