Sarah Goss lifts the Dubai Sevens trophy after New Zealand defeated Australia 17-5 in the final.

The New Zealand women's sevens team has avenged their Rio Olympics gold medal match defeat to Australia, beating their trans-Tasman rivals to win the Dubai Sevens.

Rookie Rebekah Cordero-Tufuga scored a try in each half after veteran Portia Woodman opened the scoring in the convincing 17-5 victory in the tournament final on Friday (Saturday NZ Time).

There was something extra in the post-match celebrations for the New Zealand side, who missed out on a gold medal in Rio in a 24-17 loss. The team performed their own haka after receiving their gold medals and tournament trophy.

TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES New Zealand's victorious women's sevens team perform their haka after winning the Dubai Sevens final.

Congratulations to New Zealand women's team who have won the #Dubai7s after beating @Aussie7s 17-5 pic.twitter.com/cHTFv0fjbW — World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 2, 2016

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TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES New Zealand players celebrate at the final whistle in Dubai after avenging their Rio Olympics gold medal match loss to Australia.

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🎥HAKA TIME! The last time we saw this, NZ took silver in Rio, this time in Dubai they have GOLD! 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/oLXI3OwTLD — World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 2, 2016

"I'm so happy right now," said captain Sarah Goss. "We've got a new team, new management and to beat Australia is great. To come back after the Olympics, it was tough, but to beat Australia in probably my favourite tournament, is so exhilirating for me."

GETTY IMAGES Michaela Blyde followed up her five tries on day one with five tries in New Zealand's quarterfinal and semifinal wins in Dubai.

Woodman, who was sin-binned in the Rio Olympics final, raced 80m to score the opening try in the second minute. After some stoic defence, player of the final Kelly Brazier stepped through the Australian defence just 10m out from the NZ line and found Cordero-Tufuga with a long pass for a 60m sprint to the line. Tyla Nathan-Wong's conversion off the left upright gave Allan Bunting's side a 12-0 halftime lead.

When Cordero-Tufuga added her second in the 11th minute, New Zealand had their first women's world series tournament title since April 2015 in sight. Emilee Cherry added a consolation try in the 13th minute for Australia to avoid the shutout.

🎥SNAP REACTION: First tournament as head coach and Allan Bunting's side collect gold! Not bad, not bad #dubai7s @nz7s pic.twitter.com/Ya4iaFBBs9 — World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 2, 2016

Earlier, Michaela Blyde followed up her five tries during pool play the previous day with a hat-trick against South Africa in a 39-0 quarterfinal rout and another two against Russia in a 24-5 semifinal win, taking her tournament tally to 10.

Having gone through pool play unbeaten, New Zealand were too good in the first quarterfinal of the day, then made short work of Russia in the semifinals.

Like the quarterfinal victory, Portia Woodman opened the scoring against Russia before Blyde added two scores for a 17-0 halftime lead. The Kiwis let up in the second half, with Katarina Whata scoring the lone New Zealand try.

Woodman crossed the chalk first against South Africa, before Blyde grabbed her sixth and seventh for the tournament. Blyde wasn't done, adding a third after the break to complete her second hat-trick of the tournament, killing off any chance of a South African comeback.

Woodman scored twice more to claim a hat-trick of her own, while captain Sarah Goss made sure it wasn't just a Blyde-Woodman show by crossing herself.

Your women's Dream Team for the #Dubai7s!



Who would you have chosen? pic.twitter.com/fbwjHzOk3v — World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 2, 2016

A NEW ERA

Meanwhile, the new era for the New Zealand men's sevens team under interim co-coaches Tomasi Cama and Scott Waldrom started with victories over Russia and Samoa before a loss to England in pool play.

New Zealand - in their first season not under the guidance of legendary coach Gordon Tietjens - were no match for England, falling behind 12-0 at halftime and only briefly threatening a comeback in the second half.

It left the Kiwis second in Pool C, behind England, and facing a quarterfinal matchup against undefeated South Africa at 9.06pm Saturday NZT. England will face Scotland, while Fiji meet France and Australia play Wales in the other quarterfinals.

Tries to Tom Mitchell and Charlie Hayter saw England take control early in the Pool C decider. Sherwin Stowers scored soon after the resumption - his third in three matches - as New Zealand closed to within 12-7. But Dan Norton quickly restored England's advantage and then Mitchell secured the win with his second in the final minute while New Zealand's Antonio Kiri Kiri was sin-binned.

New Zealand captain Scott Curry dotted down well after the final siren for his third try in two matches.

Following their opening 26-5 win over Russia, New Zealand held off Samoa 26-21 in their second pool match.

After letting in the opening try to Samoa Toloa, a patient buildup lasting minutes saw Dylan Collier open the scoring for the Kiwis. After Collier stole the kick-off, Stowers cut through the Samoan defensive line seconds later to score before Curry added another try for a 19-7 halftime lead.

Curry grabbed his second early in the second half to effectively put the match away before Samoa answered with a pair of late tries to Ed Fidow and Toloa.

Earlier, DJ Forbes led the team out against Samoa in his record breaking 80th tournament appearance and almost scored with his second touch of the ball, pulled down short of the line. Sione Molia crossed seconds later to get the New Zealand season underway.

Led by Waldrom and Cama, New Zealand didn't show too many new tricks early on, but were mistake-free and accurate on their return to the world series.

Some of the old issues did show their ugly heads, but it was nothing to do with coaching. Within two minutes, Beaudein Waaka walked off the field gingerly, evoking memories of Dubai in 2015 when seven of New Zealand's 12 players were injured.

Molia crossed for his second as Rocky Khan, on his return to international sevens, replaced Waaka and flung a wide ball to the flying Counties Manukau man. Stowers added New Zealand's third, before Forbes marked his record appearance with a try, his 138th in New Zealand black. Russia struck back to take the second half, but the win was secured easily by New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND RESULTS

Women

Quarterfinal: New Zealand 39 (Michaela Blyde 3, Portia Woodman 3, Sarah Goss tries; Tyla Nathan-Wong 2 con) South Africa 0. HT: 17-0

Semifinal: New Zealand 24 (Michaela Blyde 2, Katarina Whata, Portia Woodman tries; Tyla Nathan-Wong 2 con) Russia 5 (Nadezda Kudinova try). HT: 17-0

Final: New Zealand 17 (Rebekah Cordero-Tufuga 2, Portia Woodman tries; Tyla Nathan-Wong con) Australia 5 (Emilee Cherry try). HT: 12-0

Men

New Zealand 26 (Sione Molia 2, Sherwin Stowers, DJ Forbes; Beaudein Waaka con, Rocky Khan 2 con) Russia 5 (Kevin Akuabu try). HT: 26-0

New Zealand 26 (Scott Curry 2, Dylan Collier, Sherwin Stowers tries; Rocky Khan 3 con) Samoa 21 (Samoa Toloa 2, Ed Fidow tries; Tila Mealoi 2 con). HT: 19-7

England 26 (Tom Mitchell 2, Charlie Hayter, Dan Norton tries; Mitchell 3 con) New Zealand 12 (Scott Curry, Sherwin Stowers tries; Rocky Khan con). HT: 12-0