Sobering sevens Sydney battles in historic tune-ups

Maddison Levi scored twice and Maurice Longbottom produced a trademark side-step, but Australia's men's and women's sevens outfits were left winless in their Bledisloe Cup curtain-raisers in Sydney.

The Australian sides featured in historic Saturday fixtures, sharing the field with their 15-a-side equivalents for the first time when sandwiched between Wallaroos and Wallabies Tests at Accor Stadium.

But the men drew 19-19 with two-time Olympic champions Fiji, losing a scrum against the feed in the final seconds before conceding.

And the women, reigning world champions who had beaten rivals New Zealand twice on Friday, were clunky in a 21-12 defeat that followed on Saturday.

The men split their Friday double-header with Fiji and looked set to steal a win on Saturday with two late tries, including a Longbottom special when he stepped twice off his right foot to beat two men then scoot over.

Levi's double was not enough after the visitors scored the game's first three tries.

Both sides have recently resumed pre-season training ahead of their world series openers in Dubai next month.