2007 Adelaide Sevens

The Adelaide Sevens, also known as the Australia Sevens, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 7 and 8 April, was played at the Adelaide Oval, South Australia. It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, replacing the Singapore Sevens, and is part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.

The competition was won by Fiji.

Contents 1 Pool stages 1.1 Pool A 1.2 Pool B 1.3 Pool C 1.4 Group D 2 Finals 3 Round 6 table 4 External links

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  England 3 2 0 1 56 36 7  Fiji 3 2 0 1 67 48 7  Tonga 3 2 0 1 52 41 7  Canada 3 0 0 3 33 83 3

Results Fiji 33 - 7 Canada England 5 - 12 Tonga Fiji 22 - 21 Tonga England 31 - 12 Canada Canada 14 - 19 Tonga Fiji 12 - 20 England

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  South Africa 3 3 0 0 93 7 9  Kenya 3 1 0 2 46 60 5  France 3 1 0 2 52 79 5  Japan 3 1 0 2 31 76 5

Results South Africa 15 - 0 Kenya France 12 - 19 Japan South Africa 42 - 0 Japan France 33 - 24 Kenya Kenya 22 - 12 Japan South Africa 36 - 7 France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 124 20 9  Australia 3 2 0 1 74 36 7  Wales 3 1 0 2 49 83 5  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 22 130 3

Results New Zealand 42 - 10 Wales Australia 46 - 0 Hong Kong Australia 24 - 15 Wales New Zealand 61 - 5 Hong Kong Wales 24 - 15 Hong Kong New Zealand 21 - 5 Australia

Group D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  Samoa 3 3 0 0 95 17 9  Scotland 3 2 0 1 53 52 7  Argentina 3 1 0 2 45 60 5  Portugal 3 0 0 3 24 88 3

Results Samoa 26 - 10 Scotland Argentina 19 - 17 Portugal Samoa 50 - 0 Portugal Argentina 19 - 24 Scotland Scotland 19 - 7 Portugal Samoa 19 - 7 Argentina

Finals

• 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan
• 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong
• 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada
• 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji
• SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong
• SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada
• SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina
• SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France
• SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia
• SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa
• SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa
• SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji
• Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada
• Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales
• Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa
• Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji

Round 6 table

Pos.	Country									Overall
1	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20			104
2	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16			94
3	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12			90
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6			80
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4			48
6	France	6	4	6	12	0	0			28
7	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8			24
8	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4			18
9	Kenya	0	0	4	0	0	12			16
10	Wales	0	8	-	-	4	2			14
11	Tonga	-	-	0	2	8	0			10
12	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0			8
13	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0			7
14	Tunisia	0	6	-	-	0	0			6
15	Russia	-	-	-	-	1	-			1
16	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
16	Japan	-	-	-	-	0	0			0
16	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	0	0			0
16	United States	-	-	-	0	0	-			0
16	South Korea	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	China	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	Italy	-	-	-	-	0				0
16	West Indies	-	-	-	0	-	-			0
16	Chile	-	-	-	0	-	-			0
16	Cook Islands	-	-	0	-	-	-			0
16	Papua New Guinea	-	-	0	-	-	-			0
16	Zimbabwe	0	0	-	-	-	-			0
16	Uganda	-	0	-	-	-	-			0
16	Arabian Gulf	0	-	-	-	-	-			0

External links

• IRB Sevens
• Adelaide Sevens
• Adelaide Sevens on rugby.com.au