2010 Hong Kong Sevens

2010 Hong Kong Sevens
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	March 26 - March 28, 2010
Cup
Champions	Samoa
Runners-up	New Zealand
Plate
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	South Africa
Bowl
Champions	Canada
Runners-up	Wales
Shield
Champions	Hong Kong
Runners-up	Russia
Tournament details
Top point scorer	Kurt Baker (61)
Top try scorer	Kurt Baker (9)
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The 2010 Hong Kong Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from March 26-28 in at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong and featured 24 teams. Samoa won its third consecutive Cup after defeating New Zealand in the final. With the victory, Samoa moved into first place in the World Series standings.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Incident 4 Pool stages 4.1 Pool A 4.2 Pool B 4.3 Pool C 4.4 Pool D 4.5 Pool E 4.6 Pool F 5 Knockout 5.1 Shield 5.2 Bowl 5.3 Plate 5.4 Cup 6 Statistics 6.1 Individual points 6.2 Individual tries 7 References 8 External links

Format

Qualification for the various trophy brackets is as follows:

• Cup and Plate — The six pool winners, plus the two top-rated second-place teams
• Bowl — The four remaining second-place teams, plus the four top-rated third-place teams
• Shield — The eight remaining teams

The 2010 edition saw several significant changes to the tournament format. Foremost among these changes was the introduction of the fourth-level Shield trophy, which had not previously been awarded in Hong Kong. More important within the context of the IRB Sevens as a whole, the Cup and Plate are now contested in the same manner as in other competitions, with the losing quarterfinalists in the Cup parachuting into the Plate semifinals.

Teams

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Hong Kong
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  South Korea
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  Thailand
•  Tonga
•  United States
•  Wales
•  Zimbabwe

Incident

One spectator dressed in fancy costume invaded the pitch. He jumped down from the south stand, climbed onto the crossbar at the south end of the stadium for several minutes whilst hapless security guards watched; he dodged back into the stands and evaded capture.^[1]

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	85	38	47	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	75	33	42	7
Italy	3	1	0	2	26	94	-68	5
Russia	3	0	0	3	36	57	-21	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	Samoa	40 - 12	Italy
2010-03-26	Argentina	19 - 12	Russia
2010-03-27	Argentina	42 - 0	Italy
2010-03-27	Samoa	24 - 12	Russia
2010-03-27	Russia	12 - 14	Italy
2010-03-27	Samoa	21 - 14	Argentina

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	117	10	107	9
France	3	2	0	1	75	55	20	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	54	39	15	5
Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	22	164	-142	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	New Zealand	59 - 5	Chinese Taipei
2010-03-26	Scotland	7 - 12	France
2010-03-27	Scotland	42 - 5	Chinese Taipei
2010-03-27	New Zealand	36 - 0	France
2010-03-27	France	56 - 12	Chinese Taipei
2010-03-27	New Zealand	22 - 5	Scotland

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	165	26	139	9
United States	3	2	0	1	91	48	43	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	67	62	5	5
Thailand	3	0	0	3	7	194	-187	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	Fiji	82 - 7	Thailand
2010-03-26	United States	17 - 10	Portugal
2010-03-27	United States	62 - 0	Thailand
2010-03-27	Fiji	45 - 7	Portugal
2010-03-27	Portugal	50 - 0	Thailand
2010-03-27	Fiji	38 - 12	United States

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	114	36	78	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	36	53	-17	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	63	57	6	5
China	3	0	0	3	31	98	-67	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	Australia	45 - 12	China
2010-03-26	Canada	12 - 10	Tonga
2010-03-27	Canada	12 - 7	China
2010-03-27	Australia	33 - 12	Tonga
2010-03-27	Tonga	41 - 12	China
2010-03-27	Australia	36 - 12	Canada

Pool E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	116	5	111	9
Japan	3	1	0	2	50	64	-14	5
Wales	3	1	0	2	36	57	-21	5
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	28	104	-76	5

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	England	45 - 0	Hong Kong
2010-03-26	Wales	12 - 10	Japan
2010-03-27	Wales	19 - 21	Hong Kong
2010-03-27	England	45 - 0	Japan
2010-03-27	Japan	40 - 7	Hong Kong
2010-03-27	England	26 - 5	Wales

Pool F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	89	29	60	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	82	28	54	7
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	46	76	-30	5
South Korea	3	0	0	3	38	122	-84	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-03-26	South Africa	28 - 15	Zimbabwe
2010-03-26	Kenya	51 - 7	South Korea
2010-03-27	South Africa	40 - 7	South Korea
2010-03-27	Kenya	24 - 0	Zimbabwe
2010-03-27	Zimbabwe	31 - 24	South Korea
2010-03-27	Kenya	7 - 21	South Africa

Knockout

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	March 28 - Hong Kong
	Zimbabwe	43
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	Thailand	12
					Zimbabwe	14
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Russia	17
	China	17
									March 28 - Hong Kong
	Russia	31
									Russia	17
	March 28 - Hong Kong
									Hong Kong	19
	Hong Kong	31
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	South Korea	14
					Hong Kong	26
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Italy	19
	Chinese Taipei	12
	Italy	45

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	March 28 - Hong Kong
	Argentina	12
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	Wales	17
					Wales	26
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Scotland	7
	Scotland	12
									March 28 - Hong Kong
	Japan	10
									Wales	19
	March 28 - Hong Kong
									Canada	35
	Canada	26
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	Tonga	0
					Canada	26
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Portugal	24
	Portugal	17
	France	7

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	March 28 - Hong Kong
	Samoa	24
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	United States	7
					United States	12
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Australia	21
	England	26
									March 28 - Hong Kong
	Australia	19
									Australia	12
	March 28 - Hong Kong
									South Africa	5
	Fiji	14
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	South Africa	12
					South Africa	19
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					Kenya	12
	Kenya	12
	New Zealand	21

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	March 28 - Hong Kong
	Samoa	24
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	United States	7
					Samoa	28
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					England	24
	England	26
									March 28 - Hong Kong
	Australia	19
									Samoa	24
	March 28 - Hong Kong
									New Zealand	21
	Fiji	14
					March 28 - Hong Kong
	South Africa	12
					Fiji	28
	March 28 - Hong Kong
					New Zealand	33
	Kenya	12
	New Zealand	21

 South Africa was the third team to score 1,000 overall points after finishing on top of Group F

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos.	Player	Country	Points
1	Kurt Baker	New Zealand	61
2	Gardener Nechironga	Zimbabwe	48
3	James Stannard	Australia	44
4	Cecil Afrika	South Africa	41
5=	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	40
5=	Kevin Swiryn	United States	40
7=	Lolo Lui	Samoa	39
7=	Keith Robertson	Hong Kong	39
9	Philip Mack	Canada	38
10	Emosi Vucago	Fiji	37

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos.	Player	Country	Tries
1	Kurt Baker	New Zealand	9
2=	Gardener Nechironga	Zimbabwe	8
2=	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	8
2=	Kevin Swiryn	United States	8
5=	Goncalo Foro	Portugal	6
5=	Brackin Karauria-Henry	Australia	6
5=	Niumaia Rokobuli	Fiji	6
5=	Rowan Varty	Hong Kong	6
9=	Oliver Lindsay-Hague	England	5
9=	James Rodwell	England	5
9=	Nick Royle	England	5

References

External links

• Pools and Matches Set for Hong Kong Sevens

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Hong Kong Sevens 2010

Succeeded by London Sevens

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