2009 South Africa Sevens

The Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition took place on 11 December and 12 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, the second of eight Cup events at the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won its second consecutive title by defeating Fiji in the final.

Format

The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

Teams

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia
•  United States
•  Wales
•  Zimbabwe

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Kenya	3	2	1	0	95	19	76	8
South Africa	3	2	1	0	79	31	48	8
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	36	84	-48	5
France	3	0	0	3	26	102	-76	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-11	South Africa	38 - 14	France
2009-12-11	Kenya	50 - 0	Zimbabwe
2009-12-11	South Africa	29 - 5	Zimbabwe
2009-12-11	Kenya	33 - 7	France
2009-12-11	France	5 - 31	Zimbabwe
2009-12-11	South Africa	12 - 12	Kenya

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	112	19	93	9
Australia	3	1	1	1	35	50	-15	6
Portugal	3	1	0	2	33	83	-50	5
Russia	3	0	1	2	38	66	-28	4

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-11	Fiji	50 - 7	Portugal
2009-12-11	Australia	14 - 14	Russia
2009-12-11	Fiji	31 - 12	Russia
2009-12-11	Australia	21 - 5	Portugal
2009-12-11	Portugal	21 - 12	Russia
2009-12-11	Fiji	31 - 0	Australia

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	60	29	31	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	96	34	62	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	25	55	-30	5
United States	3	0	0	3	19	82	-63	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-11	New Zealand	22 - 24	Samoa
2009-12-11	Wales	15 - 12	United States
2009-12-11	New Zealand	57 - 0	United States
2009-12-11	Wales	0 - 26	Samoa
2009-12-11	Samoa	10 - 7	United States
2009-12-11	New Zealand	17 - 10	Wales

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	91	26	65	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	65	22	43	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	50	58	-8	5
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	14	114	-100	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-11	Scotland	5 - 15	Argentina
2009-12-11	England	45 - 0	Tunisia
2009-12-11	Scotland	26 - 14	Tunisia
2009-12-11	England	17 - 7	Argentina
2009-12-11	Argentina	43 - 0	Tunisia
2009-12-11	Scotland	19 - 29	England

Knockout

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Zimbabwe	17
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Russia	22
					Zimbabwe	12
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					Scotland	35
	Scotland	10
									12 December - Outeniqua Park
	United States	21
									Scotland	28
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
									France	19
	Wales	33
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Tunisia	0
					Tunisia	21
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					France	26
	Portugal	28
	France	17

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Zimbabwe	17
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Russia	22
					Russia	24
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					United States	5
	Scotland	10
									12 December - Outeniqua Park
	United States	21
									Russia	5
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
									Wales	14
	Wales	33
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Tunisia	0
					Wales	24
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					Portugal	7
	Portugal	28
	France	17

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Kenya	24
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Australia	12
					Australia	5
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					England	24
	England	19
									12 December - Outeniqua Park
	New Zealand	22
									England	21
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
									South Africa	7
	Samoa	19
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Argentina	26
					Samoa	7
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					South Africa	10
	Fiji	21
	South Africa	17

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Kenya	24
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Australia	12
					Kenya	14
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					New Zealand	17
	England	19
									12 December - Outeniqua Park
	New Zealand	22
									New Zealand	21
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
									Fiji	12
	Samoa	19
					12 December - Outeniqua Park
	Argentina	26
					Argentina	14
	12 December - Outeniqua Park
					Fiji	19
	Fiji	21
	South Africa	17

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos.	Player	Country	Points
1	William Ryder	Fiji	67
2	Ben Gollings	England	55
3	Mike Adamson	Scotland	53
4	Lavin Asego	Kenya	38
5	Mzwandile Stick	South Africa	36
6	Christian Wade	England	35
7	Joaquin Todeschini	Argentina	33
8	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	32
9	Collins Injera	Kenya	30
10	Diogo Miranda	Portugal	28

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos.	Player	Country	Tries
1	William Ryder	Fiji	7
2	Christian Wade	England	7
3	Collins Injera	Kenya	6
4	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	6
5	Mike Adamson	Scotland	5
6	Renauld Delmas	France	5
7	Ben Gollings	England	5
8	Zar Lawrence	New Zealand	5
9	Andrew Turnbull	Scotland	5
10	Cecil Africa	South Africa	4

External links

• South Africa Rugby 7s
• IRB Sevens
• South Africa 7s on irb.com