South Africa Sevens

The South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in South Africa. It is part of the Sevens World Series run by World Rugby. A South African leg of the World series has been included in every edition of the competition since it began in the 1999-2000 season.

The tournament was first held at Stellenbosch in 1999 before being moved to Durban for the next two seasons. For nine seasons from 2002 until 2010 it was held at George in the Western Cape, before moving to Port Elizabeth for the 2011 edition,[1] and Cape Town in 2015.[2]

Recent Finals

2014  South Africa 26 – 17  New Zealand
2013  South Africa 17 – 14  New Zealand
2012  New Zealand 47 – 12  France[3]
2011  New Zealand 31 – 26  South Africa
2010  New Zealand 22 – 19  England
2009  New Zealand 21 – 12  Fiji
2008  South Africa 12 – 7  New Zealand
2007  New Zealand 34 – 7  Fiji
2006  New Zealand 24 – 17  South Africa
2005  Fiji 21 – 19  Argentina
2004  New Zealand 33 – 19  Fiji

References

  1. ↑ "Port Elizabeth named as new host of SA Sevens event" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Green Point becomes new Sevens heaven". Super Sport. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "All Blacks Sevens win in SA". 3 News NZ. December 10, 2012.

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