2010 Adelaide Sevens

2010 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens XI
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 19–21 March 2010
Cup
Champions  Samoa
Runners-up  United States
Plate
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  South Africa
Bowl
Champions  England
Runners-up  Kenya
Shield
Champions  Japan
Runners-up  Tonga
Tournament details
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The 2010 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2010, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2009–10 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held between the 19th and 21st of March at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.[1]

Samoa picked up their second consecutive Cup win, following on from their victory in the USA Sevens. In a major surprise, their opponent in the final was the USA, who advanced to their first-ever Cup final. Samoa's 38–10 win enabled them to narrow the gap behind series leaders New Zealand to only 2 points.[2][3]

New Zealand, who were knocked out of the Cup competition by Samoa, gained the consolation prize of the Plate, defeating reigning series champions South Africa in the final. The Bowl was won by England and the Shield by Japan.[2][3]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each group progressed 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 progressed 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.[4]

Teams

The participating teams were:[2]

Pool stage

The tournament started on the Friday night and Saturday with matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.[2][3]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 33001047+979
 Argentina 32014071-317
 Tonga 31023952-105
 Scotland 30031467-533
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-03-19  New Zealand 31 - 0  Scotland
2010-03-19  Argentina 19 - 17  Tonga
2010-03-20  New Zealand 26 - 0  Tonga
2010-03-20  Argentina 14 - 7  Scotland
2010-03-20  Scotland 7 - 22  Tonga
2010-03-20  New Zealand 47 - 7  Argentina

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 South Africa 32109012+788
 Samoa 32109929+708
 Japan 310226109-835
 France 30032792-653
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-03-19  Samoa 33 - 12  France
2010-03-19  South Africa 40 - 0  Japan
2010-03-20  Samoa 54 - 5  Japan
2010-03-20  South Africa 38 - 0  France
2010-03-20  France 15 - 21  Japan
2010-03-20  Samoa 12 - 12  South Africa

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Wales 32018936+507
 Fiji 32017424+507
 Kenya 32015333+207
 Papua New Guinea 300312132-1203
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-03-19  Fiji 12 - 17  Wales
2010-03-19  Kenya 27 - 7  Papua New Guinea
2010-03-20  Fiji 41 - 0  Papua New Guinea
2010-03-20  Kenya 19 - 5  Wales
2010-03-20  Wales 64 - 5  Papua New Guinea
2010-03-20  Fiji 21 - 7  Kenya

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 33009317+769
 United States 32015364–117
 England 31027141+305
 Niue 300312107–953
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-03-19  England 21 - 24  United States
2010-03-19  Australia 40 - 5  Niue
2010-03-20  England 38 - 0  Niue
2010-03-20  Australia 36 - 0  United States
2010-03-20  United States 29 - 7  Niue
2010-03-20  England 12 - 17  Australia

Knockout

Play on the last day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.[2][3]

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 March - Adelaide, Australia        
  Tonga  0
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  France  38  
  Tonga  45
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Papua New Guinea  0  
  England  47
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Papua New Guinea  0  
  Tonga  19
21 March - Adelaide, Australia    
    Japan  22
  Kenya  25
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Niue  7  
  Niue  5
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Japan  22  
  Japan  15
  Scotland  21  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 March - Adelaide, Australia        
  Tonga  0
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  France  38  
  France  0
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      England  19  
  England  47
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Papua New Guinea  0  
   England   33
21 March - Adelaide, Australia    
     Kenya   12
  Kenya  25
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Niue  7  
  Kenya  36
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Scotland  12  
  Japan  15
  Scotland  21  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 March - Adelaide, Australia        
  New Zealand  19
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Samoa  24  
  New Zealand  24
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Fiji  21  
  Australia  26
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Fiji  22  
   New Zealand   21
21 March - Adelaide, Australia    
     South Africa   14
  Wales  10
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  United States  12  
  Wales  0
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      South Africa  29  
  South Africa  14
  Argentina  17  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 March - Adelaide, Australia        
  New Zealand  19
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Samoa  24  
  Samoa  26
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Australia  12  
  Australia  26
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  Fiji  22  
  Samoa  38
21 March - Adelaide, Australia    
    United States  10
  Wales  10
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
  United States  12  
  United States  28
21 March - Adelaide, Australia
      Argentina  12  
  South Africa  14
  Argentina  17  
 

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos. Player Country Points
1 Ben Gollings  England 60
2 Mikaele Pesamino  Samoa 57
3 Sampie Mastriet  South Africa 45
4 Tomasi Cama  New Zealand 40
5 Lolo Lui  Samoa 39
6 Cecil Afrika  South Africa 38
7 James Stannard  Australia 34
8 Fautua Otto  Samoa 32
9 Innocent Simiyu  Kenya 30
9 Diego Palma  Argentina 30

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos. Player Country Tries
1 Mikaele Pesamino  Samoa 11
2 Sampie Mastriet  South Africa 9
3 Fautua Otto  Samoa 6
3 Diego Palma  Argentina 6
3 Innocent Simiyu  Kenya 6
6 Brackin Karauria-Henry  Australia 5
6 Humphrey Kayange  Kenya 5
6 Sake Tokula  New Zealand 5
6 Collins Injera  Kenya 5
6 Alisi Tupuailei  Japan 5
6 Koji Wada  Japan 5

Reference list

  1. ↑ "Rugby Sevens kick off at Adelaide Oval 19-21 March". Glam Adelaide. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "IRB Sevens XII Adelaide, Australia. 4/2/2011 - 4/3/2011". rugby7.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

External links

Preceded by
USA Sevens		 Adelaide Sevens
2010 		Succeeded by
Hong Kong Sevens
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