The Adelaide 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 3 to 5 April in Adelaide, Australia and was the sixth Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series.
South Africa retained their title, and took an almost unassailable lead in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series, defeating rapidly improving Kenya in the final. England won the Plate, Samoa the Bowl and USA the Shield.
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
Cook Islands
England- France
- Fiji
- Japan
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Samoa
- Scotland
- South Africa
- Tonga
- United States
- Wales
Pool stages[]
Pool A[]
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts Australia
3 3 0 0 78 41 +37 9 England
3 1 1 1 70 45 +25 6 Samoa
3 1 1 1 69 55 +14 6 Portugal
3 0 0 3 10 86 -76 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-04-03 |  England
|
17 - 21 | Australia
|
| 2009-04-03 |  Samoa
|
26 - 5 |  Portugal
|
| 2009-04-04 | England
|
29 - 0 | Portugal
|
| 2009-04-04 | Samoa
|
26 - 19 | Australia
|
| 2009-04-04 | Australia
|
31 - 5 | Portugal
|
| 2009-04-04 | England
|
24 - 24 | Samoa
|
Pool B[]
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts Fiji
3 3 0 0 80 38 +42 9 Argentina
3 2 0 1 47 40 +7 7 France
3 1 0 2 41 47 -6 5 Scotland
3 0 0 3 26 69 -43 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-04-03 | Argentina
|
14 - 7 |  France
|
| 2009-04-03 |  Fiji
|
33 - 7 |  Scotland
|
| 2009-04-04 | Argentina
|
12 - 7 | Scotland
|
| 2009-04-04 | Fiji
|
21 - 10 | France
|
| 2009-04-04 | France
|
24 - 12 | Scotland
|
| 2009-04-04 | Argentina
|
21 - 26 | Fiji
|
Pool C[]
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts New Zealand
3 3 0 0 84 15 +69 9 Wales
3 1 0 2 53 67 -14 5 United States
3 1 0 2 39 65 -26 5 Tonga
3 1 0 2 40 69 -29 5
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-04-03 |  New Zealand
|
24 - 10 |  Wales
|
| 2009-04-03 |  United States
|
17 - 14 |  Tonga
|
| 2009-04-04 | New Zealand
|
33 - 0 | Tonga
|
| 2009-04-04 | United States
|
17 - 24 | Wales
|
| 2009-04-04 | Wales
|
19 - 26 | Tonga
|
| 2009-04-04 | New Zealand
|
27 - 5 | United States
|
Pool D[]
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts Kenya
3 3 0 0 54 19 +35 9 South Africa
3 2 0 1 85 22 +63 7 Japan
3 1 0 2 25 67 -42 5 Cook Islands
3 0 0 3 19 75 -56 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-04-03 |  South Africa
|
28 - 7 | Cook Islands
|
| 2009-04-03 |  Kenya
|
12 - 5 |  Japan
|
| 2009-04-04 | South Africa
|
43 - 0 | Japan
|
| 2009-04-04 | Kenya
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27 - 0 | Cook Islands
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| 2009-04-04 | Cook Islands
|
12 - 20 | Japan
|
| 2009-04-04 | South Africa
|
14 - 15 | Kenya
|
Knockout[]
Shield[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Samoa
|
27 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Scotland
|
14 | |||||||||
| Scotland
|
17 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Japan
|
14 | |||||||||
| Japan
|
19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Tonga
|
33 | |||||||||
| Scotland
|
21 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| United States
|
24 | |||||||||
| United States
|
19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands
|
31 | |||||||||
| United States
|
29 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Portugal
|
14 | |||||||||
| France
|
27 | |||||||||
| Portugal
|
12 | |||||||||
Bowl[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Samoa
|
27 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Scotland
|
14 | |||||||||
| Samoa
|
24 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Tonga
|
12 | |||||||||
| Japan
|
19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Tonga
|
33 | |||||||||
| Samoa
|
35 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| France
|
14 | |||||||||
| United States
|
19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands
|
31 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands
|
14 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| France
|
35 | |||||||||
| France
|
27 | |||||||||
| Portugal
|
12 | |||||||||
Plate[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Australia
|
5 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Argentina
|
12 | |||||||||
| Australia
|
38 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Wales
|
7 | |||||||||
| Kenya
|
33 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Wales
|
14 | |||||||||
| Australia
|
19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| England
|
24 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
|
0 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| South Africa
|
17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
|
14 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| England
|
21 | |||||||||
| Fiji
|
40 | |||||||||
| England
|
0 | |||||||||
Cup[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Australia
|
5 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Argentina
|
12 | |||||||||
| Argentina
|
5 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Kenya
|
17 | |||||||||
| Kenya
|
33 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Wales
|
14 | |||||||||
| Kenya
|
7 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| South Africa
|
26 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
|
0 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| South Africa
|
17 | |||||||||
| South Africa
|
21 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Fiji
|
10 | |||||||||
| Fiji
|
40 | |||||||||
| England
|
0 | |||||||||
Statistics[]
Individual points[]
| Individual points [1] Updated:2009-04-05 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| 1 | Richard Kingi | Australia |
46 |
| 2 | Renfred Dazel | South Africa |
43 |
| 3 | Lolo Lui | Samoa |
41 |
| 4 | Nasoni Roko | Fiji |
33 |
| 5= | Lionel Mapoe | South Africa |
30 |
| 5= | Kevin Swiryn | United States |
30 |
| 5= | Afa Aiono | Samoa |
30 |
| 5= | Ben Gollings | England |
30 |
| 5= | Tom Varndell | England |
30 |
| 10 | Martin Rodriguez | Argentina |
29 |
Individual tries[]
| Individual tries [2] Updated:2009-04-05 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
| 1= | Afa Aiono | Samoa |
6 |
| 1= | Lionel Mapoe | South Africa |
6 |
| 1= | Kevin Swiryn | United States |
6 |
| 1= | Tom Varndell | England |
6 |
| 5= | Alafoti Fa'osiliva | Samoa |
5 |
| 5= | Shaun Foley | Australia |
5 |
| 5= | Vereniki Goneva | Fiji |
5 |
| 5= | Collins Injera | Kenya |
5 |
| 5= | Nasoni Roko | Fiji |
5 |
| 5= | Niumaia Rokobuli | Fiji |
5 |
References[]
- ↑ IRB.com. "Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ "Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
External links[]
- IRB Sevens
- Adelaide Sevens on irb.com
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