2009 Adelaide Sevens

The 2009 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2009, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2008–09 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held between 3 and 5 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.[1]

2009 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens X
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date3–5 April 2009
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Kenya
Plate
Winner England
Runner-up Australia
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up France
Shield
Winner United States
Runner-up Scotland
2008
2010

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 the US the Shield.[1]

Format edit

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.[2]

Teams edit

The participating teams were:[1]

Pool stages edit

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.[1][3]

Pool A edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 Australia33007841+379
 England31117045+256
 Samoa31116955+146
 Portugal30031086-763
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-04-03  England17–21  Australia
2009-04-03  Samoa26–5  Portugal
2009-04-04  England29–0  Portugal
2009-04-04  Samoa26–19  Australia
2009-04-04  Australia31–5  Portugal
2009-04-04  England24–24  Samoa

Pool B edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 Fiji33008038+429
 Argentina32014740+77
 France31024147-65
 Scotland30032669-433
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-04-03  Argentina14–7  France
2009-04-03  Fiji33–7  Scotland
2009-04-04  Argentina12–7  Scotland
2009-04-04  Fiji21–10  France
2009-04-04  France24–12  Scotland
2009-04-04  Argentina21–26  Fiji

Pool C edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 New Zealand33008415+699
 Wales31025367-145
 United States31023965-265
 Tonga31024069-295
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-04-03  New Zealand24–10  Wales
2009-04-03  United States17–14  Tonga
2009-04-04  New Zealand33–0  Tonga
2009-04-04  United States17–24  Wales
2009-04-04  Wales19–26  Tonga
2009-04-04  New Zealand27–5  United States

Pool D edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 Kenya33005419+359
 South Africa32018522+637
 Japan31022567-425
 Cook Islands30031975-563
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-04-03  South Africa28–7  Cook Islands
2009-04-03  Kenya12–5  Japan
2009-04-04  South Africa43–0  Japan
2009-04-04  Kenya27–0  Cook Islands
2009-04-04  Cook Islands12–20  Japan
2009-04-04  South Africa14–15  Kenya

Knockout edit

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.[1][3]

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
 Samoa27
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Scotland14
 
 Scotland17
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Japan14
 
 Japan19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Tonga33
 
 Scotland21
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 United States24
 
 United States19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Cook Islands31
 
 United States29
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Portugal14
 
 France27
 
 
 Portugal12
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
 Samoa27
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Scotland14
 
 Samoa24
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Tonga12
 
 Japan19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Tonga33
 
 Samoa35
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 France14
 
 United States19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Cook Islands31
 
 Cook Islands14
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 France35
 
 France27
 
 
 Portugal12
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
 Australia5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Argentina12
 
 Australia38
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Wales7
 
 Kenya33
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Wales14
 
 Australia19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 England24
 
 New Zealand0
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 South Africa17
 
 New Zealand14
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 England21
 
 Fiji40
 
 
 England0
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
 Australia5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Argentina12
 
 Argentina5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Kenya17
 
 Kenya33
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Wales14
 
 Kenya7
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 South Africa26
 
 New Zealand0
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 South Africa17
 
 South Africa21
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 Fiji10
 
 Fiji40
 
 
 England0
 

Statistics edit

Individual points edit

Individual points [4]
Updated:2009-04-05
Pos.PlayerCountryPoints
1Richard Kingi  Australia46
2Renfred Dazel  South Africa43
3Lolo Lui  Samoa41
4Nasoni Roko  Fiji33
5=Lionel Mapoe  South Africa30
5=Kevin Swiryn  United States30
5=Afa Aiono  Samoa30
5=Ben Gollings  England30
5=Tom Varndell  England30
10Martin Rodriguez  Argentina29

Individual tries edit

Individual tries [5]
Updated:2009-04-05
Pos.PlayerCountryTries
1=Afa Aiono  Samoa6
1=Lionel Mapoe  South Africa6
1=Kevin Swiryn  United States6
1=Tom Varndell  England6
5=Alafoti Fa'osiliva  Samoa5
5=Shaun Foley  Australia5
5=Vereniki Goneva  Fiji5
5=Collins Injera  Kenya5
5=Nasoni Roko  Fiji5
5=Niumaia Rokobuli  Fiji5

Reference list edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "IRB Sevens X Adelaide, Australia". rugby7.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ^ IRB.com. "Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  5. ^ "Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.

External links edit

Preceded by Adelaide Sevens
2009
Succeeded by