2009 South Africa Sevens

The South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. 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

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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

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Pool stages

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Pool A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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
 
  Tunisia21
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  France26
 
  Portugal28
 
 
  France17
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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
 
  Wales24
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  Portugal7
 
  Portugal28
 
 
  France17
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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
 
  Samoa7
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  South Africa10
 
  Fiji 21
 
 
  South Africa 17
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
 
  Kenya24
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  Australia12
 
  Kenya 14
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  New Zealand 17
 
  England19
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  New Zealand22
 
  New Zealand 21
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  Fiji 12
 
  Samoa19
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  Argentina26
 
  Argentina14
 
12 December – Outeniqua Park
 
  Fiji19
 
  Fiji21
 
 
  South Africa17
 

Statistics

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Individual points

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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

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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 Afrika   South Africa 4
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  • "SA Rugby Competition – 2009 IRB Sevens Series George". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  • IRB Sevens
  • South Africa 7s on irb.com
Preceded by George Sevens
2009
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