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2019 South Africa Sevens

The 2019 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 21st South Africa Sevens tournament. It was held on 13–15 December 2019 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[1][2][3]

2019 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XXI
Host nation South Africa
Date13–15 December 2019
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Third France
Tournament details
Matches played36
Tries scored225 (average 6.25 per match)
Most points Jean-Pascal Barraque
(54 points)
Most tries Jean-Pascal Barraque
(6 tries)
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Fiji, the United States and South Africa – three of the top four teams from the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series – were all drawn into Pool A.

Format edit

The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.

Teams edit

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Japan.

Pool stage edit

All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 96 29 +67 9
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 96 47 +49 7
  United States 3 1 0 2 71 49 +22 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 7 145 −138 3
13 December 2019
19:35
United States  14–28  Fiji
Try: Tomasin 9' c
Baker 15' c
Con: Hughes (2/2) 9', 15'		ReportTry: Tuimaba (2) 5' c, 6' c
Botitu 11' c
Naduva 12' c
Con: Bolaca (2/2) 5', 7'
Nacuqu (2/2) 11', 13'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
13 December 2019
20:03
South Africa  49–0  Japan
Try: Senatla (2) 1' c, 10' c
Arendse (2) 4' c, 7' c
Pretorius 8' c
S. Davids 12' c
Nel 14' c
Con: Geduld (4/4) 2', 4', 7', 8'
Specman (3/3) 10', 12', 15'		Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
14 December 2019
13:29
United States  42–0  Japan
Try: Isles 6' c
Barrett 7' c
Hughes (2) 8' c, 14' c
Tomasin 11' c
Williams 15'
Con: Hughes (5/5) 6', 8', 9', 14', 16'
Tomasin (1/1) 11'		Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
14 December 2019
13:51
South Africa  26–14  Fiji
Try: Specman 6' c
Senatla 8' m
Nel 10' c
Geduld 12' c
Con: Geduld (3/4) 7', 11', 13'		ReportTry: Tuwai 3' c
Botitu 5' c
Con: Bolaca (2/2) 3', 5'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
14 December 2019
19:35
Fiji  54–7  Japan
Try: Tuwai 3' c
Nacuqu (3) 4' c, 7' c, 10' c
Naduva 6' c
Dranisinukula 10' c
Vakurunabili 8' m
Tuimaba 11' c
Con: Nacuqu (4/4) 3', 5', 6', 7'
Bolaca (1/2) 11'
Botitu (2/2) 10', 11'		ReportTry: Hayashi 14' c
Con: Nakazawa (1/1) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 December 2019
20:03
South Africa  21–15  United States
Try: Sage 3' c
Specman 5' c
S. Davids 11' c
Con: Geduld (3/3) 3', 6', 12'		ReportTry: Isles 7' m
Leuta 13' m
Baker 14' m
Con: Hughes (0/2)
Tomasin (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 95 26 +69 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 92 40 +52 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 43 80 −37 5
  Wales 3 0 0 3 21 105 −84 3
13 December 2019
18:35
Argentina  33–21  Canada
Try: Sábato (2) 1' c, 8' c
Schulz 5' m
Luna 10' c
Ulloa 12' c
Con: Mare (3/4) 2', 9', 10'
Ulloa (1/1) 13'		ReportTry: Braid 3' c
Sauder (2/2) 14' c, 15' c
Con: Hirayama (1/1) 3' c
Coats (2/2) 14', 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
13 December 2019
19:05
New Zealand  43–7  Wales
Try: Knewstubb 3' c
Ware 6' m
Webber 8' c
Mikkelson 9' m
Rokolisoa (2) 11' c, 13' c
McGarvey-Black 12' m
Con: Knewstubb (3/6) 3', 8', 11'
Dickson (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Gasson 4' c
Con: Treharne (1/1) 5'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 December 2019
12:45
Argentina  45–0  Wales
Try: Schulz (2) 3' c, 5' c
Etchart 4' c
Ulloa 7' c
Prisciantelli 9' c
González 12' m
Del Mestre 15'
Con: Mare (4/4) 4', 5', 6', 7'
Ulloa (1/3) 10'		Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
14 December 2019
13:07
New Zealand  33–5  Canada
Try: Collier 2' c
Curry 8' c
Mikkelson 11' m
Ware 14' c
Dickson 15' c
Con: Baker (2/2) 2', 8'
McGarvey-Black (2/2) 14', 16'
Rokolisoa (0/1)		ReportTry: Fuailefau 9' m
Con: Hirayama (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
14 December 2019
18:35
Canada  17–14  Wales
Try: Sauder (2) 4' m, 9' c
Mullins 7' m
Con: Hirayama (1/3) 9'		ReportTry: Lewis 12' c
Jones 14' c
Con: Treharne (2/2) 12', 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
14 December 2019
19:05
New Zealand  19–14  Argentina
Try: Webber (2) 4', 9' c
Knewstubb 10' m
Con: Knewstubb (2/2) 5', 9'
McGarvey-Black (0/1)		ReportTry: Osadczuk 6' c
Revol 15'
Con: Mare (1/1) 7'
Ulloa 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 97 38 +59 9
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 67 67 0 7
  England 3 1 0 2 69 66 +3 5
  Spain 3 0 0 3 33 95 −62 3
13 December 2019
17:21
France  40–7  Spain
Try: Veredamu 1' c
Barraque 4' c
Parez 8' c
Lakafia 11' m
Siega (2) 14' c, 16' c
Con: Barraque (3/4) 2', 5', 9'
Mazzoleni (2/2) 14', 16'		ReportTry: Rodriguez-Guerra 8' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
13 December 2019
17:43
England  24–26  Scotland
Try: Norton 8' m
Emery 9' m
Lindsay-Hague 10' c
Glover 14' c
Con: Bibby (2/4) 10', 14'		ReportTry: Fergusson 4' c
McCann 11' c
Pecqueur 12' c
Sofolarin 15' m
Con: Lowe (2/3) 4', 13'
Fergusson (1/1) 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
14 December 2019
12:01
France  24–19  Scotland
Try: Barraque 7' m
Parez 8' m
Penalty try 10'
Veredamu 11' c
Con: Barraque (1/3) 12'		ReportTry: Pecqueur 4' c
Brown 5' c
Sofolarin 12' m
Con: Lowe (2/3) 5', 6'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
14 December 2019
12:23
England  33–7  Spain
Try: Bowen 1' c
Norton 4' m
Edwards 6'
Lindsay-Hague 10' c
Glover 14' c
Con: Edwards (4/5) 1', 6', 10', 14'		ReportTry: Ramos 8' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 December 2019
17:51
Spain  19–22  Scotland
Try: Losada (2) 5' c, 15'
Fontes 10' c
Con: Hernández (2/2) 5', 10'		ReportTry: Brown 2' m
McFarland 7' c
Pecqueur (2) 10' m, 12' m
Con: Lowe (1/4) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
14 December 2019
18:13
England  12–33  France
Try: Burgess 2' c
Lindsay-Hague 14' m
Con: Edwards (1/2) 3'		ReportTry: Barraque (3) 4' c, 11' c, 15' c
Lakafia 9' m
Siega 13' c
Con: Barraque (4/5) 5', 12', 13', 15'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Ireland 3 2 1 0 78 59 +19 8
  Kenya 3 2 1 0 60 50 +10 8
  Australia 3 1 0 2 52 52 0 5
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 47 76 −29 3
13 December 2019
16:37
Australia  21–26  Ireland
Try: Pincus (2) 1' c, 14' c
Hutchison 9' c
Con: Coward (3/3) 2', 9', 14'		ReportTry: O'Sullivan 6' c
O'Donnell 11' c
Dardis 13' c
Kennedy 16'
Con: Dardis (3/3) 7', 12', 13'
Roche (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
13 December 2019
16:59
Samoa  19–24  Kenya
Try: Perez (2) 7' c, 15' m
Tuatagaloa 13' c
Con: Alosio (1/1) 7'
Tuatagaloa (1/1) 14'
Vaili (0/1)		ReportTry: Sikuta 3' m
Otieno 5' m
Taabu 10' c
Odhiambo 11' c
Con: Taabu (2/4) 11', 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
14 December 2019
10:57
Australia  7–12  Kenya
Try: Pincus 7' c
Con: Holland (1/1) 8'		ReportTry: Onyala 4' c
Otieno 11' m
Con: Taabu (1/2) 4'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
14 December 2019
11:19
Samoa  14–28  Ireland
Try: Tuatagaloa 5' c
Motuga 14' c
Con: Alosio (1/1) 5', 15'		ReportTry: Conroy 8' c
McNulty 8' c
O'Donnell 10' c
Kennedy 11' c
Con: Dardis (4/4) 8', 9', 9', 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
14 December 2019
16:47
Ireland  24–24  Kenya
Try: Lennox 2' c
O'Sullivan 5' m
Conroy (2) 9' c, 16' m
Con: Dardis (2/3) 3', 9'
Roche (0/1)		ReportTry: Amonde 4' c
Onyala 7' c
Olindi 10' m
Otieno 11' m
Con: Taabu (2/3) 4', 7'
Olindi (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
14 December 2019
17:05
Samoa  14–24  Australia
Try: Tuitama (2) 8' c, 15' c
Con: Alosio (2/2) 8', 15'		ReportTry: Turner (2) 3' m, 8' c
McMahon 5' m
Kennewell 6' c
Con: Holland (2/4) 7', 9'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Placement matches edit

Fifteenth place edit

15 December 2019
15:48
Wales  15–19  Japan
Try: Dyer 1' m
Treharne 10' m
Wood 15' m
Con: Treharne (0/3)		ReportTry: Kano (2) 5' c, 11'
Tuiaki 13' c
Con: Fujita (1/1) 5'
Kano (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Thirteenth place edit

15 December 2019
16:10
Samoa  38–7  Spain
Try: Solia 6' c
Tuatagaloa 7' c
Tuitama 8' m
Alosio 9' c
Scanlan 13' c
Masoe 14' m
Con: Alosio (3/4) 6', 8', 10', 13'
Vaili (0/1)		ReportTry: Ramos 12' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 12'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Eleventh place edit

15 December 2019
16:32
Australia  5–22  Canada
Try: Skelton 5' m
Con: Holland (0/1)		ReportTry: Kay 3' c
Berna 7' m
Richard 9' m
Morra 12' m
Con: Kay (1/2) 4'
Braid (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

Ninth place edit

15 December 2019
16:54
United States  17−12  England
Try: Unufe 3' m
Barrett 6' m
Isles 8' c
Con: Hughes (1/3) 9'		ReportTry: Lindsay-Hague 2' c
Norton 13' m
Con: Edwards (1/2) 3'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Knockout stage edit

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
15 December – 11:28 – Cape Town
 
 
  South Africa17
 
15 December – 14:44 – Cape Town
 
  Kenya5
 
  South Africa21
 
15 December – 11:50 – Cape Town
 
  France14
 
  France19
 
15 December – 18:56 – Cape Town
 
  Argentina10
 
  South Africa5
 
15 December – 12:12 – Cape Town
 
  New Zealand7
 
  Ireland12
 
15 December – 15:06 – Cape Town
 
  Fiji31
 
  Fiji7
 
15 December – 12:34 – Cape Town
 
  New Zealand24 Third place
 
  New Zealand35
 
15 December – 17:59 – Cape Town
 
  Scotland19
 
  France29 (a.e.t)
 
 
  Fiji24
 

Quarter-finals edit

15 December 2019
11:28
South Africa  17–5  Kenya
Try: Nel (2) 5' m, 9' c
S. Davids 13' m
Con: Geduld (1/2) 9'		ReportTry: Otieno 3' m
Con: Taabu (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
11:50
France  19–10  Argentina
Try: Lakafia 5' c
Siega 10' c
Riva 14' m
Con: Barraque (2/3) 5', 10'		ReportTry: Etchart 2' m
Sábato 6' m
Con: Mare (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
15 December 2019
12:12
Ireland  12–31  Fiji
Try: Conroy 4' c
Kennedy 9' m
Con: Dardis (1/2) 5'		ReportTry: Bolaca 6' c
Tuimaba 8' c
Nacuqu (2) 11' m, 13' c
Naduva 15' m
Con: Bolaca (2/3) 7', 9'
Nacuqu (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
12:34
New Zealand  35–19  Scotland
Try: Ng Shiu (2) 3' c, 6' c
Knewstubb 5' c
Baker (2) 8' c, 10' c
Con: Knewstubb (4/4) 4', 6', 7', 9'
Baker (1/1) 11'		ReportTry: Fife 9' m
Pecqueur 13' c
Bickerstaff 13' c
Con: Fergusson (1/1) 13'
Lowe (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Semi-finals edit

15 December 2019
14:44
South Africa  21–14  France
Try: Nel 9' c
Pretorius 9' c
Soyizwapi 13' c
Con: Geduld (3/3) 9', 10', 13'		ReportTry: O'Connor 6' c
Laugel 16' c
Con: Barraque (1/1) 7'
Riva 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
15:06
Fiji  7–24  New Zealand
Try: Botitu 8' c
Con: Bolaca (1/1) 8'		ReportTry: Penalty try 3'
Baker 4' c
Ware 7' c
Knewstubb 9'
Con: Baker (1/1) 5'
Knewstubb (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Third place edit

15 December 2018
17:59
France  29–24
(a.e.t.)		  Fiji
Try: Barraque 3' m
Mignot (2) 4' m, 8' c <nt> Zeghdar 6' c
Veredamu 16'
Con: Barraque (1/3) 6'
Mazzoleni (1/1) 8'		ReportTry: Tuwai 7' m
Mocenacagi (2) 10' c, 11' c
K. Tabu 15'
Con: Nacuqu (2/3) 10', 11'
Bolaca (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Final edit

15 December 2019
18:56
  South Africa5–7  New Zealand
Try: Geduld 9' m
Con: Geduld (0/1)		ReportTry: McGarvey-Black 12' c
Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 12'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Tournament placings edit

Place Team Points
    New Zealand 22
    South Africa 19
    France 17
4   Fiji 15
5   Argentina 13
6   Ireland 12
7   Kenya 11
8   Scotland 10
Place Team Points
9   United States 8
10   England 7
11   Canada 6
12   Australia 5
13   Samoa 4
14   Spain 3
15   Japan 2
16   Wales 1

Dream Team edit

Runners-up and host team South Africa contributed three players to the tournament Dream Team.

Forwards Backs
  Scott Curry
  Alvin Otieno
  JC Pretorius 		  Jean Pascal Barraque
  Rosko Specman
  Ruhan Nel
  Jordan Conroy
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Preceded by 2019 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by 2019 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Captains all set for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Cape Town 13-15 December 2019". World Rugby. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ "HSBC Cape Town Sevens Series - 13-15 December 2019". SA Rugby. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.


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