2010 USA Sevens

2009–10 Sevens World Series USA United States SAM NZL RSA USA 45 SAM M. Pesamino (55) SAM M. Pesamino (11) 2009 2011 The 2010 USA Sevens took place on February 13 and February 14 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fourth Cup trophy in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. It was the first edition of the USA Sevens to be held in the Las Vegas area; the tournament had been hosted by the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California from 2004 to 2006, and by San Diego from 2007 to 2009. The USA Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. Samoa won the Cup final 33–12 over New Zealand. Samoa was led by Mikaele Pesamino, who scored 11 tries in the tournament, including two intercept tries against New Zealand in the final. The Plate went to defending series champion South Africa, the Bowl was won by the homestanding USA, and the Shield went to Scotland. Teams ARG AUS CAN CHI ENG FRA FJI GUY JPN KEN NZL SAM SCO ZAF USA WAL Pool stages Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| NZL |3||3||0||0||92||19||+73||9 |- |align=left| AUS |3||2||0||1||78||12||+66||7 |- |align=left| FRA |3||0||1||2||24||81||–57||4 |- |align=left| GUY |3||0||1||2||12||94||–82||4 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-13NZL12 - 7 AUS 2010-02-13 FRA12 - 12 GUY 2010-02-13AUS38 - 0 FRA 2010-02-13NZL49 - 0 GUY 2010-02-13AUS33 - 0 GUY 2010-02-13NZL31 - 12 FRA Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| FIJ | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 52 || 29 || +23 || 9 |- |align=left| RSA | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 71 || 24 || +47 || 7 |- |align=left| USA | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 50 || 52 || –2 || 5 |- |align=left| CAN | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 17 || 85 || –68 || 3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-13FJI14 - 12 USA 2010-02-13ZAF33 - 0 CAN 2010-02-13FJI26 - 12 CAN 2010-02-13ZAF33 - 12 USA 2010-02-13USA26 - 5 CAN 2010-02-13FJI12 - 5 ZAF Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| SAM | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 31 || +58 || 9 |- |align=left| KEN | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 57 || 26 || +31 || 7 |- |align=left| SCO | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 38 || 68 || –30 || 5 |- |align=left| CHI | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 29 || 88 || –59 || 3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-13SAM41 - 12 SCO 2010-02-13KEN33 - 7 CHL 2010-02-13SAM29 - 12 CHL 2010-02-13KEN17 - 0 SCO 2010-02-13SCO26 - 10 CHL 2010-02-13SAM19 - 7 KEN Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| ENG | 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 62 || 27 || +35 || 8 |- |align=left| WAL | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 53 || 46 || +7 || 7 |- |align=left| JPN | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 17 || 46 || –29 || 5 |- |align=left| ARG | 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 27 || 40 || –13 || 4 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-13ENG26 - 10 WAL 2010-02-13 ARG0 - 7JPN 2010-02-13ENG24 - 5 JPN 2010-02-13 ARG15 - 21WAL 2010-02-13WAL22 - 5 JPN 2010-02-13 ENG12 - 12 ARG Knockout Shield February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FRA 19 CAN 12 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA JPN 7 CHL 19 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SCO 7 ARG 14 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA USA 33 GUY 12 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA CAN 5 JPN 17 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SCO 31 GUY 7 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA JPN 7 SCO 17 Bowl February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FRA 19 CAN 12 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA JPN 7 CHL 19 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SCO 7 ARG 14 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA USA 33 GUY 12 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FRA 45 CHL 7 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ARG 14 USA 19 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FRA 17 USA 28 Plate February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA NZL 12 ZAF 5 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ENG 21 KEN 26 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SAM 17 WAL 10 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FJI 7 AUS 28 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ZAF 27 ENG 14 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA WAL 0 FJI 32 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ZAF 12 FJI 7 Cup February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA NZL 12 ZAF 5 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ENG 21 KEN 26 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SAM 17 WAL 10 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA FJI 7 AUS 28 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA NZL 21 KEN 7 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA SAM 14 AUS 12 February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA NZL 12 SAM 33 Player scoring Most points + Most points Pos. Player Country Points 1 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 55 2 Ben Gollings ENG 42 2 Cecil Afrika ZAF 42 4 Alafoti Fa'osiliva SAM 35 4 Nese Malifa USA 35 6 Emosi Vucago FIJ 32 7 Matt Hawkins USA 30 8 James Stannard AUS 28 9 Mathieu Acebes FRA 26 10 Lee Jones SCO 25 10 Renaud Delmas FRA 25 Most tries + Most tries Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 11 2 Alafoti Fa'osiliva SAM 7 3 Cecil Afrika ZAF 6 3 Matt Hawkins USA 6 5 Renaud Delmas FRA 5 5 Lee Jones SCO 5 7 7 tied with 4 External links Official IRB site for the tournament Official site of tournament organizers USA Sevens Wellington Sevens Adelaide Sevens 2010 Category:2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series 2010 Category:Sports competitions in Las Vegas Category:2010 in sports in Nevada Category:2010 in American rugby union