2009 Adelaide Sevens

May 2015 March 2020 AUS Australia IRB Sevens X 3–5 April 2009 RSA KEN ENG AUS SAM FRA USA SCO 2008 2010 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. 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. Format 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. Teams The participating teams were: ARG AUS Cook Islands ENG FRA FJI JPN KEN NZL PRT SAM SCO ZAF TON USA WAL Pool stages 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. 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| AUS |3||3||0||0||78||41||+37||9 |- |align=left| ENG |3||1||1||1||70||45||+25||6 |- |align=left| SAM |3||1||1||1||69||55||+14||6 |- |align=left| PRT |3||0||0||3||10||86||-76||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-04-03 ENG17–21AUS 2009-04-03SAM26–5 PRT 2009-04-04ENG29–0 PRT 2009-04-04 SAM26–19AUS 2009-04-04AUS31–5 PRT 2009-04-04ENG24–24SAM 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||80||38||+42||9 |- |align=left| ARG |3||2||0||1||47||40||+7||7 |- |align=left| FRA |3||1||0||2||41||47||-6||5 |- |align=left| SCO |3||0||0||3||26||69||-43||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-04-03ARG14–7 FRA 2009-04-03FIJ33–7 SCO 2009-04-04ARG12–7 SCO 2009-04-04FIJ21–10 FRA 2009-04-04FRA24–12 SCO 2009-04-04 ARG21–26FIJ 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| NZL |3||3||0||0||84||15||+69||9 |- |align=left| WAL |3||1||0||2||53||67||-14||5 |- |align=left| USA |3||1||0||2||39||65||-26||5 |- |align=left| TON |3||1||0||2||40||69||-29||5 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-04-03NZL24–10 WAL 2009-04-03USA17–14 TON 2009-04-04NZL33–0 TON 2009-04-04 USA17–24WAL 2009-04-04 WAL19–26TON 2009-04-04NZL27–5 USA 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| KEN |3||3||0||0||54||19||+35||9 |- |align=left| RSA |3||2||0||1||85||22||+63||7 |- |align=left| JPN |3||1||0||2||25||67||-42||5 |- |align=left| Cook Islands |3||0||0||3||19||75||-56||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-04-03RSA28–7 Cook Islands 2009-04-03KEN12–5 JPN 2009-04-04RSA43–0 JPN 2009-04-04KEN27–0 Cook Islands 2009-04-04 Cook Islands12–20JPN 2009-04-04 RSA14–15KEN Knockout 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. Shield 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 27 SCO 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia JPN 19 TON 33 5 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 19 Cook Islands 31 5 April - Adelaide, Australia FRA 27 POR 12 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SCO 17 JPN 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 29 POR 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SCO 21 USA 24 Bowl 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 27 SCO 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia JPN 19 TON 33 5 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 19 Cook Islands 31 5 April - Adelaide, Australia FRA 27 POR 12 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 24 TON 12 5 April - Adelaide, Australia Cook Islands 14 FRA 35 5 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 35 FRA 14 Plate 5 April - Adelaide, Australia AUS 5 ARG 12 5 April - Adelaide, Australia KEN 33 WAL 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 0 RSA 17 5 April - Adelaide, Australia FJI 40 ENG 0 5 April - Adelaide, Australia AUS 38 WAL 7 5 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 14 ENG 21 5 April - Adelaide, Australia AUS 19 ENG 24 Cup 5 April - Adelaide, Australia AUS 5 ARG 12 5 April - Adelaide, Australia KEN 33 WAL 14 5 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 0 RSA 17 5 April - Adelaide, Australia FJI 40 ENG 0 5 April - Adelaide, Australia ARG 5 KEN 17 5 April - Adelaide, Australia RSA 21 FJI 10 5 April - Adelaide, Australia KEN 7 RSA 26 Statistics Individual points Individual points http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 IRB.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090403212117/http://irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html 3 April 2009 dead dmy Updated:2009-04-05 Pos. Player Country Points 1 Richard Kingi AUS 46 2 Renfred Dazel RSA 43 3 Lolo Lui SAM 41 4 Nasoni Roko FIJ 33 5= Lionel Mapoe RSA 30 5=Kevin Swiryn USA 30 5= Afa Aiono SAM 30 5= Ben Gollings ENG 30 5= Tom Varndell ENG 30 10 Martin Rodriguez ARG 29 Individual tries Individual tries http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html 9 April 2008 dead Updated:2009-04-05 Pos. Player Country Tries 1= Afa Aiono SAM 6 1= Lionel Mapoe RSA 6 1= Kevin Swiryn USA 6 1= Tom Varndell ENG 6 5= Alafoti Fa'osiliva SAM 5 5= Shaun Foley AUS 5 5= Vereniki Goneva FIJ 5 5= Collins Injera KEN 5 5= Nasoni Roko FIJ 5 5= Niumaia Rokobuli FIJ 5 Reference list 2011 IRB Sevens X Adelaide, Australia. rugby7.com 9 December 2013 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2009 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210938/http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2009 12 December 2013 Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide ur7s.com 7 December 2013 http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search https://web.archive.org/web/20131217230902/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search 17 December 2013 dead IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 External links IRB Sevens Adelaide Sevens on irb.com Adelaide Sevens Hong Kong Sevens London Sevens 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Sevens Category:Australian Sevens