2008 Adelaide Sevens

May 2015 February 2020 AUS Australia IRB Sevens IX 5–6 April 2008 RSA NZL TON KEN USA ARG WAL CAN 2007 2009 The 2008 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2008, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2007–08 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on the weekend of 5 and 6 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia. South Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15–7 in the Cup final. The Cook Islands provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48–0 drubbing by Samoa in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14–12. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won 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 pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets. Teams The participating teams were: ARG AUS CAN COK ENG FJI FRA JPN KEN NZL SAM SCO RSA TON USA WAL Pool stage Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of 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| NZL |3||3||0||0||92||31||+61||9 |- |align=left| Cook Islands |3||1||0||2||64||76||-12||5 |- |align=left| ARG |3||1||0||2||54||78||-24||5 |- |align=left| SCO |3||1||0||2||49||74||-25||5 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 April 2008NZL21 - 14 ARG 5 April 2008SCO22 - 17 Cook Islands 5 April 2008NZL33 - 7 Cook Islands 5 April 2008 SCO17 - 19ARG 5 April 2008 ARG21 - 40Cook Islands 5 April 2008NZL38 - 10 SCO 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| SAM |3||3||0||0||73||55||+18||9 |- |align=left| TON |3||2||0||1||84||31||+53||7 |- |align=left| WAL |3||1||0||2||60||64||-4||5 |- |align=left| Japan |3||0||0||3||43||110||-67||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 April 2008SAM28 - 17 WAL 5 April 2008TON53 - 0 JPN 5 April 2008SAM31 - 26 JPN 5 April 2008TON19 - 17 WAL 5 April 2008WAL26 - 17 JPN 5 April 2008SAM14 - 12 TON 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| ZAF |3||3||0||0||83||24||+59||9 |- |align=left| AUS |3||2||0||1||59||52||+7||7 |- |align=left| USA |3||1||0||2||38||91||-53||5 |- |align=left| CAN |3||0||0||3||48||61||-13||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 April 2008ZAF43 - 0 USA 5 April 2008AUS21 - 14 CAN 5 April 2008ZAF21 - 17 CAN 5 April 2008AUS31 - 19 USA 5 April 2008USA19 - 17 CAN 5 April 2008ZAF19 - 7 AUS 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| FJI |3||3||0||0||93||38||+55||9 |- |align=left| KEN |3||2||0||1||52||51||+1||7 |- |align=left| FRA |3||1||0||2||43||66||-23||5 |- |align=left| ENG |3||0||0||3||34||67||-33||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 April 2008FIJ31 - 12 ENG 5 April 2008KEN21 - 12 FRA 5 April 2008FIJ33 - 12 FRA 5 April 2008KEN17 - 10 ENG 5 April 2008 ENG12 - 19FRA 5 April 2008FIJ29 - 14 KEN Knockout Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results. Shield 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ARG 24 Japan 12 6 April - Adelaide, Australia FRA 28 CAN 19 6 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 26 ENG 19 6 April - Adelaide, Australia WAL 12 SCO 17 6 April - Adelaide, Australia Japan 19 CAN 24 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ENG 14 WAL 19 6 April - Adelaide, Australia CAN 7 WAL 12 Bowl 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ARG 24 Japan 12 6 April - Adelaide, Australia FRA 28 CAN 19 6 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 26 ENG 19 6 April - Adelaide, Australia WAL 12 SCO 17 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ARG 24 FRA 12 6 April - Adelaide, Australia USA 29 SCO 14 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ARG 26 USA 21 Plate 6 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 19 TON 14 6 April - Adelaide, Australia FJI 28 AUS 7 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ZAF 19 KEN 5 6 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 48 Cook Islands 0 6 April - Adelaide, Australia TON 21 AUS 7 6 April - Adelaide, Australia KEN 26 Cook Islands 14 6 April - Adelaide, Australia TON 14 KEN 12 Cup 6 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 19 TON 14 6 April - Adelaide, Australia FJI 28 AUS 7 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ZAF 19 KEN 5 6 April - Adelaide, Australia SAM 48 Cook Islands 0 6 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 17 FJI 14 6 April - Adelaide, Australia ZAF 17 SAM 12 6 April - Adelaide, Australia NZL 7 ZAF 15 Reference list 2011 IRB Sevens IX Adelaide, Australia rugby7.com 9 December 2013 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2008 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204722/http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2008 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 Adelaide Sevens on irb.com IRB Sevens World Series Adelaide Category:Australian Sevens Category:2008 in Australian rugby union