2008 South Africa Sevens

August 2022 November 2012 The Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, took place on 5 December and 6 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, it was the second Cup trophy in the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series. Teams ARG AUS ENG FRA FJI Georgia KEN NZL Portugal SAM SCO ZAF TUN USA WAL ZWE 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||95||12||+83||9 |- |align=left| ENG |3||2||0||1||70||33||+37||7 |- |align=left| FRA |3||1||0||2||31||75||−44||5 |- |align=left| TUN |3||0||0||3||21||97||−66||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 December 2008NZL40–5 FRA 5 December 2008ENG42–7 TUN 5 December 2008NZL36–0 TUN 5 December 2008ENG21–7 FRA 5 December 2008FRA19–14 TUN 5 December 2008NZL19–7 ENG 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| ZAF |3||3||0||0||72||12||+60||9 |- |align=left| USA |3||2||0||1||66||50||+16||7 |- |align=left| AUS |3||1||0||2||59||50||+9||5 |- |align=left| Georgia |3||0||0||3||10||95||−85||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 December 2008ZAF24–0 USA 5 December 2008AUS26–5 Georgia 5 December 2008ZAF31–5 Georgia 5 December 2008 AUS26–28USA 5 December 2008USA38–0 Georgia 5 December 2008ZAF17–7 AUS 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| FJI |3||3||0||0||81||21||+60||9 |- |align=left| ARG |3||2||0||1||47||38||+9||7 |- |align=left| ZWE |3||1||0||2||43||57||−14||5 |- |align=left| SCO |3||0||0||3||7||62||−55||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 December 2008FJI31–0 SCO 5 December 2008ARG26–12 ZWE 5 December 2008FJI24–14 ZWE 5 December 2008ARG14–0 SCO 5 December 2008 SCO7–17ZWE 5 December 2008FJI26–17 ARG 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| POR |3||3||0||0||52||46||+6||9 |- |align=left| SAM |3||2||0||1||65||36||+29||7 |- |align=left| KEN |3||1||0||2||43||43||0||5 |- |align=left| WAL |3||0||0||3||34||69||−35||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 5 December 2008SAM31–5 WAL 5 December 2008 KEN12–14POR 5 December 2008 SAM17–19POR 5 December 2008KEN19–12 WAL 5 December 2008 WAL17–19POR 5 December 2008SAM17–12 KEN Knockout Shield 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FRA 26 Georgia 14 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape KEN 19 SCO 15 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape ZWE 24 WAL 26 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape AUS 33 TUN 21 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape Georgia 12 SCO 17 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape ZWE 40 TUN 5 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape SCO 0 ZWE 26 Bowl 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FRA 26 Georgia 14 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape KEN 19 SCO 15 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape ZWE 24 WAL 26 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape AUS 33 TUN 21 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FRA 19 KEN 14 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape WAL 19 AUS 22 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FRA 21 AUS 12 Plate 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape NZL 36 USA 7 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape POR 19 ARG 28 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FIJ 19 SAM 12 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape ZAF 17 ENG 12 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape USA 7 POR 24 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape SAM 19 ENG 20 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape POR 7 ENG 24 Cup 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape NZL 36 USA 7 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape POR 19 ARG 28 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FIJ 19 SAM 12 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape ZAF 17 ENG 12 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape NZL 26 ARG 5 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape FIJ 7 ZAF 21 6 December – Outeniqua Park, George, Western Cape NZL 7 ZAF 12 Statistics Individual points Individual pointshttp://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 Updated:6 December 2008 Pos. Player Country Points 1 Tomasi Cama NZL 59 2 Richard Kingi AUS 51 3 Ben Gollings ENG 41 4= Gonzalo Comacho ARG 35 4= Luke Morahan AUS 35 4= Mickey Young ENG 35 4= Tangai Nemadire ZWE 35 8 Paul Albaladejo FRA 34 9 Pedro Leal POR 32 10 Gerald Sibanda ZWE 30 Individual tries Individual trieshttp://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:6 December 2008 Pos. Player Country Tries 1= Gonzalo Camacho ARG 7 1= Luke Morahan AUS 7 1= Mickey Young ENG 7 4 Gerald Sibanda ZWE 6 5= Tomasi Cama NZL 5 5= Robert Ebersohn RSA 5 5= Richard Kingi AUS 5 5= David Mateus POR 5 5= Tangai Nemadire ZWE 5 10 Paul Albaladejo FRA 4 References External links sarugby/sevens 664 2008 IRB Sevens Series George 8 June 2016 IRB Sevens South Africa 7s on irb.com George Sevens Dubai Sevens Wellington Sevens 2008 South Africa Category:South Africa Sevens Sevens