2010 South Africa Sevens

August 2022 November 2012 The South Africa Sevens was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on 10 December and 11 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape. It was the second of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. This was the 12th edition of the South Africa Sevens, and also the ninth and last to be held in George. In April 2011, the South African Rugby Union announced that future editions of the tournament would be held at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/9741?view=news Port Elizabeth named as new host of SA Sevens event South African Rugby Union 13 April 2011 16 April 2011 13 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160113180743/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/9741?view=news dead Format The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. 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 These 16 teams were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:South Africa Sevens Teams 20em ARG AUS ENG FJI FRA KEN NAM NZL POR RUS SAM SCO RSA USA WAL ZIM Pool stages Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final Pool A main WDL Pool A Q 3 2 1 points WAL WAL AUS AUS SCO SCO FRA FRA 3 0 0 81 34 2 0 1 64 40 1 0 2 35 52 0 0 3 24 78 #ccffcc A A complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-12-10AUS15–33WAL 2010-12-10SCO21–12FRA 2010-12-10AUS28–0FRA 2010-12-10SCO7–19WAL 2010-12-10WAL29–12FRA 2010-12-10AUS21–7SCO Pool B main WDL Pool B Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ SAM SAM USA USA NAM NAM 2 1 0 104 26 2 1 0 81 36 1 0 2 60 74 0 0 3 14 123 #ccffcc A A complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-12-10SAM24–22USA 2010-12-10FIJ47–7NAM 2010-12-10SAM43–0NAM 2010-12-10FIJ43–5USA 2010-12-10USA33–7NAM 2010-12-10SAM14–14FIJ Pool C main WDL Pool C Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL ENG ENG RUS RUS KEN KEN 3 0 0 100 14 2 0 1 47 30 1 0 2 46 57 0 0 3 10 102 #ccffcc A A complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-12-10NZL47–0KEN 2010-12-10ENG19–5RUS 2010-12-10NZL33–7RUS 2010-12-10ENG21– 5KEN 2010-12-10KEN5–34RUS 2010-12-10NZL20–7ENG Pool D main WDL Pool D Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA ARG ARG POR POR ZIM ZIM 3 0 0 100 12 2 0 1 59 29 1 0 2 26 83 0 0 3 26 87 #ccffcc A A complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-12-10RSA38–0POR 2010-12-10ARG28–0ZIM 2010-12-10RSA33–7ZIM 2010-12-10ARG26–0POR 2010-12-10POR26–19ZIM 2010-12-10RSA29–5ARG Knockout Shield 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George SCO 14 NAM 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George POR 7 KEN 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RUS 25 ZIM 7 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George USA 17 FRA 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George NAM 0 KEN 41 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George ZIM 19 USA 17 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George KEN 5 ZIM 14 Bowl 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George SCO 14 NAM 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George POR 7 KEN 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RUS 25 ZIM 7 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George USA 17 FRA 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George SCO 14 POR 10 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RUS 34 FRA 0 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George SCO 26 RUS 0 Plate 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George WAL 14 SAM 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RSA 10 ENG 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George NZL 26 ARG 0 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George FIJ 33 AUS 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George WAL 21 RSA 22 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George ARG 14 AUS 12 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RSA 10 ARG 5 Cup 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George WAL 14 SAM 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George RSA 10 ENG 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George NZL 26 ARG 0 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George FIJ 33 AUS 5 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George SAM 12 ENG 22 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George NZL 26 FIJ 19 11 December – Outeniqua Park, George ENG 19 NZL 22 References External links IRB Sevens South Africa Sevens on irb.com South Africa Sevens Dubai Sevens Wellington Sevens 2010 South Africa Sevens Category:South Africa Sevens