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.[1]

2009 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens X
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date3–5 April 2009
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Kenya
Plate
Winner England
Runner-up Australia
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up France
Shield
Winner United States
Runner-up Scotland
2008
2010

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.[1]

Format

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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.[2]

Teams

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The participating teams were:[1]

Pool stages

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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.[1][3]

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 78 41 +37 9
  England 3 1 1 1 70 45 +25 6
  Samoa 3 1 1 1 69 55 +14 6
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 10 86 -76 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2009-04-03   England 17–21   Australia
2009-04-03   Samoa 26–5   Portugal
2009-04-04   England 29–0   Portugal
2009-04-04   Samoa 26–19   Australia
2009-04-04   Australia 31–5   Portugal
2009-04-04   England 24–24   Samoa

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 80 38 +42 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 47 40 +7 7
  France 3 1 0 2 41 47 -6 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 26 69 -43 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2009-04-03   Argentina 14–7   France
2009-04-03   Fiji 33–7   Scotland
2009-04-04   Argentina 12–7   Scotland
2009-04-04   Fiji 21–10   France
2009-04-04   France 24–12   Scotland
2009-04-04   Argentina 21–26   Fiji

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 84 15 +69 9
  Wales 3 1 0 2 53 67 -14 5
  United States 3 1 0 2 39 65 -26 5
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 40 69 -29 5
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2009-04-03   New Zealand 24–10   Wales
2009-04-03   United States 17–14   Tonga
2009-04-04   New Zealand 33–0   Tonga
2009-04-04   United States 17–24   Wales
2009-04-04   Wales 19–26   Tonga
2009-04-04   New Zealand 27–5   United States

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Kenya 3 3 0 0 54 19 +35 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 85 22 +63 7
  Japan 3 1 0 2 25 67 -42 5
  Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 19 75 -56 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2009-04-03   South Africa 28–7   Cook Islands
2009-04-03   Kenya 12–5   Japan
2009-04-04   South Africa 43–0   Japan
2009-04-04   Kenya 27–0   Cook Islands
2009-04-04   Cook Islands 12–20   Japan
2009-04-04   South Africa 14–15   Kenya

Knockout

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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.[1][3]

Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
  Samoa27
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Scotland14
 
  Scotland17
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Japan14
 
  Japan19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Tonga33
 
  Scotland21
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  United States24
 
  United States19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Cook Islands31
 
  United States29
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Portugal14
 
  France27
 
 
  Portugal12
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
  Samoa27
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Scotland14
 
  Samoa24
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Tonga12
 
  Japan19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Tonga33
 
  Samoa35
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  France14
 
  United States19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Cook Islands31
 
  Cook Islands14
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  France35
 
  France27
 
 
  Portugal12
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
  Australia5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Argentina12
 
  Australia38
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Wales7
 
  Kenya33
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Wales14
 
  Australia19
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  England24
 
  New Zealand0
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  South Africa17
 
  New Zealand14
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  England21
 
  Fiji40
 
 
  England0
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
 
  Australia5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Argentina12
 
  Argentina5
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Kenya17
 
  Kenya33
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Wales14
 
  Kenya7
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  South Africa26
 
  New Zealand0
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  South Africa17
 
  South Africa21
 
5 April - Adelaide, Australia
 
  Fiji10
 
  Fiji40
 
 
  England0
 

Statistics

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Individual points

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Individual points [4]
Updated:2009-04-05
Pos. Player Country Points
1 Richard Kingi   Australia 46
2 Renfred Dazel   South Africa 43
3 Lolo Lui   Samoa 41
4 Nasoni Roko   Fiji 33
5= Lionel Mapoe   South Africa 30
5= Kevin Swiryn   United States 30
5= Afa Aiono   Samoa 30
5= Ben Gollings   England 30
5= Tom Varndell   England 30
10 Martin Rodriguez   Argentina 29

Individual tries

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Individual tries [5]
Updated:2009-04-05
Pos. Player Country Tries
1= Afa Aiono   Samoa 6
1= Lionel Mapoe   South Africa 6
1= Kevin Swiryn   United States 6
1= Tom Varndell   England 6
5= Alafoti Fa'osiliva   Samoa 5
5= Shaun Foley   Australia 5
5= Vereniki Goneva   Fiji 5
5= Collins Injera   Kenya 5
5= Nasoni Roko   Fiji 5
5= Niumaia Rokobuli   Fiji 5

Reference list

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  1. ^ a b c d e "IRB Sevens X Adelaide, Australia". rugby7.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ^ IRB.com. "Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  5. ^ "Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
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Preceded by Adelaide Sevens
2009
Succeeded by