The South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. The 2009 competition took place on 11 December and 12 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, the second of eight Cup events at the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won its second consecutive title by defeating Fiji in the final.
Format edit
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress 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 progress 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 edit
Pool stages edit
Pool A edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
Kenya
3 2 1 0 95 19 76 8 
South Africa
3 2 1 0 79 31 48 8 
Zimbabwe
3 1 0 2 36 84 -48 5 
France
3 0 0 3 26 102 -76 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 |  South Africa
|
38–14 |  France
|
| 2009-12-11 |  Kenya
|
50–0 |  Zimbabwe
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| 2009-12-11 | South Africa
|
29–5 | Zimbabwe
|
| 2009-12-11 | Kenya
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33–7 | France
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| 2009-12-11 | France
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5–31 | Zimbabwe
|
| 2009-12-11 | South Africa
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12–12 | Kenya
|
Pool B edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
Fiji
3 3 0 0 112 19 93 9 
Australia
3 1 1 1 35 50 -15 6 
Portugal
3 1 0 2 33 83 -50 5 
Russia
3 0 1 2 38 66 -28 4
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 |  Fiji
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50–7 |  Portugal
|
| 2009-12-11 |  Australia
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14–14 |  Russia
|
| 2009-12-11 | Fiji
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31–12 | Russia
|
| 2009-12-11 | Australia
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21–5 | Portugal
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| 2009-12-11 | Portugal
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21–12 | Russia
|
| 2009-12-11 | Fiji
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31–0 | Australia
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Pool C edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
Samoa
3 3 0 0 60 29 31 9 
New Zealand
3 2 0 1 96 34 62 7 
Wales
3 1 0 2 25 55 -30 5 
United States
3 0 0 3 19 82 -63 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 |  New Zealand
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22–24 |  Samoa
|
| 2009-12-11 |  Wales
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15–12 |  United States
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| 2009-12-11 | New Zealand
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57–0 | United States
|
| 2009-12-11 | Wales
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0–26 | Samoa
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| 2009-12-11 | Samoa
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10–7 | United States
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| 2009-12-11 | New Zealand
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17–10 | Wales
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Pool D edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
England
3 3 0 0 91 26 65 9 
Argentina
3 2 0 1 65 22 43 7 
Scotland
3 1 0 2 50 58 -8 5 
Tunisia
3 0 0 3 14 114 -100 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 |  Scotland
|
5–15 |  Argentina
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| 2009-12-11 |  England
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45–0 |  Tunisia
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| 2009-12-11 | Scotland
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26–14 | Tunisia
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| 2009-12-11 | England
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17–7 | Argentina
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| 2009-12-11 | Argentina
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43–0 | Tunisia
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| 2009-12-11 | Scotland
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19–29 | England
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Knockout edit
Shield edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe
| 17 | |||||||||
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| Russia
| 22 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe
| 12 | |||||||||
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| Scotland
| 35 | |||||||||
| Scotland
| 10 | |||||||||
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| United States
| 21 | |||||||||
| Scotland
| 28 | |||||||||
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| France
| 19 | |||||||||
| Wales
| 33 | |||||||||
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| Tunisia
| 0 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 21 | |||||||||
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| France | 26 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 28 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
Bowl edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe
| 17 | |||||||||
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| Russia
| 22 | |||||||||
| Russia
| 24 | |||||||||
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| United States
| 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland
| 10 | |||||||||
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| United States
| 21 | |||||||||
| Russia
| 5 | |||||||||
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| Wales
| 14 | |||||||||
| Wales
| 33 | |||||||||
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| Tunisia
| 0 | |||||||||
| Wales | 24 | |||||||||
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| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 28 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
Plate edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Kenya
| 24 | |||||||||
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| Australia
| 12 | |||||||||
| Australia
| 5 | |||||||||
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| England
| 24 | |||||||||
| England
| 19 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand
| 22 | |||||||||
| England
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| South Africa
| 7 | |||||||||
| Samoa
| 19 | |||||||||
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| Argentina
| 26 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 10 | |||||||||
| Fiji
| 21 | |||||||||
| South Africa
| 17 | |||||||||
Cup edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 24 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| Kenya
| 14 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand
| 17 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 22 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Fiji
| 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 26 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
Statistics edit
Individual points edit
| Individual Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| 1 | William Ryder | Fiji |
67 |
| 2 | Ben Gollings | England |
55 |
| 3 | Mike Adamson | Scotland |
53 |
| 4 | Lavin Asego | Kenya |
38 |
| 5 | Mzwandile Stick | South Africa |
36 |
| 6 | Christian Wade | England |
35 |
| 7 | Joaquin Todeschini | Argentina |
33 |
| 8 | Sherwin Stowers | New Zealand |
32 |
| 9 | Collins Injera | Kenya |
30 |
| 10 | Diogo Miranda | Portugal |
28 |
Individual tries edit
| Individual Tries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
| 1 | William Ryder | Fiji |
7 |
| 2 | Christian Wade | England |
7 |
| 3 | Collins Injera | Kenya |
6 |
| 4 | Sherwin Stowers | New Zealand |
6 |
| 5 | Mike Adamson | Scotland |
5 |
| 6 | Renauld Delmas | France |
5 |
| 7 | Ben Gollings | England |
5 |
| 8 | Zar Lawrence | New Zealand |
5 |
| 9 | Andrew Turnbull | Scotland |
5 |
| 10 | Cecil Afrika | South Africa |
4 |
External links edit
- "SA Rugby Competition – 2009 IRB Sevens Series George". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- IRB Sevens
- South Africa 7s on irb.com