# 2009 Adelaide Sevens

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.
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.

## 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 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

The participating teams were:

## Pool stages

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.

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Australia 33007841+379  England 31117045+256  Samoa 31116955+146  Portugal 30031086-763
| 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

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Fiji 33008038+429  Argentina 32014740+77  France 31024147-65  Scotland 30032669-433
| 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

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 33008415+699  Wales 31025367-145  United States 31023965-265  Tonga 31024069-295
| 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

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Kenya 33005419+359  South Africa 32018522+637  Japan 31022567-425  Cook Islands 30031975-563
| 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

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.

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Samoa | 27 | | | |
| Samoa | 27 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Scotland | 14 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Scotland | 14 | Scotland | 17 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Scotland | 17 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Japan | 14 | |
| Japan | 19 | Japan | 14 | |
| Japan | 19 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Tonga | 33 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Tonga | 33 | | | | Scotland | 21 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Scotland | 21 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | United States | 24 |
| United States | 19 | | | | United States | 24 |
| United States | 19 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Cook Islands | 31 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Cook Islands | 31 | United States | 29 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | United States | 29 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Portugal | 14 | |
| France | 27 | Portugal | 14 | |
| Portugal | 12 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Samoa | 27 | | | |
| Samoa | 27 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Scotland | 14 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Scotland | 14 | Samoa | 24 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Samoa | 24 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Tonga | 12 | |
| Japan | 19 | Tonga | 12 | |
| Japan | 19 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Tonga | 33 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Tonga | 33 | | | | Samoa | 35 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Samoa | 35 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | France | 14 |
| United States | 19 | | | | France | 14 |
| United States | 19 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Cook Islands | 31 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Cook Islands | 31 | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | France | 35 | |
| France | 27 | France | 35 | |
| Portugal | 12 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Australia | 5 | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Argentina | 12 | Australia | 38 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Australia | 38 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Wales | 7 | |
| Kenya | 33 | Wales | 7 | |
| Kenya | 33 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Wales | 14 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Wales | 14 | | | | Australia | 19 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Australia | 19 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | England | 24 |
| New Zealand | 0 | | | | England | 24 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | New Zealand | 14 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | New Zealand | 14 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | England | 21 | |
| Fiji | 40 | England | 21 | |
| England | 0 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Australia | 5 | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Argentina | 12 | Argentina | 5 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Argentina | 5 | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Kenya | 17 | |
| Kenya | 33 | Kenya | 17 | |
| Kenya | 33 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Wales | 14 | | | | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Wales | 14 | | | | Kenya | 7 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Kenya | 7 |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | South Africa | 26 |
| New Zealand | 0 | | | | South Africa | 26 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | South Africa | 21 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | | South Africa | 21 | | | |
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | Fiji | 10 | |
| Fiji | 40 | Fiji | 10 | |
| England | 0 | | | |

## Statistics
### Individual points

Individual points 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

Individual tries 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 |

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