2009 South Africa Sevens
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 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
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
Argentina
Australia
England
Fiji
France
Kenya
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
Samoa
Scotland
South Africa
Tunisia
United States
Wales
Zimbabwe
Pool stages
Pool A
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 |
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38 - 14 | ![]() |
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50 - 0 | ![]() |
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29 - 5 | ![]() |
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33 - 7 | ![]() |
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5 - 31 | ![]() |
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12 - 12 | ![]() |
Pool B
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 |
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50 - 7 | ![]() |
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14 - 14 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
31 - 12 | ![]() |
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21 - 5 | ![]() |
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21 - 12 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
31 - 0 | ![]() |
Pool C
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 |
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22 - 24 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
15 - 12 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
57 - 0 | ![]() |
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0 - 26 | ![]() |
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10 - 7 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
17 - 10 | ![]() |
Pool D
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 | ![]() |
5 - 15 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
45 - 0 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
26 - 14 | ![]() |
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17 - 7 | ![]() |
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43 - 0 | ![]() |
2009-12-11 | ![]() |
19 - 29 | ![]() |
Knockout
Shield
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
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22 | |||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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35 | |||||||||
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10 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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28 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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33 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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26 | |||||||||
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28 | |||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
Bowl
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
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22 | |||||||||
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24 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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10 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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14 | |||||||||
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33 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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24 | |||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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7 | |||||||||
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28 | |||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
Plate
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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24 | |||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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24 | |||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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22 | |||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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7 | |||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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26 | |||||||||
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7 | |||||||||
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10 | |||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
Cup
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
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24 | |||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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14 | |||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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22 | |||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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26 | |||||||||
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14 | |||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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21 | |||||||||
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17 | |||||||||
Statistics
Individual points
Individual Points | |||
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Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
1 | William Ryder | ![]() | 67 |
2 | Ben Gollings | ![]() | 55 |
3 | Mike Adamson | ![]() | 53 |
4 | Lavin Asego | ![]() | 38 |
5 | Mzwandile Stick | ![]() | 36 |
6 | Christian Wade | ![]() | 35 |
7 | Joaquin Todeschini | ![]() | 33 |
8 | Sherwin Stowers | ![]() | 32 |
9 | Collins Injera | ![]() | 30 |
10 | Diogo Miranda | ![]() | 28 |
Individual tries
Individual Tries | |||
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Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
1 | William Ryder | ![]() | 7 |
2 | Christian Wade | ![]() | 7 |
3 | Collins Injera | ![]() | 6 |
4 | Sherwin Stowers | ![]() | 6 |
5 | Mike Adamson | ![]() | 5 |
6 | Renauld Delmas | ![]() | 5 |
7 | Ben Gollings | ![]() | 5 |
8 | Zar Lawrence | ![]() | 5 |
9 | Andrew Turnbull | ![]() | 5 |
10 | Cecil Africa | ![]() | 4 |
External links
- "SA Rugby Competition – 2009 IRB Sevens Series George". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- IRB Sevens
- South Africa 7s on irb.com
Preceded by Dubai Sevens |
George Sevens 2009 |
Succeeded by Wellington Sevens |