2009 Adelaide Sevens

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox Rugby Sevens | countries = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia | series = '''IRB Sevens X''' | date = 3–5 April 2009 | champions1 = {{ru7|RSA}} | runnersup1 = {{ru7|KEN}} | champions2 = {{ru7|ENG}} | runnersup2 = {{ru7|AUS}} | champions3 = {{ru7|SAM}} | runnersup3 = {{ru7|FRA}} | champions4 = {{ru7|USA}} | runnersup4 = {{ru7|SCO}} | matches = | attendance = | tries = | top point scorer = | top try scorer = | prevseason = 2008 | nextseason = 2010 }} 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.<ref name = rugby7-2009/>

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.<ref name = rugby7-2009/>

==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.<ref name = irb-rules/>

==Teams== The participating teams were:<ref name = rugby7-2009/> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *{{Ru7|ARG}} *{{Ru7|AUS}} *{{Ru7|Cook Islands}} *{{Ru7|ENG}} *{{Ru7|FRA}} *{{Ru7|FJI}} *{{Ru7|JPN}} *{{Ru7|KEN}} {{col-2}} *{{Ru7|NZL}} *{{Ru7|PRT}} *{{Ru7|SAM}} *{{Ru7|SCO}} *{{Ru7|ZAF}} *{{Ru7|TON}} *{{Ru7|USA}} *{{Ru7|WAL}} {{col-end}}

==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.<ref name = rugby7-2009/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

===Pool A=== :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}} |3||3||0||0||78||41||+37||'''9''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}} |3||1||1||1||70||45||+25||'''6''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}} |3||1||1||1||69||55||+14||'''6''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|PRT}} |3||0||0||3||10||86||-76||'''3''' |}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%" |- bgcolor="#008B00" | '''Date''' | '''Team 1''' | '''Score''' | '''Team 2''' |- | 2009-04-03 | {{Ru7|ENG}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''17–21''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}''' |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''26–5''' | {{Ru7|PRT}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''29–0''' | {{Ru7|PRT}} |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|SAM}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''26–19''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}''' |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''31–5''' | {{Ru7|PRT}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''24–24''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}''' |}

===Pool B=== :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}} |3||3||0||0||80||38||+42||'''9''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}} |3||2||0||1||47||40||+7||'''7''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}} |3||1||0||2||41||47||-6||'''5''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}} |3||0||0||3||26||69||-43||'''3''' |}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%" |- bgcolor="#008B00" | '''Date''' | '''Team 1''' | '''Score''' | '''Team 2''' |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''14–7''' | {{Ru7|FRA}} |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''33–7''' | {{Ru7|SCO}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''12–7''' | {{Ru7|SCO}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''21–10''' | {{Ru7|FRA}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''24–12''' | {{Ru7|SCO}} |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|ARG}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''21–26''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}''' |}

===Pool C=== :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}} |3||3||0||0||84||15||+69||'''9''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}} |3||1||0||2||53||67||-14||'''5''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|USA}} |3||1||0||2||39||65||-26||'''5''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|TON}} |3||1||0||2||40||69||-29||'''5''' |}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%" |- bgcolor="#008B00" | '''Date''' | '''Team 1''' | '''Score''' | '''Team 2''' |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''24–10''' | {{Ru7|WAL}} |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|USA}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''17–14''' | {{Ru7|TON}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''33–0''' | {{Ru7|TON}} |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|USA}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''17–24''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}''' |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|WAL}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''19–26''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|TON}}''' |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''27–5''' | {{Ru7|USA}} |}

===Pool D=== :{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}} |3||3||0||0||54||19||+35||'''9''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}} |3||2||0||1||85||22||+63||'''7''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}} |3||1||0||2||25||67||-42||'''5''' |- |align=left| {{Ru7|Cook Islands}} |3||0||0||3||19||75||-56||'''3''' |}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%" |- bgcolor="#008B00" | '''Date''' | '''Team 1''' | '''Score''' | '''Team 2''' |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|RSA}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''28–7''' | {{Ru7|Cook Islands}} |- | 2009-04-03 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''12–5''' | {{Ru7|JPN}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|RSA}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''43–0''' | {{Ru7|JPN}} |- | 2009-04-04 | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''27–0''' | {{Ru7|Cook Islands}} |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|Cook Islands}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''12–20''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|JPN}}''' |- | 2009-04-04 | {{Ru7|RSA}} | bgcolor="silver" |'''14–15''' | bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}''' |}

==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.<ref name = rugby7-2009/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

===Shield=== {{Round8   |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|SAM}}|27|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''14''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|JPN}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|TON}}|33 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}|31 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|FRA}}|27|'''{{Ru7|POR}}'''|'''12'''  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''17'''|{{Ru7|JPN}}|14 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''29'''|{{Ru7|POR}}|14  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|SCO}}|21|'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''24''' }}

===Bowl=== {{Round8   |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''27'''|{{Ru7|SCO}}|14 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|JPN}}|19|'''{{Ru7|TON}}'''|'''33''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|USA}}|19|'''{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}'''|'''31''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''27'''|{{Ru7|POR}}|12  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''24'''|{{Ru7|TON}}|12 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}|14|'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''35'''  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''35'''|{{Ru7|FRA}}|14 }}

===Plate=== {{Round8   |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''5'''|{{Ru7|ARG}}|12 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|KEN}}|33|'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''14''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''0'''|{{Ru7|RSA}}|17 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|FJI}}|40|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''|'''0'''  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''38'''|{{Ru7|WAL}}|7 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|NZL}}|14|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''|'''21'''  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|AUS}}|19|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''|'''24''' }}

===Cup=== {{Round8   |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|AUS}}|5|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''12''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''33'''|{{Ru7|WAL}}|14 |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|NZL}}|0|'''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''|'''17''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|FJI}}'''|'''40'''|{{Ru7|ENG}}|0  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|ARG}}|5|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''17''' |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |'''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|FJI}}|10  |5 April - Adelaide, Australia |{{Ru7|KEN}}|7|'''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''|'''26''' }}

==Statistics==

=== Individual points ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual points <ref name="IndividualPoints">{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html |title=Season Player Points |publisher=International Rugby Board |accessdate=2008-04-04 |author=IRB.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403212117/http://irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html |archivedate=3 April 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Updated:2009-04-05 |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%|Pos. ! Player ! Country ! Points |- |align=center|1 || align=left| Richard Kingi || {{Ru7|AUS}} || align=center|'''46''' |- |align=center|2 || align=left|Renfred Dazel || {{Ru7|RSA}} || align=center|'''43''' |- |align=center|3 || align=left| Lolo Lui || {{Ru7|SAM}} || align=center|'''41''' |- |align=center|4 || align=left| Nasoni Roko || {{Ru7|FIJ}} || align=center|'''33''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Lionel Mapoe || {{Ru7|RSA}} || align=center|'''30''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left|Kevin Swiryn || {{Ru7|USA}} || align=center|'''30''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Afa Aiono || {{Ru7|SAM}} || align=center|'''30''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Ben Gollings || {{Ru7|ENG}} || align=center|'''30''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Tom Varndell || {{Ru7|ENG}} || align=center|'''30''' |- |align=center|10|| align=left| Martin Rodriguez || {{Ru7|ARG}} || align=center|'''29''' |}

=== Individual tries ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual tries <ref name="IndividualTries">{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html |title=Season Player Tries |publisher=International Rugby Board |accessdate=2008-04-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html |archivedate=9 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Updated:2009-04-05 |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%|Pos. ! Player ! Country ! Tries |- |align=center|1=|| align=left| Afa Aiono || {{Ru7|SAM}} || align=center|'''6''' |- |align=center|1=|| align=left| Lionel Mapoe || {{Ru7|RSA}} || align=center|'''6''' |- |align=center|1=|| align=left| Kevin Swiryn || {{Ru7|USA}} || align=center|'''6''' |- |align=center|1=|| align=left| Tom Varndell || {{Ru7|ENG}} || align=center|'''6''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Alafoti Fa'osiliva || {{Ru7|SAM}} || align=center|'''5''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Shaun Foley || {{Ru7|AUS}} || align=center|'''5''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Vereniki Goneva || {{Ru7|FIJ}} || align=center|'''5''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Collins Injera || {{Ru7|KEN}} || align=center|'''5''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Nasoni Roko || {{Ru7|FIJ}} || align=center|'''5''' |- |align=center|5=|| align=left| Niumaia Rokobuli || {{Ru7|FIJ}} || align=center|'''5''' |}

==Reference list== {{Reflist||refs=

<ref name = rugby7-2009>{{cite web |year=2011 |title= IRB Sevens X Adelaide, Australia. |website= rugby7.com |accessdate= 9 December 2013 |url= http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2009 |url-status=live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210938/http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2009 |archivedate=12 December 2013 }} </ref>

<ref name = ur7s-stats>{{cite web |title= Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide |website= ur7s.com |accessdate= 7 December 2013 |url= http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217230902/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search |archive-date= 17 December 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=irb-rules>{{cite web |title=IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament |website=irbsevens.com |accessdate=9 December 2013 |url=http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html |archivedate=20 May 2013 }} </ref> }}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082231/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218041633/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=6/index.html Adelaide Sevens] on irb.com

{{s-start}} {{succession box|title=Adelaide Sevens|before=Hong Kong Sevens|after=London Sevens|years=2009}} {{s-end}}

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