| 2009 Adelaide Sevens | |
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| IRB Sevens X | |
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 3–5 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 → | |
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:
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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
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
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17–21 | Australia
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| 2009-04-03 | Samoa
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26–5 | Portugal
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| 2009-04-04 | England
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29–0 | Portugal
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| 2009-04-04 | Samoa
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26–19 | Australia
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| 2009-04-04 | Australia
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31–5 | Portugal
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| 2009-04-04 | England
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24–24 | Samoa
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Pool B
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
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14–7 | France
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| 2009-04-03 | Fiji
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33–7 | Scotland
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| 2009-04-04 | Argentina
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12–7 | Scotland
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| 2009-04-04 | Fiji
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21–10 | France
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| 2009-04-04 | France
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24–12 | Scotland
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| 2009-04-04 | Argentina
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21–26 | Fiji
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Pool C
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
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24–10 | Wales
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| 2009-04-03 | United States
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17–14 | Tonga
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| 2009-04-04 | New Zealand
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33–0 | Tonga
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| 2009-04-04 | United States
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17–24 | Wales
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| 2009-04-04 | Wales
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19–26 | Tonga
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| 2009-04-04 | New Zealand
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27–5 | United States
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Pool D
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
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28–7 | Cook Islands
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| 2009-04-03 | Kenya
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12–5 | Japan
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| 2009-04-04 | South Africa
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43–0 | Japan
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| 2009-04-04 | Kenya
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27–0 | Cook Islands
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| 2009-04-04 | Cook Islands
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12–20 | Japan
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| 2009-04-04 | South Africa
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14–15 | Kenya
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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 | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 27 | |||||||||
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| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 17 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 33 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| United States | 24 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 31 | |||||||||
| United States | 29 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
| France | 27 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 12 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 27 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
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| Tonga | 12 | |||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 33 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 35 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| France | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 31 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| France | 35 | |||||||||
| France | 27 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 12 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 38 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Wales | 7 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 33 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 14 | |||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
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| England | 24 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 14 | |||||||||
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| England | 21 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 40 | |||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
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| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 33 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 14 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| 5 April - Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 10 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 40 | |||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
Statistics
Individual points
| Individual points Updated:2009-04-05 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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
- ^ "IRB Sevens X Adelaide, Australia". rugby7.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- IRB.com. "Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- "Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
External links
- IRB Sevens
- Adelaide Sevens on irb.com
| Preceded byHong Kong Sevens | Adelaide Sevens 2009 |
Succeeded byLondon Sevens |
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