2009 Adelaide Sevens
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
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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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Teams

The participating teams were:^[1]

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.^[1][3]

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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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.^[1][3]

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Samoa	27
					5 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Scotland	14
					Scotland	17
	5 April - Adelaide, Australia
					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
	5 April - Adelaide, Australia
					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
									5 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Wales	14
									Australia	19
	5 April - Adelaide, Australia
									England	24
	New Zealand	0
					5 April - Adelaide, Australia
	South Africa	17
					New Zealand	14
	5 April - Adelaide, Australia
					England	21
	Fiji	40
	England	0

Cup

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

Statistics

Individual points

Individual points [4] 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 [5] 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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