2009 South Africa Sevens
The South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. 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
Pool stages
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 2 1 0 95 19 76 8 
3 2 1 0 79 31 48 8 
3 1 0 2 36 84 -48 5 
3 0 0 3 26 102 -76 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 | |
38 - 14 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
50 - 0 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
29 - 5 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
33 - 7 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
5 - 31 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
12 - 12 | |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
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3 1 1 1 35 50 -15 6 
3 1 0 2 33 83 -50 5 
3 0 1 2 38 66 -28 4
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 | |
50 - 7 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
14 - 14 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
31 - 12 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
21 - 5 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
21 - 12 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
31 - 0 | |
Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 3 0 0 60 29 31 9 
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3 1 0 2 25 55 -30 5 
3 0 0 3 19 82 -63 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-11 | |
22 - 24 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
15 - 12 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
57 - 0 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
0 - 26 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
10 - 7 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
17 - 10 | |
Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 3 0 0 91 26 65 9 
3 2 0 1 65 22 43 7 
3 1 0 2 50 58 -8 5 
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 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
17 - 7 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
43 - 0 | |
| 2009-12-11 | |
19 - 29 | |
Knockout
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 35 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 12 December - Outeniqua Park | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
Statistics
Individual points
| Individual Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Afrika | | 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 |
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