2009 South Africa Sevens
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The Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens
South Africa Sevens
South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in South Africa each year. It is part of the IRB Sevens World Series.As of the 2010–11 series, 12 tournaments have been held in South Africa—one in Stellenbosch, two in Durban, and nine at the most recent location, George...

is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series
IRB Sevens World Series
The IRB Sevens World Series, known officially as the HSBC Sevens World Series as of the 2010-11 season, through sponsorship from banking group HSBC, and also sometimes called the World Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby union sevens tournaments organised for the first time in the...

 for international rugby sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...

 (seven-a-side version of rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

). The 2009 competition took place on 11 December and 12 December at Outeniqua Park
Outeniqua Park
Outeniqua Park is a multi-purpose stadium in George, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and was the home stadium of the South African leg of the IRB Sevens World Series from 2001 through 2010, after which it moved to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.The...

 in George, Western Cape
George, Western Cape
George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...

, the second of eight Cup events at the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series
2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series
The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the series crown for their first time....

. New Zealand
New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens)
The New Zealand national rugby union sevens team is the New Zealand representative team in rugby union sevens and competes in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-IRB Sevens:...

 won its second consecutive title by defeating Fiji
Fiji national rugby union team (sevens)
The Fiji Sevens side is one of the most popular and successful Sevens teams in the world and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record nine times since its inception in 1976. Fiji has also won the Sevens World Cup twice, winning that event in 1997 and 2005...

 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.

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
5
3 0 0 3 26 102
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
3 3 0 0 112 19 93 9
3 1 1 1 35 50
6
3 1 0 2 33 83
5
3 0 1 2 38 66
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
3 2 0 1 96 34 62 7
3 1 0 2 25 55
5
3 0 0 3 19 82
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
5
3 0 0 3 14 114
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

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Individual points

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual Points
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Player
! Country
! Points
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1 William Ryder  67
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2 Ben Gollings
Ben Gollings
Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Rugby Lions and formerly for England Sevens.-Career:...

 
55
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3 Mike Adamson  53
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4 Lavin Asego  38
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5 Mzwandile Stick
Mzwandile Stick
Mzwandile Wanky Stick is a South African rugby union player for the Eastern Province Kings in the Currie Cup First Division. He captained the South Africa sevens team during the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series, which saw the team win the series title for the first time. His favoured position is...

 
36
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6 Christian Wade
Christian Wade
Christian Wade is an English rugby union footballer product of The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. He plays as a wing. He plays for England's rugby sevens team. He weighs 81 kg....

 
35
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7 Joaquin Todeschini  33
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8 Sherwin Stowers
Sherwin Stowers
Sherwin Stowers is a New Zealand rugby player. He plays for the Blues Super Rugby side, for whom he has made 11 appearances following his 2011 debut. He also plays for Counties Manukau in the New Zealand Provincial ITM Cup, and played for New Zealand in the Sevens World Series.- References :* * -...

 
32
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9 Collins Injera
Collins Injera
Collins Injera is a rugby player from Kenya. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team.- Career :...

 
30
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10 Diogo Miranda  28

Individual tries

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual Tries
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Player
! Country
! Tries
|->
1 William Ryder  7
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2 Christian Wade
Christian Wade
Christian Wade is an English rugby union footballer product of The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. He plays as a wing. He plays for England's rugby sevens team. He weighs 81 kg....

 
7
>-
3 Collins Injera
Collins Injera
Collins Injera is a rugby player from Kenya. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team.- Career :...

 
6
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4 Sherwin Stowers
Sherwin Stowers
Sherwin Stowers is a New Zealand rugby player. He plays for the Blues Super Rugby side, for whom he has made 11 appearances following his 2011 debut. He also plays for Counties Manukau in the New Zealand Provincial ITM Cup, and played for New Zealand in the Sevens World Series.- References :* * -...

 
6
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5 Mike Adamson  5
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6 Renauld Delmas  5
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7 Ben Gollings
Ben Gollings
Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Rugby Lions and formerly for England Sevens.-Career:...

 
5
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8 Zar Lawrence
Zar Lawrence
Zar Lawrence is a New Zealand Rugby union player who plays for the New Zealand Sevens team and for Bay of Plenty in the Air New Zealand Cup.-Career highlights:*New Zealand Sevens 2005–present*NZ Maori 2006...

 
5
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9 Andrew Turnbull
Andrew Turnbull (rugby player)
Andrew Turnbull is a Scottish Rugby player.-Career:Turnbull was educated at George Watson's College. He has represented both Scotland and GB at Rugby Sevens, including the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and has scored more tries for Scotland in Sevens than any other player, including 19 in 2005...

 
5
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10 Cecil Africa 4

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