2007 Adelaide Sevens Explained

Series:	IRB Sevens VIII
Countries:	Australia
Date:	7–8 April 2007
Matches:	44
Prevseason:	2003 Brisbane
Nextseason:	2008

The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.

It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21–7 in the Cup final.

The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.

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 pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The participating teams were:

Pool stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of 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 F A TOTAL 3 2 0 1 56 36 7 3 2 0 1 67 48 7 3 2 0 1 52 41 7 3 0 0 3 33 83 3

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Results Fiji 33 - 7 Canada England 5 - 12 Tonga Fiji 22 - 21 Tonga England 31 - 12 Canada Canada 14 - 19 Tonga Fiji 12 - 20 England

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 93 7 9 3 1 0 2 46 60 5 3 1 0 2 52 79 5 3 1 0 2 31 76 5

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Results South Africa 15 - 0 Kenya France 12 - 19 Japan South Africa 42 - 0 Japan France 33 - 24 Kenya Kenya 22 - 12 Japan South Africa 36 - 7 France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 124 20 9 3 2 0 1 75 36 7 3 1 0 2 49 81 5 3 0 0 3 20 131 3

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Results New Zealand 42 - 10 Wales Australia 46 - 0 Hong Kong Australia 24 - 15 Wales New Zealand 61 - 5 Hong Kong Wales 24 - 15 Hong Kong New Zealand 21 - 5 Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL 3 3 0 0 95 17 9 3 2 0 1 53 52 7 3 1 0 2 45 60 5 3 0 0 3 24 88 3

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Results Samoa 26 - 10 Scotland Argentina 19 - 17 Portugal Samoa 50 - 0 Portugal Argentina 19 - 24 Scotland Scotland 19 - 7 Portugal Samoa 19 - 7 Argentina

Finals

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.

• 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan
• 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong
• 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada
• 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji
• SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong
• SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada
• SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina
• SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France
• SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia
• SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa
• SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa
• SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji
• Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada
• Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales
• Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa
• Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji

Round 6 table

width=5%	Pos. ! Country									Overall
1		12	12	16	20	24	20			104	-	2		8	4	20	16	30	16			94	-	3		16	20	12	12	18	12			90	-	4		20	16	12	8	18	6			80	-	5		12	12	8	4	8	4			48	-	6		6	4	6	12	0	0			28	-	7		4	2	0	4	8	8			24	-	8		0	0	0	6	8	4			18	-	9		0	0	4	0	0	12			16	-	10		0	8	-	-	4	2			14	-	11		-	-	0	2	8	0			10	-	12		4	0	4	0	0	0			8	-	13		2	0	2	0	3	0			7	-	14		0	6	-	-	0	0			6	-	15		-	-	-	-	1	-			1	-	16		0	0	0	0	0	0			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	0			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	0			0	-	16		-	-	-	0	0	-			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	-			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	-			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0	-			0	-	16		-	-	-	-	0				0	-	16		-	-	-	0	-	-			0	-	16		-	-	-	0	-	-			0	-	16		-	-	0	-	-	-			0	-	16		-	-	0	-	-	-			0	-	16		0	0	-	-	-	-			0	-	16		-	0	-	-	-	-			0	-	16		0	-	-	-	-	-			0

External links

• • Web site: Adelaide Sevens . adelaidesevens.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052229/http://www.adelaidesevens.com/ . 9 April 2007.
• Web site: Adelaide Sevens . rugby.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070429151140/http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page%2C50316.html . 29 April 2007 .