2008 South Africa Sevens Explained
The Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, took place on 5 December and 6 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, it was the second Cup trophy in the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series.
Pool stages
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 12 | +83 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 75 | -44 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 97 | -66 | 3 | |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 December 2008 | | 40–5 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 42–7 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 36–0 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 21–7 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 19–14 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 19–7 | | |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12 | +60 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 95 | -85 | 3 | |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 December 2008 | | 24–0 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 26–5 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 31–5 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 26–28 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 38–0 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 17–7 | | |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 57 | -14 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 62 | -55 | 3 | |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 December 2008 | | 31–0 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 26–12 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 24–14 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 14–0 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 7–17 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 26–17 | | |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 69 | -35 | 3 | |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 December 2008 | | 31–5 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 12–14 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 17–19 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 19–12 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 17–19 | |
| 5 December 2008 | | 17–12 | | |
Knockout
Cup
Statistics
Individual points
| - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual points[1]
Updated:6 December 2008 | - bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5% | Pos. ! Player | Country ! Points | - | 1 | Tomasi Cama | | 59 | - | 2 | Richard Kingi | | 51 | - | 3 | Ben Gollings | | 41 | - | 4= | Gonzalo Comacho | | 35 | - | 4= | Luke Morahan | | 35 | - | 4= | Mickey Young | | 35 | - | 4= | Tangai Nemadire | | 35 | - | 8 | Paul Albaladejo | | 34 | - | 9 | Pedro Leal | | 32 | - | 10 | Gerald Sibanda | | 30 | |
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Individual tries
| - bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | Individual tries[2]
Updated:6 December 2008 | - bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5% | Pos. ! Player | Country ! Tries | - | 1= | Gonzalo Camacho | | 7 | - | 1= | Luke Morahan | | 7 | - | 1= | Mickey Young | | 7 | - | 4 | Gerald Sibanda | | 6 | - | 5= | Tomasi Cama | | 5 | - | 5= | Robert Ebersohn | | 5 | - | 5= | Richard Kingi | | 5 | - | 5= | David Mateus | | 5 | - | 5= | Tangai Nemadire | | 5 | - | 10 | Paul Albaladejo | | 4 | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Season Player Points . International Rugby Board . 2008-04-04 . IRB.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403212117/http://irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html . 3 April 2009 . dead .
- Web site: Season Player Tries . International Rugby Board . 2008-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html . 9 April 2008 . dead .
