2010 Wellington Sevens Explained

The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition, took place on 4 February and 5 February the third of eight Cup tournaments in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. Fiji won the tournament, its first title of the season, with a victory over Samoa in the final.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
	3	3	0	0	97	17	80	9
	3	2	0	1	83	34	49	7
	3	1	0	2	36	79	−43	5
	3	0	0	3	27	113	−86	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05		29 – 5
2010-02-05		38 – 10
2010-02-05		49 – 5
2010-02-05		38 – 5
2010-02-05		26 – 12
2010-02-05		19 – 7

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
	3	3	0	0	115	12	103	9
	3	2	0	1	62	57	5	7
	3	1	0	2	46	65	−19	5
	3	0	0	3	17	106	−89	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05		36 – 5
2010-02-05		31 – 12
2010-02-05		41 – 0
2010-02-05		24 – 7
2010-02-05		34 – 5
2010-02-05		38 – 7

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
	3	3	0	0	79	36	43	9
	3	2	0	1	49	38	11	7
	3	1	0	2	29	62	−33	5
	3	0	0	3	33	54	−21	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05		31 – 7
2010-02-05		15 – 7
2010-02-05		24 – 19
2010-02-05		24 – 7
2010-02-05		15 – 7
2010-02-05		24 – 10

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
	3	3	0	0	91	47	44	9
	3	2	0	1	61	53	8	7
	3	1	0	2	40	64	−24	5
	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05		31 – 19
2010-02-05		26 – 7
2010-02-05		27 – 14
2010-02-05		19 – 5
2010-02-05		21 – 19
2010-02-05		33 – 14

Knockout

Cup

Statistics

Individual points

- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;";	Individual Points	- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%	Pos. ! Player	Country ! Points	-	1			45	-	2			44	-	2			44	-	4			41	-	5			37	-	6			35	-	7			34	-	8			32	-	9			30	-	9			30
9			30

Individual tries

- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;";	Individual Tries	- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%	Pos. ! Player	Country ! Tries	-	1			7	-	1			7	-	3			6	-	3			6	-	3			6	-	6			5	-	6			5	-	6			5	-	6			5	-	6			5
6			5
6			5
6			5

External links

• New Zealand Rugby 7s
• IRB Sevens
• New Zealand 7s on irb.com