The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a
rugby sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
tournament that was part of the
IRB Sevens World Series
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in the
2006–07 season. It was the
Australian Sevens
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leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the
Adelaide Oval
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in
South Australia
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It was the first such tournament in ]Adelaide
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, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji
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who defeated Samoa
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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.][
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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.[
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Teams
The participating teams were:[
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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.[
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Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
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
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Round 6 table
References
External links
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{{Australian Sevens
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