2007 Adelaide Sevens


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 [IRB Sevens World Series|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 national [rugby sevens team|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. 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

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

    Round 6 table