2008 USA Sevens

2008 USA Sevens

The USA Sevens, with the New Zealand brewery Steinlager as the presenting sponsor, 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, which took place on February 9 and February 10 at PETCO Park in San Diego, California, was the fourth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.

The top-level Cup competition was won by New Zealand, who became the first team in the history of the IRB Sevens to win the first four tournaments of a season; it was also the Kiwis' sixth consecutive tournament win overall. In the Cup semifinal against Kenya, they made history with their 35th consecutive match win in the IRB Sevens, breaking their own record set in 2001/02. They took the record to 36 with their final win over South Africa.cite press release|url=http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=4/news/newsid=2022218.html#new+zealand+maintain+series+dominance+usa |title=New Zealand maintain Series dominance in USA |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=2008-02-10 |accessdate=2008-02-11]

The second-level Plate was won by Fiji in a sudden-death extra time thriller against Argentina. In the Bowl final, Wales beat the hosts in another thriller, in which the USA scored a try after the final horn, but missed the conversion that would have sent the match to extra time. The remaining trophy, the Shield, went to Australia.

Pool stages

Pool A

:

*2008-02-09 Argentina 22-19 Canada
*2008-02-09 Kenya 38-0 Chile
*2008-02-09 Argentina 35-0 Chile
*2008-02-09 Kenya 19-7 Canada
*2008-02-09 Canada 40-7 Chile
*2008-02-09 Argentina 19-12 Kenya

Pool D

:

*2008-02-09 South Africa 36-0 USA
*2008-02-09 England 48-0 Mexico
*2008-02-09 South Africa 53-0 Mexico
*2008-02-09 England 28-21 USA
*2008-02-09 USA 52-0 Mexico
*2008-02-09 South Africa 10-14 England

Knockout

hield

Round8
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|FRA|26|ru7|West Indies|5
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|USA|40|ru7|CHL|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|CAN|45|ru7|MEX|0
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|AUS|12|ru7|WAL|19
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|West Indies|17|ru7|CHL|19
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|MEX|0|ru7|AUS|63
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|CHL|12|ru7|AUS|24

Bowl

Round8
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|FRA|26|ru7|West Indies|5
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|USA|40|ru7|CHL|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|CAN|45|ru7|MEX|0
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|AUS|12|ru7|WAL|19
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|FRA|10|ru7|USA|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|CAN|14|ru7|WAL|22
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|USA|19|ru7|WAL|21

Plate

Round8
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|NZL|28|ru7|FJI|5
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ENG|7|ru7|KEN|17
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ARG|0|ru7|ZAF|24
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|SAM|24|ru7|SCO|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|FJI|21|ru7|ENG|14
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ARG|22|ru7|SCO|14
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|FJI|26|ru7|ARG|21

Cup

Round8
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|NZL|28|ru7|FJI|5
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ENG|7|ru7|KEN|17
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ARG|0|ru7|ZAF|24
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|SAM|24|ru7|SCO|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|NZL|50|ru7|KEN|10
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|ZAF|22|ru7|SAM|12
february 10 - San Diego, USA |ru7|NZL|27|ru7|ZAF|12|

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.usasevens.com/ Official site of tournament organizers]
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=3/index.html USA Sevens] on irb.com
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens World Series]
* [http://www.myspace.com/usasevens USA Sevens on MySpace]


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