2008 Adelaide Sevens

The Adelaide Sevens, was 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 on April 5 and April 6 in Adelaide, Australia and was the sixth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.
South Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15-7 in the Cup final. The Cook Islands provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48–0 drubbing by Samoa in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14-12. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won the Shield.

Pool stages

Pool A

:

*April 5 South Africa 43-0 USA
*April 5 Australia 21-14 Canada
*April 5 South Africa 21-17 Canada
*April 5 Australia 31-19 USA
*April 5 USA 19-17 Canada
*April 5 South Africa 19-7 Australia

Pool D

:

*April 5 Fiji 31-12 England
*April 5 Kenya 21-12 France
*April 5 Fiji 33-12 France
*April 5 Kenya 17-10 England
*April 5 England 12-19 France
*April 5 Fiji 29-14 Kenya

Knockout

hield

Round8
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ARG|24|ru7|Japan|12
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|FRA|28|ru7|CAN|19
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|USA|26|ru7|ENG|19
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|WAL|12|ru7|SCO|17
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|Japan|19|ru7|CAN|24
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ENG|14|ru7|WAL|19
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|CAN|7|ru7|WAL|12

Bowl

Round8
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ARG|24|ru7|Japan|12
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|FRA|28|ru7|CAN|19
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|USA|26|ru7|ENG|19
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|WAL|12|ru7|SCO|17
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ARG|24|ru7|FRA|12
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|USA|29|ru7|SCO|14
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ARG|26|ru7|USA|21

Plate

Round8
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|NZL|19|ru7|TON|14
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|FJI|28|ru7|AUS|7
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ZAF|19|ru7|KEN|5
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|SAM|48|ru7|Cook Islands|0
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|TON|21|ru7|AUS|7
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|KEN|26|ru7|Cook Islands|14
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|TON|14|ru7|KEN|12

Cup

Round8
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|NZL|19|ru7|TON|14
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|FJI|28|ru7|AUS|7
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ZAF|19|ru7|KEN|5
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|SAM|48|ru7|Cook Islands|0
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|NZL|17|ru7|FJI|14
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|ZAF|17|ru7|SAM|12
April 6 - Adelaide, Australia |ru7|NZL|7|ru7|ZAF|15|

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=6/index.html Adelaide Sevens] on irb.com
* [http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens World Series]