2009 Dubai Sevens
# 2009 Dubai Sevens

The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition was held on December 4 and December 5 at The Sevens. It is the first of eight events in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament with a 24–12 victory over Samoa in the final.

This was the second edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.

## Format

The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

## Teams

* Arabian Gulf
* Argentina
* Australia
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Russia
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales
* Zimbabwe

## Pool stages

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 33009321729  Australia 32016143187  Wales 31027142295  Arabian Gulf 300314133-1193

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009-12-04 | South Africa | 28 - 14 | Wales |
| 2009-12-04 | Australia | 47 - 7 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | South Africa | 36 - 7 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | Australia | 14 - 7 | Wales |
| 2009-12-04 | Wales | 50 - 0 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | South Africa | 29 - 0 | Australia |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 32108824648  Fiji 32109038528  Zimbabwe 30123688-524  Scotland 301236100-644

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009-12-04 | Fiji | 47 - 12 | Scotland |
| 2009-12-04 | Samoa | 40 - 5 | Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | Fiji | 31 - 14 | Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | Samoa | 36 - 7 | Scotland |
| 2009-12-04 | Scotland | 17 - 17 | Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | Fiji | 12 - 12 | Samoa |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 33009522739  Kenya 3201675897  Russia 31021966-475  United States 30035085-353

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009-12-04 | England | 40 - 12 | United States |
| 2009-12-04 | Kenya | 26 - 5 | Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | England | 28 - 0 | Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | Kenya | 31 - 26 | United States |
| 2009-12-04 | United States | 12 - 14 | Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | England | 27 - 10 | Kenya |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 330010520859  Argentina 32017257157  Portugal 31003188-575  France 30033679-433

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009-12-04 | New Zealand | 34 - 0 | Portugal |
| 2009-12-04 | Argentina | 22 - 12 | France |
| 2009-12-04 | New Zealand | 33 - 10 | France |
| 2009-12-04 | Argentina | 40 - 7 | Portugal |
| 2009-12-04 | Portugal | 24 - 14 | France |
| 2009-12-04 | New Zealand | 38 - 10 | Argentina |

## Knockout

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Wales | 19 | | | |
| Wales | 19 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Scotland | 12 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Scotland | 12 | Scotland | 5 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Scotland | 5 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Portugal | 29 | |
| Portugal | 0 | Portugal | 29 | |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 5 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 5 | | | | Portugal | 14 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | Portugal | 14 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Russia | 17 |
| Russia | 21 | | | | Russia | 17 |
| Russia | 21 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| France | 22 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| France | 22 | Russia | 26 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Russia | 26 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Arabian Gulf | 12 | |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | Arabian Gulf | 12 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 19 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Wales | 19 | | | |
| Wales | 19 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Scotland | 12 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Scotland | 12 | Wales | 33 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Wales | 33 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | United States | 12 | |
| Portugal | 0 | United States | 12 | |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 5 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 5 | | | | Wales | 38 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | Wales | 38 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Zimbabwe | 7 |
| Russia | 21 | | | | Zimbabwe | 7 |
| Russia | 21 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| France | 22 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| France | 22 | France | 14 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | France | 14 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Zimbabwe | 27 | |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | Zimbabwe | 27 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 19 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Kenya | 14 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Kenya | 14 | Kenya | 14 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Kenya | 14 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | South Africa | 19 | |
| South Africa | 5 | South Africa | 19 | |
| South Africa | 5 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Fiji | 17 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Fiji | 17 | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Australia | 7 |
| England | 17 | | | | Australia | 7 |
| England | 17 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | Argentina | 12 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Argentina | 12 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Australia | 26 | |
| Samoa | 28 | Australia | 26 | |
| Australia | 27 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Kenya | 14 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Kenya | 14 | New Zealand | 19 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | New Zealand | 19 | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Fiji | 0 | |
| South Africa | 5 | Fiji | 0 | |
| South Africa | 5 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Fiji | 17 | | | | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Fiji | 17 | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| England | 17 | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| England | 17 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | England | 19 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | | England | 19 | | | |
| December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai | Samoa | 28 | |
| Samoa | 28 | Samoa | 28 | |
| Australia | 27 | | | |

## Statistics

### Individual points

Individual Points :

| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lolo Lui | Samoa | 49 |
| 2 | Ben Gollings | England | 46 |
| 3 | Clinton Sills | Australia | 45 |
| 4 | Sherwin Stowers | New Zealand | 45 |
| 5 | Vasily Artemyev | Russia | 40 |
| 6 | William Ryder | Fiji | 40 |
| 7 | Mikaele Pesamino | Samoa | 40 |
| 8 | Mzwandile Stick | South Africa | 40 |
| 9 | Junior Tomasi Cama | New Zealand | 38 |
| 10 | Rayno Benjamin | South Africa | 35 |

### Individual tries

Individual Tries :

| Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Clinton Sills | Australia | 9 |
| 2 | Sherwin Stowers | New Zealand | 9 |
| 3 | Vasily Artemyev | Russia | 8 |
| 4 | Mikaele Pesamino | Samoa | 8 |
| 5 | Rayno Benjamin | South Africa | 7 |
| 6 | Alex Cuthbert | Wales | 7 |
| 7 | Nicolas Bruzzone | Argentina | 6 |
| 8 | Collins Injera | Kenya | 6 |
| 9 | Humphrey Kayange | Kenya | 6 |
| 10 | Nick Edwards | United States | 5 |
