The 2010 Hong Kong Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from March 26–28 in at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong and featured 24 teams. Samoa won its third consecutive Cup after defeating New Zealand in the final. With the victory, Samoa moved into first place in the World Series standings.
Format Qualification for the various trophy brackets is as follows: Cup and Plate — The six pool winners, plus the two top-rated second-place teams Bowl — The four remaining second-place teams, plus the four top-rated third-place teams Shield — The eight remaining teams
The 2010 edition saw several significant changes to the tournament format. Foremost among these changes was the introduction of the fourth-level Shield trophy, which had not previously been awarded in Hong Kong. More important within the context of the IRB Sevens as a whole, the Cup and Plate are now contested in the same manner as in other competitions, with the losing quarterfinalists in the Cup parachuting into the Plate semifinals.
Teams
Incident One spectator dressed in fancy costume invaded the pitch. He jumped down from the south stand, climbed onto the crossbar at the south end of the stadium for several minutes whilst hapless security guards watched; he dodged back into the stands and evaded capture.Carney, John (25 March 2011). "Pitch invaders to be arrested at the Sevens", South China Morning Post
Pool stages
Pool A
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-2640 - 12 2010-03-2619 - 12 2010-03-2742 - 0 2010-03-27 24 - 12 2010-03-27 12 - 14 2010-03-27 21 - 14
Pool B
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-2659 - 5 2010-03-267 - 12 2010-03-2742 - 5 2010-03-2736 - 0 2010-03-27 56 - 12 2010-03-27 22 - 5
Pool C
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-2682 - 7 2010-03-26 17 - 10 2010-03-27 62 - 0 2010-03-27 45 - 7 2010-03-27 50 - 0 2010-03-27 38 - 12
Pool D
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-2645 - 12 2010-03-26 12 - 10 2010-03-27 12 - 7 2010-03-27 33 - 12 2010-03-27 41 - 12 2010-03-27 36 - 12
Pool E
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-26 45 - 0 2010-03-26 12 - 10 2010-03-27 19 - 21 2010-03-27 45 - 0 2010-03-27 40 - 7 2010-03-27 26 - 5
Pool F
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-03-26 28 - 15 2010-03-26 51 - 7 2010-03-27 40 - 7 2010-03-27 24 - 0 2010-03-27 31 - 24 2010-03-27 7 - 21
Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
was the third team to score 1,000 overall points after finishing on top of Group F
Statistics
Individual points
Individual Points Pos. Player Country Points 1 Kurt Baker 61 2 Gardener Nechironga 48 3 James Stannard 44 4 Cecil Afrika 41 5= Mikaele Pesamino 40 5= Kevin Swiryn 40 7= Lolo Lui 39 7= Keith Robertson 39 9 Philip Mack 38 10 Emosi Vucago 37
Individual tries
Individual Tries Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Kurt Baker 9 2= Gardener Nechironga 8 2= Mikaele Pesamino 8 2= Kevin Swiryn 8 5= Goncalo Foro 6 5= Brackin Karauria-Henry 6 5= Niumaia Rokobuli 6 5= Rowan Varty 6 9= Oliver Lindsay-Hague 5 9= James Rodwell 5 9= Nick Royle 5
References
External links Pools and Matches Set for Hong Kong Sevens