2009 Carlton Rugby 7s
Host nation12
Date27–29 November 2009
Tournament details
Matches played25

The 2009 Carlton Rugby 7s, had previously been conducted as the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s competition but was rebranded as the Carlton Sri Lanka Rugby 7s under a new partnership between the Tharunyata Hetak Foundation and the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU). The tournament was the sixth and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series for the year.

The Carlton 7s were held on 27–29 November 2008 at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, involving 12 teams from the Asian rugby playing nations of Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, China, Thailand, Iran, Jordan, Brunei, Pakistan and Malaysia, together with the host nation, Sri Lanka. In the Cup final Japan defeated Malaysia 26 points to 7, with Thailand winning the Plate and Pakistan the Bowl.

There was also a separate championship for six invited international teams, in addition to the annual schools tournament. The schools event was won by St Peter’s College, who defeated Royal College 17 points to 14. In the final of the Invitational International tournament, Fiji, who fielded the Fiji Dijicel were victorious over the South African Vipers, 38 points to 12. In the third place play-off the Western Samoa Barbarians beat the New Zealand Legends by 14-5 whilst the Australian Legends recorded a 24-5 win over Papua New Guinea in the fifth place play-off.

First round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
Teams advanced to the Bowl semi-final

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Japan 2200730+736
 Kazakhstan 21011547-324
 Iran 2002748-412

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Chinese Taipei 22006214+486
 Thailand 21015931+284
 Philippines 2002076−762

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Malaysia 2200785+736
 China 21014635+114
 Brunei 2002084−843

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Sri Lanka 22007412+626
 South Korea 21013622+144
 Pakistan 2002076-762

Second round

Bowl

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Brunei21
 
 
 
 Jordan5
 
 Brunei7
 
 
 
 Pakistan26
 
 Pakistan19
 
 
 Iran17
 

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Thailand28
 
 
 
 Sri Lanka12
 
 Thailand15
 
 
 
 South Korea12
 
 South Korea17
 
 
 China10
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Malaysia29
 
 
 
 Thailand14
 
 Malaysia19
 
 
 
 Kazakhstan0
 
 Kazakhstan17
 
 
 
 Sri Lanka12
 
 Malaysia7
 
 
 
 Japan26
 
 Chinese Taipei21
 
 
 
 China17
 
 Chinese Taipei5
 
 
 
 Japan40
 
 Japan35
 
 
 South Korea7
 

References

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