2019 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XXI
Host nation South Africa
Date13–15 December 2019
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Third France
Tournament details
Matches played36
Tries scored225 (average 6.25 per match)
Most points Jean-Pascal Barraque
(54 points)
Most tries Jean-Pascal Barraque
(6 tries)
2018
2022

The 2019 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 21st South Africa Sevens tournament. It was held on 13–15 December 2019 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[1][2][3]

Fiji, the United States and South Africa – three of the top four teams from the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series – were all drawn into Pool A.

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Japan.

Pool stage

All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33009629+679
 Fiji 32019647+497
 United States 31027149+225
 Japan 30037145−1383
13 December 2019
19:35
United States 14–28 Fiji
Try: Tomasin 9' c
Baker 15' c
Con: Hughes (2/2) 9', 15'
ReportTry: Tuimaba (2) 5' c, 6' c
Botitu 11' c
Naduva 12' c
Con: Bolaca (2/2) 5', 7'
Nacuqu (2/2) 11', 13'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

13 December 2019
20:03
South Africa 49–0 Japan
Try: Senatla (2) 1' c, 10' c
Arendse (2) 4' c, 7' c
Pretorius 8' c
S. Davids 12' c
Nel 14' c
Con: Geduld (4/4) 2', 4', 7', 8'
Specman (3/3) 10', 12', 15'
Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

14 December 2019
13:29
United States 42–0 Japan
Try: Isles 6' c
Barrett 7' c
Hughes (2) 8' c, 14' c
Tomasin 11' c
Williams 15'
Con: Hughes (5/5) 6', 8', 9', 14', 16'
Tomasin (1/1) 11'
Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

14 December 2019
13:51
South Africa 26–14 Fiji
Try: Specman 6' c
Senatla 8' m
Nel 10' c
Geduld 12' c
Con: Geduld (3/4) 7', 11', 13'
ReportTry: Tuwai 3' c
Botitu 5' c
Con: Bolaca (2/2) 3', 5'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

14 December 2019
19:35
Fiji 54–7 Japan
Try: Tuwai 3' c
Nacuqu (3) 4' c, 7' c, 10' c
Naduva 6' c
Dranisinukula 10' c
Vakurunabili 8' m
Tuimaba 11' c
Con: Nacuqu (4/4) 3', 5', 6', 7'
Bolaca (1/2) 11'
Botitu (2/2) 10', 11'
ReportTry: Hayashi 14' c
Con: Nakazawa (1/1) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

14 December 2019
20:03
South Africa 21–15 United States
Try: Sage 3' c
Specman 5' c
S. Davids 11' c
Con: Geduld (3/3) 3', 6', 12'
ReportTry: Isles 7' m
Leuta 13' m
Baker 14' m
Con: Hughes (0/2)
Tomasin (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33009526+699
 Argentina 32019240+527
 Canada 31024380−375
 Wales 300321105−843
13 December 2019
18:35
Argentina 33–21 Canada
Try: Sábato (2) 1' c, 8' c
Schulz 5' m
Luna 10' c
Ulloa 12' c
Con: Mare (3/4) 2', 9', 10'
Ulloa (1/1) 13'
ReportTry: Braid 3' c
Sauder (2/2) 14' c, 15' c
Con: Hirayama (1/1) 3' c
Coats (2/2) 14', 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

13 December 2019
19:05
New Zealand 43–7 Wales
Try: Knewstubb 3' c
Ware 6' m
Webber 8' c
Mikkelson 9' m
Rokolisoa (2) 11' c, 13' c
McGarvey-Black 12' m
Con: Knewstubb (3/6) 3', 8', 11'
Dickson (1/1) 14'
ReportTry: Gasson 4' c
Con: Treharne (1/1) 5'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

14 December 2019
12:45
Argentina 45–0 Wales
Try: Schulz (2) 3' c, 5' c
Etchart 4' c
Ulloa 7' c
Prisciantelli 9' c
González 12' m
Del Mestre 15'
Con: Mare (4/4) 4', 5', 6', 7'
Ulloa (1/3) 10'
Report
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

14 December 2019
13:07
New Zealand 33–5 Canada
Try: Collier 2' c
Curry 8' c
Mikkelson 11' m
Ware 14' c
Dickson 15' c
Con: Baker (2/2) 2', 8'
McGarvey-Black (2/2) 14', 16'
Rokolisoa (0/1)
ReportTry: Fuailefau 9' m
Con: Hirayama (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

14 December 2019
18:35
Canada 17–14 Wales
Try: Sauder (2) 4' m, 9' c
Mullins 7' m
Con: Hirayama (1/3) 9'
ReportTry: Lewis 12' c
Jones 14' c
Con: Treharne (2/2) 12', 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

14 December 2019
19:05
New Zealand 19–14 Argentina
Try: Webber (2) 4', 9' c
Knewstubb 10' m
Con: Knewstubb (2/2) 5', 9'
McGarvey-Black (0/1)
ReportTry: Osadczuk 6' c
Revol 15'
Con: Mare (1/1) 7'
Ulloa 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 33009738+599
 Scotland 3201676707
 England 31026966+35
 Spain 30033395−623
13 December 2019
17:21
France 40–7 Spain
Try: Veredamu 1' c
Barraque 4' c
Parez 8' c
Lakafia 11' m
Siega (2) 14' c, 16' c
Con: Barraque (3/4) 2', 5', 9'
Mazzoleni (2/2) 14', 16'
ReportTry: Rodriguez-Guerra 8' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

13 December 2019
17:43
England 24–26 Scotland
Try: Norton 8' m
Emery 9' m
Lindsay-Hague 10' c
Glover 14' c
Con: Bibby (2/4) 10', 14'
ReportTry: Fergusson 4' c
McCann 11' c
Pecqueur 12' c
Sofolarin 15' m
Con: Lowe (2/3) 4', 13'
Fergusson (1/1) 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

14 December 2019
12:01
France 24–19 Scotland
Try: Barraque 7' m
Parez 8' m
Penalty try 10'
Veredamu 11' c
Con: Barraque (1/3) 12'
ReportTry: Pecqueur 4' c
Brown 5' c
Sofolarin 12' m
Con: Lowe (2/3) 5', 6'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

14 December 2019
12:23
England 33–7 Spain
Try: Bowen 1' c
Norton 4' m
Edwards 6'
Lindsay-Hague 10' c
Glover 14' c
Con: Edwards (4/5) 1', 6', 10', 14'
ReportTry: Ramos 8' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

14 December 2019
17:51
Spain 19–22 Scotland
Try: Losada (2) 5' c, 15'
Fontes 10' c
Con: Hernández (2/2) 5', 10'
ReportTry: Brown 2' m
McFarland 7' c
Pecqueur (2) 10' m, 12' m
Con: Lowe (1/4) 8'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

14 December 2019
18:13
England 12–33 France
Try: Burgess 2' c
Lindsay-Hague 14' m
Con: Edwards (1/2) 3'
ReportTry: Barraque (3) 4' c, 11' c, 15' c
Lakafia 9' m
Siega 13' c
Con: Barraque (4/5) 5', 12', 13', 15'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 32107859+198
 Kenya 32106050+108
 Australia 3102525205
 Samoa 30034776−293
13 December 2019
16:37
Australia 21–26 Ireland
Try: Pincus (2) 1' c, 14' c
Hutchison 9' c
Con: Coward (3/3) 2', 9', 14'
ReportTry: O'Sullivan 6' c
O'Donnell 11' c
Dardis 13' c
Kennedy 16'
Con: Dardis (3/3) 7', 12', 13'
Roche (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

13 December 2019
16:59
Samoa 19–24 Kenya
Try: Perez (2) 7' c, 15' m
Tuatagaloa 13' c
Con: Alosio (1/1) 7'
Tuatagaloa (1/1) 14'
Vaili (0/1)
ReportTry: Sikuta 3' m
Otieno 5' m
Taabu 10' c
Odhiambo 11' c
Con: Taabu (2/4) 11', 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

14 December 2019
10:57
Australia 7–12 Kenya
Try: Pincus 7' c
Con: Holland (1/1) 8'
ReportTry: Onyala 4' c
Otieno 11' m
Con: Taabu (1/2) 4'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

14 December 2019
11:19
Samoa 14–28 Ireland
Try: Tuatagaloa 5' c
Motuga 14' c
Con: Alosio (1/1) 5', 15'
ReportTry: Conroy 8' c
McNulty 8' c
O'Donnell 10' c
Kennedy 11' c
Con: Dardis (4/4) 8', 9', 9', 11'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

14 December 2019
16:47
Ireland 24–24 Kenya
Try: Lennox 2' c
O'Sullivan 5' m
Conroy (2) 9' c, 16' m
Con: Dardis (2/3) 3', 9'
Roche (0/1)
ReportTry: Amonde 4' c
Onyala 7' c
Olindi 10' m
Otieno 11' m
Con: Taabu (2/3) 4', 7'
Olindi (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

14 December 2019
17:05
Samoa 14–24 Australia
Try: Tuitama (2) 8' c, 15' c
Con: Alosio (2/2) 8', 15'
ReportTry: Turner (2) 3' m, 8' c
McMahon 5' m
Kennewell 6' c
Con: Holland (2/4) 7', 9'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Placement matches

Fifteenth place

15 December 2019
15:48
Wales 15–19 Japan
Try: Dyer 1' m
Treharne 10' m
Wood 15' m
Con: Treharne (0/3)
ReportTry: Kano (2) 5' c, 11'
Tuiaki 13' c
Con: Fujita (1/1) 5'
Kano (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Thirteenth place

15 December 2019
16:10
Samoa 38–7 Spain
Try: Solia 6' c
Tuatagaloa 7' c
Tuitama 8' m
Alosio 9' c
Scanlan 13' c
Masoe 14' m
Con: Alosio (3/4) 6', 8', 10', 13'
Vaili (0/1)
ReportTry: Ramos 12' c
Con: Hernández (1/1) 12'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Eleventh place

15 December 2019
16:32
Australia 5–22 Canada
Try: Skelton 5' m
Con: Holland (0/1)
ReportTry: Kay 3' c
Berna 7' m
Richard 9' m
Morra 12' m
Con: Kay (1/2) 4'
Braid (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

Ninth place

15 December 2019
16:54
United States 17−12 England
Try: Unufe 3' m
Barrett 6' m
Isles 8' c
Con: Hughes (1/3) 9'
ReportTry: Lindsay-Hague 2' c
Norton 13' m
Con: Edwards (1/2) 3'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Knockout stage

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
15 December – 11:28 – Cape Town
 
 
 South Africa17
 
15 December – 14:44 – Cape Town
 
 Kenya5
 
 South Africa21
 
15 December – 11:50 – Cape Town
 
 France14
 
 France19
 
15 December – 18:56 – Cape Town
 
 Argentina10
 
 South Africa5
 
15 December – 12:12 – Cape Town
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Ireland12
 
15 December – 15:06 – Cape Town
 
 Fiji31
 
 Fiji7
 
15 December – 12:34 – Cape Town
 
 New Zealand24 Third place
 
 New Zealand35
 
15 December – 17:59 – Cape Town
 
 Scotland19
 
 France29 (a.e.t)
 
 
 Fiji24
 

Quarter-finals

15 December 2019
11:28
South Africa 17–5 Kenya
Try: Nel (2) 5' m, 9' c
S. Davids 13' m
Con: Geduld (1/2) 9'
ReportTry: Otieno 3' m
Con: Taabu (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
11:50
France 19–10 Argentina
Try: Lakafia 5' c
Siega 10' c
Riva 14' m
Con: Barraque (2/3) 5', 10'
ReportTry: Etchart 2' m
Sábato 6' m
Con: Mare (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
15 December 2019
12:12
Ireland 12–31 Fiji
Try: Conroy 4' c
Kennedy 9' m
Con: Dardis (1/2) 5'
ReportTry: Bolaca 6' c
Tuimaba 8' c
Nacuqu (2) 11' m, 13' c
Naduva 15' m
Con: Bolaca (2/3) 7', 9'
Nacuqu (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
12:34
New Zealand 35–19 Scotland
Try: Ng Shiu (2) 3' c, 6' c
Knewstubb 5' c
Baker (2) 8' c, 10' c
Con: Knewstubb (4/4) 4', 6', 7', 9'
Baker (1/1) 11'
ReportTry: Fife 9' m
Pecqueur 13' c
Bickerstaff 13' c
Con: Fergusson (1/1) 13'
Lowe (1/2) 14'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Semi-finals

15 December 2019
14:44
South Africa 21–14 France
Try: Nel 9' c
Pretorius 9' c
Soyizwapi 13' c
Con: Geduld (3/3) 9', 10', 13'
ReportTry: O'Connor 6' c
Laugel 16' c
Con: Barraque (1/1) 7'
Riva 16'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
15 December 2019
15:06
Fiji 7–24 New Zealand
Try: Botitu 8' c
Con: Bolaca (1/1) 8'
ReportTry: Penalty try 3'
Baker 4' c
Ware 7' c
Knewstubb 9'
Con: Baker (1/1) 5'
Knewstubb (0/2)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Third place

15 December 2018
17:59
France 29–24
(a.e.t.)
 Fiji
Try: Barraque 3' m
Mignot (2) 4' m, 8' c <nt> Zeghdar 6' c
Veredamu 16'
Con: Barraque (1/3) 6'
Mazzoleni (1/1) 8'
ReportTry: Tuwai 7' m
Mocenacagi (2) 10' c, 11' c
K. Tabu 15'
Con: Nacuqu (2/3) 10', 11'
Bolaca (0/1)
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Final

15 December 2019
18:56
 South Africa5–7 New Zealand
Try: Geduld 9' m
Con: Geduld (0/1)
ReportTry: McGarvey-Black 12' c
Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 12'
Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Tournament placings

Place Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France17
4  Fiji15
5  Argentina13
6  Ireland12
7  Kenya11
8  Scotland10
Place Team Points
9  United States8
10  England7
11  Canada6
12  Australia5
13  Samoa4
14  Spain3
15  Japan2
16  Wales1

Dream Team

Runners-up and host team South Africa contributed three players to the tournament Dream Team.

ForwardsBacks
New Zealand Scott Curry
Kenya Alvin Otieno
South Africa JC Pretorius
France Jean Pascal Barraque
South Africa Rosko Specman
South Africa Ruhan Nel
Jordan Conroy

References

  1. "Captains all set for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Cape Town 13-15 December 2019". World Rugby. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. "HSBC Cape Town Sevens Series - 13-15 December 2019". SA Rugby. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.


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