2010β11 IRB Sevens | |
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Series XII | |
Hosts | |
Date | 3 December 2010 - 29 May 2011 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
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The 2010β11 IRB Sevens World Series was the 12th annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999β2000.
Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, was played over three days, largely because it involved 24 teams instead of the normal 16.
The IRB announced dates for the 2010β11 events on 1 June 2010, only two days after the final event of the 2009β10 series, the Edinburgh Sevens. [1] The stops remained unchanged from recent years; the only scheduling change for 2010β11 was that the Adelaide event, which moved from its traditional slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before in 2010, [2] returned to its prior slot for 2011. [1]
This was the last season for the South Africa leg in George and the Australia leg in Adelaide. On 13 April 2011, both countries' national unions announced that their respective legs of the series would move to new sites for 2011β12. The South Africa Sevens will move to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. [3] The Australia leg will move to Skilled Park in the Gold Coast; it was initially known as the "International Rugby Sevens Gold Coast", [4] but later rebranded simply as the "Gold Coast Sevens". [5]
Leg | Venue | Date | Winner |
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Dubai | The Sevens | 3β4 December 2010 | ![]() |
South Africa | Outeniqua Park, George | 10β11 December 2010 | ![]() |
New Zealand | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 4β5 February 2011 | ![]() |
United States | Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | 12β13 February 2011 | ![]() |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium | 25β27 March 2011 | ![]() |
Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 2β3 April 2011 | ![]() |
London | Twickenham | 21β22 May 2011 | ![]() |
Edinburgh | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 28β29 May 2011 | ![]() |
Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2010β11 were:
The core teams were unchanged from 2009β10.
The season championship was determined by points earned in each tournament. The points allocations for all events were identical to those in the 2009β10 series, reflecting changes that the IRB made starting with that season: [6]
In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participated. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament had 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, the teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournamentsβ3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker was the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament. [7]
Four trophies were awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they were the Cup, whose winner was the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy was awarded at the end of a knockout tournament. [8]
In a 16-team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield. [7]
The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition. [9]
The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (β) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
Pos. |
Event Team
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Points total |
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1 | ![]() |
16 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 166 |
2 | ![]() |
12 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 140 |
3 | ![]() |
24 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 127 |
4 | ![]() |
16 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 122 |
5 | ![]() |
20 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 120 |
6 | ![]() |
8 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 80 |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 62 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 38 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
12 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
13 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | β | β | 8 | β | 0 | 0 | 8 |
14 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | β | β | 8 | β | 0 | 0 | 8 |
15 | ![]() |
β | β | 0 | 0 | 5 | β | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Notes:
Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.
Individual points
[11] | |||
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Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
1 | Cecil Afrika | ![]() |
381 |
2 | Tomasi Cama | ![]() |
299 |
3 | Ben Gollings | ![]() |
278 |
4 | Hamish Angus | ![]() |
240 |
5 | Andrew Skeen | ![]() |
201 |
6 | Emosi Vucago | ![]() |
195 |
7 | Bernard Foley | ![]() |
123 |
8 | Frank Halai | ![]() |
175 |
9 | Dan Norton | ![]() |
164 |
10 | Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada | ![]() |
159 |
Individual tries
[12] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
1 | Cecil Afrika | ![]() |
40 |
2 | Frank Halai | ![]() |
35 |
3 | Dan Norton | ![]() |
32 |
4 | Humphrey Kayange | ![]() |
31 |
5-tie | Seremaia Burotu | ![]() |
29 |
5-tie | Collins Injera | ![]() |
29 |
7 | Toby Arnold | ![]() |
27 |
8-tie | Bernard Foley | ![]() |
26 |
8-tie | Declan O'Donnell | ![]() |
26 |
Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
29 β 21 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
19 β 12 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
21 β 0 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
26 β 0 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
22 β 19 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
10 β 5 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
26 β 0 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
14 β 5 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
29 β 14 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
26 β 12 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
19 β 0 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
19 β 12 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
24 β 14 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
26 β 15 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
19 β 14 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
19 β 12 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists | Quarter Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
29 β 17 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
26 β 19 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
35 β 12 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
17 β 12 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
28 β 20 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
14 β 7 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
17 β 10 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
22 β 5 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
24 β 14 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
22 β 12 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
21 β 19 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
22 β 7 | ![]() |
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Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
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Cup | ![]() |
36 β 35 | ![]() |
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Plate | ![]() |
26 β 14 | ![]() |
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Bowl | ![]() |
21 β 14 | ![]() |
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Shield | ![]() |
17 β 12 | ![]() |
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