2008 Wellington Sevens

The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series.

## Pool stages[edit]

### Pool A[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 7 | +96 | 9
Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 7
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 95 | -58 | 5
Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 90 | -69 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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1 February 2008  |  New Zealand | 43 – 0 |  Canada
1 February 2008  |  Samoa | 22 – 0 |  Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008  |  New Zealand | 41 – 0 |  Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008  |  Samoa | 31 – 10 |  Canada
1 February 2008  |  Canada | 27 – 21 |  Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008  |  New Zealand | 19 – 7 |  Samoa

### Pool B[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 28 | +60 | 9
Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 7
Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 74 | -32 | 5
England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 53 | -24 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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1 February 2008  |  Fiji | 40 – 7 |  Wales
1 February 2008  |  England | 17 – 21 |  Cook Islands
1 February 2008  |  Fiji | 31 – 14 |  Cook Islands
1 February 2008  |  England | 5 – 15 |  Wales
1 February 2008  |  Wales | 26 – 7 |  Cook Islands
1 February 2008  |  Fiji | 17 – 7 |  England

### Pool C[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 9
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 7
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 52 | -26 | 5
France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 72 | -51 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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1 February 2008  |  South Africa | 24 – 14 |  Australia
1 February 2008  |  Kenya | 19 – 0 |  France
1 February 2008  |  South Africa | 29 – 7 |  France
1 February 2008  |  Kenya | 0 – 19 |  Australia
1 February 2008  |  Australia | 24 – 14 |  France
1 February 2008  |  South Africa | 33 – 7 |  Kenya

### Pool D[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 8
Tonga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 7
United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 52 | -21 | 6
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 55 | -19 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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1 February 2008  |  Argentina | 7 – 17 |  United States
1 February 2008  |  Scotland | 26 – 0 |  Tonga
1 February 2008  |  Argentina | 17 – 19 |  Tonga
1 February 2008  |  Scotland | 7 – 7 |  United States
1 February 2008  |  United States | 7 – 38 |  Tonga
1 February 2008  |  Argentina | 12 – 19 |  Scotland

## Knockout[edit]

### Shield[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | | | | |

|  Canada| 17

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  England| 33 |

|  Canada| 7

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  United States| 19 |

|  United States| 12

| | 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  France| 17 |

|  United States| 22

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Kenya| 17

|  Kenya| 7

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand |

|  Argentina| 19 |

|  Kenya| 38

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Papua New Guinea| 7 |

|  Cook Islands| 24

|  Papua New Guinea| 17 |

### Bowl[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | | | | |

|  Canada| 17

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  England| 33 |

|  England| 14

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  France| 5 |

|  United States| 12

| | 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  France| 17 |

|  England| 12

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Argentina| 7

|  Kenya| 7

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand |

|  Argentina| 19 |

|  Argentina| 36

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Cook Islands| 5 |

|  Cook Islands| 24

|  Papua New Guinea| 17 |

### Plate[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | | | | |

|  New Zealand| 40

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  Wales| 5 |

|  Wales| 24

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Scotland| 12 |

|  Scotland| 7

| | 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  Australia| 31 |

|  Wales| 12

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  South Africa| 19

|  South Africa| 10

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand |

|  Tonga| 14 |

|  South Africa| 26

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Fiji| 19 |

|  Fiji| 17

|  Samoa| 19 |

### Cup[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | | | | |

|  New Zealand| 40

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  Wales| 5 |

|  New Zealand| 32

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Australia| 7 |

|  Scotland| 7

| | 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

|  Australia| 31 |

|  New Zealand| 22

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Samoa| 17

|  South Africa| 10

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand |

|  Tonga| 14 |

|  Tonga| 21

| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand

| |  Samoa| 24 |

|  Fiji| 17

|  Samoa| 19 |

## Round 3 table[edit]

Pos.  | Country |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Overall

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1 |  New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 20 |  |  |  |  |  | 60
2 |  Fiji | 16 | 16 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 36
3 |  South Africa | 12 | 12 | 8 |  |  |  |  |  | 32
4 |  Samoa | 6 | 4 | 16 |  |  |  |  |  | 26
5 |  Argentina | 8 | 12 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 20
6 |  Australia | 2 | 0 | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 14
6 |  England | 12 | 0 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 14
8 |  Kenya | 4 | 8 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 12
8 |  Tonga | – | – | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 12
8 |  Scotland | 4 | 4 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 12
11 |  Wales | 0 | 2 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 8
12 |  United States | 0 | 6 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 6
13 |  France | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | – |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Tunisia | 0 | 0 | – |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Cook Islands | – | – | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Uganda | – | 0 | – |  |  |  |  |  | 0
13 |  Arabian Gulf | 0 | – | – |  |  |  |  |  | 0

Fiji was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.

## External links[edit]

* New Zealand Rugby 7s
* IRB Sevens
* New Zealand 7s on irb.com

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