2014 South Africa Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| series = Sevens World Series XVI

| countries = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

| date = 13–14 December 2014

| champions1 = {{Ru7|RSA}}

| runnersup1 = {{Ru7|NZL}}

| third = {{Ru7|AUS}}

| champions2 = {{Ru7|USA}}

| runnersup2 = {{Ru7|FIJ}}

| champions3 = {{Ru7|CAN}}

| runnersup3 = {{Ru7|KEN}}

| champions4 = {{Ru7|POR}}

| runnersup4 = {{Ru7|SAM}}

| matches = 45

| tries = 265

| top point scorer = {{flagicon|AUS}} Pama Fou (55)

| top try scorer = {{flagicon|AUS}} Pama Fou (11)

| prevseason = 2013

| nextseason = 2015

}}

The 2014 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 December 2014 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Format

The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

{{ru7|ARG}}
{{ru7|AUS}}
{{ru7|CAN}}
{{ru7|ENG}}
{{ru7|FIJ}}
{{ru7|FRA}}
{{ru7|JPN}}
{{ru7|KEN}}
{{ru7|NZL}}
{{ru7|POR}}
{{ru7|SAM}}
{{ru7|SCO}}
{{ru7|RSA}}
{{ru7|USA}}
{{ru7|WAL}}
{{ru7|ZIM}}

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 South Africa Sevens are as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.sareferees.com/News/referees-to-14-december-2014/2830290/|title=SA Rugby Referees|website=www.sareferees.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}

{{flagicon|SCO}} Mike Adamson (Scotland)
{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
{{flagicon|NZL}} Nick Briant (New Zealand)
{{flagicon|RSA}} Ben Crouse (South Africa)
{{flagicon|NZL}} Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Moyes (Australia)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Matt O'Brien (Australia)
{{flagicon|RSA}} Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
{{flagicon|RSA}} Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Pool Stage

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=2\|Key to colours in group tables
style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"\| \|align=left\|Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

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colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables

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|align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

=Pool A=

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|RSA}} \|3	3	0	0	100	7	+93	9
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|USA}} \|3	2	0	1	71	43	+28	7
align=left\|{{Ru7\|WAL}} \|3	1	0	2	41	79	−38	5
align=left\|{{Ru7\|KEN}} \|3	0	0	3	17	100	–83	3

{{rugbybox

|date = 13 December 2014

|time = 12:42

|home = {{Ru7-rt|RSA}}

|score = 26–0

|report = Report{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/match/21795|title=HSBC Sevens World Series|first=|last=worldrugby.org|website=www.worldrugby.org|accessdate=14 September 2017|archive-date=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/match/21795|url-status=dead}}

|away = {{Ru7|USA}}

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|ARG}} \|3	3	0	0	76	33	+43	9
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|AUS}} \|3	2	0	1	104	52	+52	7
align=left\|{{Ru7\|POR}} \|3	1	0	2	47	54	–7	5
align=left\|{{Ru7\|ZIM}} \|3	0	0	3	12	100	–88	3

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|FIJ}} \|3	3	0	0	90	24	+66	9
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|SCO}} \|3	1	0	2	43	45	–2	5
align=left\|{{Ru7\|CAN}} \|3	1	0	2	42	62	–20	5
align=left\|{{Ru7\|FRA}} \|3	1	0	2	41	85	–44	5

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|NZL}} \|3	3	0	0	58	7	+51	9
bgcolor=ccffcc \|align=left\|{{Ru7\|ENG}} \|3	2	0	1	67	12	+55	7
align=left\|{{Ru7\|JPN}} \|3	1	0	2	17	88	–71	5
align=left\|{{Ru7\|SAM}} \|3	0	0	3	28	63	–35	3

Rank	Player	Points
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| 1	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Pama Fou	align=center \| 55
align=center \| 2	{{flagicon\|AUS}} James Stannard	align=center \| 40
align=center \| 2	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Seabelo Senatla	align=center \| 40
align=center \| 4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Madison Hughes	align=center \| 39
align=center \| 4	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Branco Du Preez	align=center \| 39
align=center \| 6	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Joe Webber	align=center \| 37
align=center \| 7	{{flagicon\|FIJ}} Osea Kolinisau	align=center \| 35
align=center \| 8	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Javier Rojas	align=center \| 32
align=center \| 9	{{flagicon\|USA}} Carlin Isles	align=center \| 30
align=center \| 10	(multiple players)	align=center \| 35

2014 South Africa Sevens

Format

Teams

Match officials

Pool Stage

=Pool A=

=Pool B=

=Pool C=

=Pool D=

Knockout stage

=Shield=

=Bowl=

=Plate=

=Cup=

Scoring

References

External links