IRB Sevens World Series 2007/2008

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Ho notato che non ci sono 3D aperti per parlare del World Series di Rugby a 7 the IRB Sevens quindi ne apro uno io che si occupera' di notizie, risultati ed info sul Campionato appena iniziato.

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IL REGOLAMENTO


All matches shall be played according to the International Rugby Board (IRB) Bye Laws, Regulations and Laws of the Game with Seven-a-side variations as framed by IRB.

The overall winner of the Series will be determined by the team with the most Series points as set out below.

Series Ranking Points

16 Team grid
Cup
Winner (1) 20pt
Runner Up (1) 16pt
Semi Final (2) 12pt
Quarter Final (4) ---
Plate
Winner (1) 8pt
Runner Up (1) 6pt
Semi Final (2) 4pt
Bowl
Winner (1) 2pt

24 teams grid
Cup
Winner (1) 30pt
Runner Up (1) 24pt
Semi Final (2) 18pt
Quarter Final (4) 8pt
Plate
Winner (1) 4pt
Runner Up (1) 3pt
Semi Final (2) 2pt
Bowl
Winner (1) 1pt

- In the event of two or more teams being equal on Series points for any position on the Series table, such position shall be determined on the margin of points scored for and against the team, with the highest margin of points scored for and against being considered the leading team in the respective position.
- In the event of above not providing a decision, the position on the Series table will be determined on the basis of the team scoring the most tries in the Series.
- In the event of above not providing a decision, the position on the Series table will be considered equal (i.e. a tie)
- In the event of a tournament being abandoned, there will be no Series points allocated.

Tournament Squads

All teams will be entitled to have the following squads in attendance at Series Tournaments:
- up to 12 players;
- up to 2 management;
- teams will be entitled to also bring a properly certified doctor or physiotherapist

Declaration of Squad

- The team manager shall be required to submit a squad (max 12 players) for the tournament. The squad including shirt numbers shall be submitted no later than 72 hours prior to the start of the tournament.

- Should a player become injured within the 72 hour period up until 7.00pm on the night prior to the start of the tournament then the player may be replaced at the Participating Union' cost provided he is certified as injured by the tournament doctor.

- If a participating team sends a player home (for any reason) after 7.00pm on the night before the tournament then a replacement player must come from the Reserve Pool.
- If a participating team prior to squad declaration sends a player home (for any reason) the participating team can bring another eligible player into his squad at the expense of the participating team.
- No later than 30 minutes prior to each Match the Team Manager must submit his Team of 7 players and up to 5 replacements from the squad.
- Team managers must ensure that all players representing their Union are eligible to do so in accordance with International Rugby Board (IRB) Bye Laws and Regulations.
- Players must retain the same shirt number throughout the Tournament and Series.

Tournament Replacements

- If a player is injured or suspended such that he cannot continue in the Tournament and in the case of injury this is certified by the Tournament Medical Officer, then;

- The participating team can call up a player from the Tournament Reserve Squad provided by the Host Union.
- The player shall be selected by the Team Manager and endorsed by the - Tournament Director or his nominee, having regard to the playing position of the participating team's injured/suspended player.
- A Tournament Reserve Squad player can only take the field (in the playing Seven) in a match if the participating team through injury or suspension has no other players available from its nominated 12 players.
- Once the Reserve Squad player takes the field then the player that he replaced may no longer take any further part in the Tournament.
- The replacement player must then stay with that team until the Tournament ends.
- For the avoidance of doubt, if, during the Tournament pursuant to this section 7.5, a Tournament Reserve Squad player is called up for and plays for a Participating Union in the Tournament, such player's eligibility under Regulation 8 of the IRB Regulations Relating to the Game (Regulations) shall not be affected. In addition, the Union calling on such a player shall not be deemed to be in breach of Regulation 8.
- The co-ordination and registering of the tournament replacement players (including timings) shall be through the Tournament Director or his nominee.

- Each Tournament is required to conduct a meeting of Team representatives at least 12 hours prior to the commencement of the Tournament.

- Each team is required to send at least one representative to the meeting.

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IL CALENDARIO E GLI ARBITRI ASSEGNATI

Dubai, UAE - Nov 30/Dec 1
James Jones, WRU
Andrew Small, RFU
Simon McDowell, IRFU
David Keane, IRFU
Horatiu Bargaunas, ROM
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jaco Peyper, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Local appointment

George, South Africa - Dec 7/8
James Jones, WRU
Andrew Small, RFU
Simon McDowell, IRFU
David Keane, IRFU
Horatiu Bargaunas, ROM
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jaco Peyper, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Local appointment

Wellington, NZ - Feb 1/2
James Jones, WRU
Neil Paterson, SRU
Eric Gauzins, FFR
Jaco Peyper, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Ian Smith, ARU
Julian Pritchard , ARU
Garratt Williamson, NZRU
Local appointment

San Diego, USA - Feb 9/10
James Jones, WRU
Neil Paterson, SRU
Eric Gauzins, FFR
Jaco Peyper, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Ian Smith, ARU
Julian Pritchard , ARU
Garratt Williamson, NZRU
Local appointment

Hong Kong - Mar 28/29/30
Neil Paterson, SRU
David Keane, IRFU
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jean-Luc Rebollal, FFR
Pro Legoete, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Julian Pritchard , ARU
Garratt Williamson, NZRU
Local appointment

Adelaide, Australia - Apr 5/6
Neil Paterson, SRU
David Keane, IRFU
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jean-Luc Rebollal, FFR
Pro Legoete, SARU
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Julian Pritchard , ARU
Garratt Williamson, NZRU
Local appointment

London, England - May 24/25
James Jones, WRU
Neil Paterson, SRU
Andrew Small, RFU
Simon McDowell, IRFU
David Keane, IRFU
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jean-Luc Rebollal, FFR
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Local appointment

Edinburgh, Scotland - May 31/Jun 1
James Jones, WRU
Neil Paterson, SRU
Andrew Small, RFU
Simon McDowell, IRFU
David Keane, IRFU
Carlo Damasco, FIR
Jean-Luc Rebollal, FFR
James Bolabiu, FIJI
Local appointment

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LA PRIMA TAPPA: DUBAI (UAE) - 30 Nov / 1Dic 2007

Dubai pools
Pool A: New Zealand, Scotland, France, Arabian Gulf
Pool B: Fiji, Argentina, Australia, Zimbabwe
Pool C: Samoa, Kenya, Wales, USA
Pool D: South Africa, England, Canada, Tunisia

Quarti di Finale
Fiji 28 - 5 Scotland
Samoa 19 - 26 England
South Africa 17 - 15 Kenya
New Zealand 40 - 7 Argentina

Semifinali
England 21 - 22 Fiji
New Zealand 12 - 7 South Africa

Finale
New Zealand 31 - 21 Fiji

Inoltre
Argentina 15 - 14 Samoa Final Plate
Canada 0 - 31 Australia Final Bowl
Zimbabwe 22 - 19 Tunisia Final Shield

New Zealand win Dubai Sevens
(IRB.COM) Saturday 1 December 2007

New Zealand captain DJ Forbes lifts the trophyNew Zealand seized control of the final with a fine first half display against Fiji, but then had to withstand an incredible fight back from the islanders to win the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens for the first time since 2002.

Leading 21-0 at the break after tries by Zar Lawrence (2) and Nigel Hunt, Gordon Tietjens' men stretched that advantage to 26-0 when Steven Yates crossed after Neumi Nanuku became the second Fijian player to be sin-binned in the final.

Fiji threw caution to the wind, attacking from everywhere and were rewarded Nanuku, Vereniki Goneva and Akuila Nawerecagi touched down to cut the deficit to five with little more than a minute remaining.

However there was to be no fairytale fourth try for Fiji, that instead going to New Zealand when Yates rounded off a move in which they appeared to have knocked on, clinching a 31-21 victory.

The win represents New Zealand's third consecutive IRB Sevens Cup title after their crowning glory last season and gets their Series title defence off to the best possible start.

Two tries from Tomasi Cama had seen New Zealand recover from Renfred Dazel's opening try to lead South Africa 12-7 at half time in the first Cup semi-final. South Africa, who were missing the injured Mzwandile Stick, had beaten New Zealand in last year's final and thought they had won again when a Fabian Juries try was ruled out for a forward pass to him by Danwel Demas.

The second semi-final was equally dramatic with Tom Guest among the scorers as England fought back to trail Fiji by a single point - 22-21 - with little time remaining. The young England team thought they had then snatched it, but the ball was ruled held up and they could not find another way through.

Fiji had earlier ended Scotland's Cup challenge with a 28-5 defeat of Scotland, just as convincing as New Zealand's 40-7 victory over Argentina. South Africa though endured a scare, their 17-0 half time lead evaporating to just two as the fast finishing Kenyans scored three second half tries.

PLATE
Argentina won an equally dramatic Plate final with a 15-14 defeat of Samoa in a match which was the classic game of two halves. Samoa, beaten 26-19 by England in the Cup quarter-finals, led 14-0 at the break with tries by Pulemalie Sopo and Alafoti Fa'osiliva and seemed on course for victory.

But Argentina are renowned for their spirit and three quickfire tries - all of them unconverted - from Alejandro Abadie, record try scorer Santiago Gomez Cora and Agustin Gosio saw them deny Samoa the silverware in Dubai.

Argentina and Samoa will contest the Plate final after ending the challenges of Kenya and Scotland respectively. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino scored two tries as Argentina ran out 17-14 winners, despite a last gasp try by Kenya's Collins Injera.

Samoa also found the going difficult against Scotland, who took the lead when Colin Gregor collected on the bounce to touch down. Two tries from Reupena Levasa stretched the lead before Scotland fought back to 21-19 only for Alafoti Fa'osiliva to score his second try of the match.

BOWL
Australia claimed the Bowl title after overcoming a brave Canadian outfit 31-0 with the electric Peter Owens scoring a hat-trick of tries. Canada went into the match without their wing Daniel van der Merwe due to an ankle ligament injury, and then saw Nathan Hirayama join him on crutches by its conclusion.

Van der Merwe and Hirayama had earlier helped Canada overcome France 21-5 in the semi-final and their North American rivals USA 21-12 in the last eight. Australia, meanwhile, had withstood a Welsh fight back to win their semi-final 22-19, after earlier dispatching Arabian Gulf 36-5.

Wales had needed a late try from James Merriman to pip Tunisia 17-12 in their quarter-final, while Zimbabwe had given France a scare with a fight back before Loic Mazieres crossed twice for a 24-19 victory.

SHIELD
Zimbabwe won the Shield with the last play of the game when Gerald Sibanda's brilliant step left the Tunisian defence flat-footed to go under the posts for his second try of the final and one that clinched a 22-19 victory.

Tunisia had started brightly, but tired at the end as Zimbabwe's pace proved the difference with the flying Wensley Mbanje also scoring a try double to show why he'd been shortlisted for the star of the tournament.

Sibanda and Tangai Nemadire had earlier helped Zimbabwe recover from 17-5 down at half time against USA to triumph 29-17 in the semi-final, while Tunisia ran out more convincing winners - 36-0 against the Arabian Gulf.

STANDINGS
1. New Zealand - 20
2. Fiji - 16
3= England - 12
3= South Africa - 12
5. Argentina - 8
6. Samoa - 6
7= Kenya - 4
7= Scotland - 4
9. Australia - 2

Per maggiori info visitate http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=1/index.html

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LA SECONDA TAPPA: GEORGE (RSA) - 7/8 DIC 2007

South Africa pools
Pool A: New Zealand, Kenya, England, Zimbabwe
Pool B: Fiji, USA, France, Canada
Pool C: South Africa, Argentina. Wales, Uganda,
Pool D: Samoa, Scotland, Australia, Tunisia

Quarti di Finale
Fiji 24 - 12 Kenya
South Africa 21 - 17 Scotland
Samoa 19 - 22 Argentina
New Zealand 36 - 0 USA

Semifinali
South Africa 12 - 21 Fiji
New Zealand 38 - 14 Argentina

Finale
New Zealand 34 - 7 Fiji

Inoltre
USA 14 - 15 Kenya Final Plate
England 19 - 21 Wales Final Bowl
Canada 31 - 14 Zimbabwe Finale Shiled

New Zealand retain George crown
(IRB.COM) Saturday 8 December 2007

New Zealand have now won the last four IRB Sevens World Series eventsNew Zealand maintained their perfect start to the 2007/08 IRB Sevens World Series with a 34-7 defeat of Fiji in the final of the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens at Outeniqua Park in George on Saturday.

The defending champions raced into a 29-0 lead with tries from Lote Raikabula, Victor Vito (2), captain DJ Forbes and James Kamana before Neumi Nanuku scored Fiji's only try of the match.

Fiji, just as in the Dubai final last weekend, had two players sin-binned in a match which New Zealand controlled from start to finish with Israel Dagg completing the scoring with his first touch after coming on as a replacement.

The title is New Zealand's fourth consecutive in the IRB Sevens World Series after their victories in London, Edinburgh and Dubai and gives them a maximum 40 points from the opening two tournaments, eight more Fiji.

South Africa, semi-finalists in both Dubai and George, are third with 24 points, four more than Argentina, who followed up their Plate victory in Dubai with a Cup semi-final in George. England and Kenya are next, both with 12 points.

A hat-trick from Zar Lawrence had helped New Zealand beat Argentina 38-14 in the semi-final, the IRB Sevens World Series champions having beaten a committed USA 36-0 in the quarter-final.

Fiji's manner of victory in their semi-final was nowhere near as comfortable, the islanders scoring tries from Akuila Nawerecagi and Tomasi Mawa in the last two minutes to silence the vociferous home support with a 21-12 victory over South Africa.

The Springbok Sevens paid the price for not converting their attacking opportunities into points and experienced the same disappointment Scotland had endured at their hands in the quarter-finals when Vuyo Zangqa scored in the dying seconds to snatch a 21-17 win.

Neumi Nanuku had earlier scored two of Fiji's tries in their 24-12 defeat of Kenya, the Africans losing in the last eight of the Cup for the second tournament in a row. Argentina meanwhile had to come from behind twice to beat Samoa 22-19 in the other quarter-final.

PLATE
Kenya won a tightly contested Plate final, beating the USA 15-14 thanks to a brace from Dennis Mwanja either side of a try by Collins Injera. Chris Wyles and Nese Malifa scored for the USA, who have now scored more points in this tournament than in the whole of the 2006/07 Series.

The USA had earlier caused the biggest shock of the tournament when they beat Samoa 24-19 in the semi-final, tries from Nese Malifa, Takudzwa Ngwenya, Todd Clever and James Gillenwater establishing a 24-7 lead before the islanders fought back.

In the other semi-final Kenya heaped more heartache on Scotland with a last minute try by Peter Ocholla to snatch a 17-15 victory after tries from Andrew Dymock and Chris Kinloch had put Scotland into the lead.

BOWL
Tries from Richie Pugh and James Lewis saw Wales recover from 19-7 down to beat England 21-19 in the Bowl final. Anthony Elliott (2) and Joe Simpson put England - who were missing the impressive Ben Foden through injury - ahead, but Wales stormed back.

England had also raced out of the blocks in their semi-final, scoring three tries in the opening four minutes against Australia, but Elliott's sin-binning allowed their opponents back into the match before a great solo try by Foden sealed a 29-14 victory.

Foden had earlier scored two tries, a tally matched by Simpson, as a clinical England overpowered Canada 35-5 in the quarter-finals, while Damon Murphy scored four tries as Australia beat Uganda 34-7.

Wales had needed a sudden death try by Lewis to make the final, tries by Loic Mazieres and Eddy Labarthe bringing France back to 17-17 after the Welsh had led 17-5 at half-time.

Wales had nearly led another lead slip in their quarter-final, having led 31-5 until three tries in quick succession prompted a Tunisian revival that ultimately came up just short, while France had earlier run out 24-19 winners over Zimbabwe.

SHIELD
Adam Kleeberger scored a hat-trick of tries as Canada finished the tournament strongly with a 31-14 defeat of Zimbabwe in the final. The Canadians raced out to a 26-0 lead at half-time with Zimbabwe's tries coming from Alex Ndangana and Tangai Nemadire.

Canada had earlier scored five tries - two of them by Sean-Michael Stephen - to pick up their first win of the tournament, 31-5 over Uganda in the semi-final. Zimbabwe, meanwhile, had overcome Tunisia 21-17 in the all African-affair.

The sides had met in the Shield final in Dubai when Zimbabwe came back at the end to win 22-19, but this time they raced into an early lead with two Wensley Mbanje tries and survived a late fight back from the Tunisians.

1. New Zealand - 40
2. Fiji - 32
3 South Africa - 24
4. Argentina - 20
5= England - 12
5= Kenya - 12
7. Samoa - 10
8. Scotland - 8
9. USA - 6
10= Australia - 2
10= Wales - 2

Per maggiori info visitate http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=2/index.html

Prossima tappa: Wellington (NZL) 1/2 Feb 2008

[Ilgorgo]

Qualche risultato shock! nella prima giornata della tappa di Wellington. Gli USA hanno battuto l'Argentina, il Kenya ha sconfitto la Francia e -soprattutto- le isole Cook hanno piegato 21-17 l'Inghilterra.
Nè statunitensi né keniani né cookiani comunque sono riusciti a qualificarsi.
A quattro partite dal termine della prima giornata il lotto delle qualificate ai quarti sembra infatti già deciso: Scozia, Tonga, Sud Africa, Australia, Fiji, Galles, Nuova Zelanda e Samoa

Da disputare
8:50 Argentina - Scotland Pool D
9:12 South Africa - Kenya Pool C
9:34 Fiji - England Pool B
9:56 New Zealand - Samoa Pool A

Latest results
Canada 27 - 21 Papua New Guinea Pool A
Wales 26 - 7 Cook Islands Pool B
Australia 24 - 14 France Pool C
USA 7 - 38 Tonga Pool D
Samoa 31 - 10 Canada Pool A
New Zealand 41 - 0 Papua New Guinea Pool A
England 5 - 15 Wales Pool B
Fiji 31 - 14 Cook Islands Pool B
Kenya 0 - 19 Australia Pool C
South Africa 29 - 7 France Pool C
Scotland 7 - 7 USA Pool D
Argentina 17 - 19 Tonga Pool D
Samoa 22 - 0 Papua New Guinea Pool A
New Zealand 43 - 0 Canada Pool A
England 17 - 21 Cook Islands Pool B
Fiji 40 - 7 Wales Pool B
Kenya 19 - 0 France Pool C
South Africa 24 - 14 Australia Pool C
Scotland 26 - 0 Tonga Pool D
Argentina 7 - 17 USA Pool D

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Palefau, di Petrarca , en azione contra Argentina