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 2010 competition, took place on 4 February and 5 February the third of eight Cup tournaments in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. Fiji won the tournament, its first title of the season, with a victory over Samoa in the final.

Teams

•   Argentina
•   Australia
•   Canada
•   England
•   Fiji
•   France
•   Kenya
•   New Zealand
•   Niue
•   Papua New Guinea
•   Samoa
•   Scotland
•   South Africa
•   Tonga
•   United States
•   Wales

Pool Stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	97	17	80	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	83	34	49	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	36	79	−43	5
Niue	3	0	0	3	27	113	−86	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05	New Zealand	29 – 5	Wales
2010-02-05	South Africa	38 – 10	Niue
2010-02-05	New Zealand	49 – 5	Niue
2010-02-05	South Africa	38 – 5	Wales
2010-02-05	Wales	26 – 12	Niue
2010-02-05	New Zealand	19 – 7	South Africa

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	115	12	103	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	62	57	5	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	46	65	−19	5
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	17	106	−89	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05	Fiji	36 – 5	Scotland
2010-02-05	Australia	31 – 12	Papua New Guinea
2010-02-05	Fiji	41 – 0	Papua New Guinea
2010-02-05	Australia	24 – 7	Scotland
2010-02-05	Scotland	34 – 5	Papua New Guinea
2010-02-05	Fiji	38 – 7	Australia

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	79	36	43	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	49	38	11	7
United States	3	1	0	2	29	62	−33	5
Tonga	3	0	0	3	33	54	−21	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05	England	31 – 7	United States
2010-02-05	Kenya	15 – 7	Tonga
2010-02-05	England	24 – 19	Tonga
2010-02-05	Kenya	24 – 7	United States
2010-02-05	United States	15 – 7	Tonga
2010-02-05	England	24 – 10	Kenya

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	91	47	44	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	61	53	8	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	40	64	−24	5
France	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2010-02-05	Samoa	31 – 19	France
2010-02-05	Canada	26 – 7	Argentina
2010-02-05	Samoa	27 – 14	Canada
2010-02-05	Argentina	19 – 5	France
2010-02-05	Canada	21 – 19	France
2010-02-05	Samoa	33 – 14	Argentina

Knockout

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Wales	31
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Papua New Guinea	12
					Papua New Guinea	10
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Tonga	26
	Argentina	17
									6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Tonga	7
									Tonga	14
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
									United States	19
	United States	10
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	France	21
					United States	19
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Scotland	12
	Scotland	12
	Niue	17

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Wales	31
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Papua New Guinea	12
					Wales	17
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Argentina	12
	Argentina	17
									6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Tonga	7
									Wales	7
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
									France	5
	United States	10
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	France	21
					France	28
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Niue	12
	Scotland	12
	Niue	17

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	New Zealand	24
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Australia	12
					Australia	26
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Kenya	17
	Samoa	14
									6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Kenya	12
									Australia	26
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
									South Africa	22
	England	31
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Canada	0
					Canada	5
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					South Africa	29
	Fiji	21
	South Africa	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	New Zealand	24
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Australia	12
					New Zealand	14
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Samoa	24
	Samoa	14
									6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Kenya	12
									Samoa	14
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
									Fiji	19
	England	31
					6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
	Canada	0
					England	19
	6 February – Wellington, New Zealand
					Fiji	28
	Fiji	21
	South Africa	5

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos.	Player	Country	Points
1	William Ryder	Fiji	45
2	Siaosi Iongi	Tonga	44
2	Ben Gollings	England	44
4	James Stannard	Australia	41
5	Osea Kolinisau	Fiji	37
6	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	35
7	Lolo Lui	Samoa	34
8	Paul Albaladejo	France	32
9	Nese Malifa	United States	30
9	Renaud Delmas	France	30
9	Mat Turner	England	30

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos.	Player	Country	Tries
1	Osea Kolinisau	Fiji	7
1	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	7
3	Renaud Delmas	France	6
3	Siaosi Iogni	Tonga	6
3	Mat Turner	England	6
6	Rayno Benjamin	South Africa	5
6	Seremaia Burotu	Fiji	5
6	Ifan Evans	Wales	5
6	Collins Injera	Kenya	5
6	Reupena Levasa	Samoa	5
6	Uale Mai	Samoa	5
6	Tim Mikkelson	New Zealand	5
6	William Ryder	Fiji	5

External links

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