Draw announced for USA Sevens Rugby Tournament in San Diego, CA

from USA Rugby:

The USA Sevens Team has been handed the toughest of tests when it starts play on February 14 at the USA Sevens in San Diego.

Al Caravelli’s U.S. squad is drawn in Pool A and will face the IRB Sevens World Series runaway leaders, South Africa, in their opening pool match. The Boks, who were unbeaten in storming to two opening Cup title successes in Dubai and George late in 2008, will also be joined in Pool A by the much improved Australia and North American rivals, Canada, whom the Eagles replaced this season as a ‘core’ team on the global circuit.

Defending Series and USA Sevens champions New Zealand are second seeds in San Diego and top pool B, in which they face Kenya, France and Uruguay.

The two sides in joint third place in the Series standings, England and Fiji, head the remaining pools. England face Pacific Island giants Samoa and also line up against Japan and the auld enemy Scotland in Pool C.

Waisale Serevi’s Fijians also face a tough task in Pool D. George semi finalists Argentina are more than capable of beating them, while Wales will be out to improve on their pre-Christmas form and Mexico complete the line-up.

For the third year running the USA Sevens tournament will be played at baseball’s PETCO Park in San Diego, a unique backdrop for what has so far proven an extremely successful event with 35% year-on-year growth.

“USA Sevens is about engaging a new rugby fan base through creating a unique American entertainment spectacular with rugby as its hub,” said Tournament Director Dan Lyle.

“Building on the Olympic model of cultural diversity has enabled the U.S. to capture the imagination of a major TV network, ABC, the support of the nation’s seventh largest city in San Diego and an attendance figure expected to top 50,000 this year,” Lyle added.

The USA Sevens will also offer all the teams a final opportunity to prepare for the Rugby World Cup Sevens for both men and women on March 5-7 in Dubai.

The tournament will bring together 40 men’s and women’s teams from 31 nations for what will be the world’s biggest ever festival of Sevens rugby.

“With Rugby World Cup Sevens just a couple of weeks after the USA event, what goes on in San Diego will be key for coaches and will no doubt determine their final line-ups for Dubai,” said the IRB’s Sevens Manager Beth Coalter.

“San Diego also offers some of the women’s teams crucial game time ahead of the World Cup. USA’s women are hosting the New Zealand Maori, England, China, Canada and Japan in their own competition, which includes several of the top sides in the women’s Sevens game,” Coalter added.

The Women’s International Invitational Sevens Tournament will be held on Friday, February 13 at the Polo Club in Del Mar, in conjunction with the San Diego Invitational. Finals will be held on Saturday, February 14 in PETCO Park, amid the men’s USA Sevens Pool Play matches.

For a complete schedule of the USA Sevens event, visit http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=4/fixturesresults.html.

USA Sevens tickets

Tickets are now ON SALE for the USA Sevens at San Diego’s state-of-the-art Major League Baseball stadium PETCO Park. For more information go to www.usasevens.com.

Further information:
Dominic Rumbles, IRB Communications Manager, +353 (0) 86-852-0826

Women’s

10:40 AM

GENERAL MATCH SCHEDULE
4 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Consolation Semi-Finals
5 1v7 1v5 1v4 New 5 vs New 6 New 1 vs New 4
6 2v7 2v3 2v6 New 2 vs New 3
7 3v5 3v6 3v2
8 4v6 4v7 4v1
9 5v3 5v1 5v7
10 6v4 6v3 6v2
11 7v1 7v2 7v4 7v5
12
13 SEEDED TEAM SCHEDULE
14 Team & Seed Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Consolation or Semi-Final
15 1. England 8:20am vs Japan 9:50am vs USA2 11:55am vs USA1 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
16 2. NZ Maori 9:35am vs Japan 11:05am vs Canada 12:20pm vs China 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
17 3. Canada 8:45am vs USA2 10:15am vs China 11:05am vs NZ Maori 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
18 4. USA 1 9:10am vs China 10:40am vs Japan 11:55am vs England 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
19 5. USA 2 8:45am vs Canada 9:50am vs England 11:30am vs Japan 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
20 6. China 9:10am vs USA1 10:15am vs Canada 12:20pm vs NZ Maori 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
21 7. Japan 8:20am vs England 9:35am vs NZ Maori 10:40am vs USA1 11:30am vs USA2 2:15, 2:35, 2:55 or none
22
23
24
25 DETAILED MATCH SCHEDULE SDI 15s
26 Match # Opponents Type Day Time Location SDI 15s Time Location
27 1 England v Japan Round 1 Friday 8:20 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
28 2 Canada v USA 2 Round 1 Friday 8:45 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
29 3 USA 1 v China Round 1 Friday 9:10 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
30 4 NZ Maori v Japan Round 2 Friday 9:35 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
31 5 England v USA 2 Round 2 Friday 9:50 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
32 6 Canada v China Round 2 Friday 10:15 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
33 7 USA 1 v Japan Round 3 Friday Polo Fields – Premier 1
34 8 NZ Maori v Canada Round 3 Friday 11:05 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
35 9 USA 2 v Japan Round 4 Friday 11:30 AM Polo Fields – Premier 1
36 10 England v USA 1 Round 4 Friday 11:55 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
37 11 NZ Maori v China Round 4 Friday 12:20 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
38 *** Teams to be re-seeded according to results of preliminary matches *** Match 1 12:45 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
39 12 New #5 v New #6 Consolation Friday 2:15 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
40 13 New #1 v New #4 Semi-Final Friday 2:35 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
41 14 New #2 v New #3 Semi-Final Friday 2:55 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
42 Match 2 3:15 PM Polo Fields – Premier 1
43 15 W13 v W14 Final Saturday 3:01 PM PETCO Park
Men’s

POOL A

POOL B POOL C POOL D
South Africa New Zealand England Fiji
Australia Kenya Samoa Argentina
USA France Scotland Wales
Canada Uruguay Japan Mexico

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Match Pool

Day 1

Time Match Day 2 Duration Time
1 D1 v D3 Fiji v Wales 09:20 25 ¼ Finals Bowl 3rd Pool A v 4th Pool B 22 minutes 09:30
2 D2 v D4 Argentina v Mexico 09:41 26 ¼ Finals Bowl 3rd Pool D v 4th Pool C 22 minutes 09:52
3 C1 v C3 England v Scotland 10:02 27 ¼ Finals Bowl 3rd Pool C v 4th Pool D 22 minutes 10:14
4 C2 v C4 Samoa v Japan 10:23 28 ¼ Finals Bowl 3rd Pool B v 4th Pool A 22 minutes 10:36
5 B1 v B3 New Zealand v France 10:44 29 ¼ Finals Cup 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B 22 minutes 10:58
6 B2 v B4 Kenya v Uruguay 11:05 30 ¼ Finals Cup 1st Pool D v 2nd Pool C 22 minutes 11:20
7 A1 v A3 South Africa v USA 11:26 31 ¼ Finals Cup 1st Pool C v 2nd Pool D 22 minutes 11:42
8 A2 v A4 Australia v Canada 11:47 32
¼ Finals Cup 1st Pool B v 2nd Pool A 22 minutes 12:04
Buffer 1 (5 mins) USA National Anthem 12:08 Buffer 1 – Navy Marching Band 20 minutes 12.26
9 D1 v D4 Fiji v Mexico 12:13
10 D2 v D3 Argentina v Wales 12:34 33 SF Shield Loser Match 25 v Loser Match 26 22 minutes 12.46
11 C1 v C4 England v Japan 12:55 34 SF Shield Loser Match 27 v Loser Match 28 22 minutes 13:08
12 C2 v C3 Samoa v Scotland 13:16 35 SF Bowl Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 26 22 minutes 13:30
13 B1 v B4 New Zealand v Uruguay 13:37 36 SF Bowl Winner Match 27 v Winner Match 28 22 minutes 13:52
14 B2 v B3 Kenya v France 13:58 37 SF Plate Loser Match 29 v Loser Match 30 22 minutes 14:14
15 A1 v A4 South Africa v Canada 14:19 38 SF Plate Loser Match 31 v Loser Match 32 22 minutes 14:36
16 A2 v A3 Australia v USA 14:40 Buffer 2 – Entertainment 10 minutes 14:58
Buffer 2 (20 mins) – Women Final 15:01
17 D3 v D4 Wales v Mexico 15:21 39 SF Cup Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30 22 minutes 15:08
18 C3 v C4 Scotland v Japan 15:42 40 SF Cup Winner Match 31 v Winner Match 32 22 minutes 15:30
19 B3 v B4 France v Uruguay 16:03 Buffer 3 – Kids parade 15 minutes 15:52
20 A3 v A4 USA v Canada 16:24
21 D1 v D2 Fiji v Argentina 16:45 41 Shield Final Winner Match 33 v Winner Match 34 25 minutes 16:07
22 C1 v C2 England v Samoa 17:06 42 Bowl Final Winner Match 35 v Winner Match 36 25 minutes 16:32
23 B1 v B2 New Zealand v Kenya 17:27 43 Plate Final Winner Match 37 v Winner Match 38 25 minutes 16:57
24 A1 v A2 South Africa v Australia 17:48 44 Cup Final Winner Match 39 v Winner Match 40 30 minutes 17:22
End of Day 1 Competition 18: 09 TOURNAMENT ENDS 17:52
Presentations to take place after each final

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