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2010 USA Sevens

FieldValue
series2009–10 Sevens World Series
countriesUSA United States
champions1
runnersup1
champions2
champions3
matches45
top point scorerSAM M. Pesamino (55)
top try scorerSAM M. Pesamino (11)
prevseason[2009](2009-usa-sevens)
nextseason[2011](2011-usa-sevens)

The 2010 USA Sevens took place on February 13 and February 14 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fourth Cup trophy in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. It was the first edition of the USA Sevens to be held in the Las Vegas area; the tournament had been hosted by the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California from 2004 to 2006, and by San Diego from 2007 to 2009. The USA Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens.

Samoa won the Cup final 33–12 over New Zealand. Samoa was led by Mikaele Pesamino, who scored 11 tries in the tournament, including two intercept tries against New Zealand in the final. The Plate went to defending series champion South Africa, the Bowl was won by the homestanding USA, and the Shield went to Scotland.

Teams

Pool stages

Pool A

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |3||3||0||0||92||19||+73||9 |- |3||2||0||1||78||12||+66||7 |- |3||0||1||2||24||81||–57||4 |- |3||0||1||2||12||94||–82||4 |}

2010-02-13******31 - 12**

Pool B

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 52 || 29 || +23 || 9 |- | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 71 || 24 || +47 || 7 |- | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 50 || 52 || –2 || 5 |- | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 17 || 85 || –68 || 3 |}

2010-02-13******12 - 5**

Pool C

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 31 || +58 || 9 |- | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 57 || 26 || +31 || 7 |- | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 38 || 68 || –30 || 5 |- | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 29 || 88 || –59 || 3 |}

2010-02-13******19 - 7**

Pool D

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- | 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 62 || 27 || +35 || 8 |- | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 53 || 46 || +7 || 7 |- | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 17 || 46 || –29 || 5 |- | 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 27 || 40 || –13 || 4 |}

2010-02-13**12 - 12**

Knockout

Shield

|February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||19||12 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||19 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||14 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||33||12 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||5||17 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||31||7 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7|****|17

Bowl

|February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||19||12 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||19 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||14 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||33||12 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||45||7 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||14||19 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||17|****|28

Plate

|February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||12||5 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||21||26 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||17||10 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||28 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||27||14 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||0||32 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA |****|12||7

Cup

|February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||12||5 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||21||26 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||17||10 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||7||28 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||21||7 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||14||12 |February 14 - Whitney, Nevada, USA ||12|****|33

Player scoring

Most points

Pos.PlayerCountryPoints
1Mikaele Pesamino**55**
2Ben Gollings**42**
2Cecil Afrika**42**
4Alafoti Fa'osiliva**35**
4Nese Malifa**35**
6Emosi Vucago**32**
7Matt Hawkins**30**
8James Stannard**28**
9Mathieu Acebes**26**
10Lee Jones**25**
10Renaud Delmas**25**

Most tries

Pos.PlayerCountryTries
1Mikaele Pesamino**11**
2Alafoti Fa'osiliva**7**
3Cecil Afrika**6**
3Matt Hawkins**6**
5Renaud Delmas**5**
5Lee Jones**5**
77 tied with 4
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