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2009 Carlton Rugby 7s
Host nation12
Date27–29 November 2009
Tournament details
Matches played25

The 2009 Carlton Rugby 7s, had previously been conducted as the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s competition but was rebranded as the Carlton Sri Lanka Rugby 7s under a new partnership between the Tharunyata Hetak Foundation and the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU). The tournament was the sixth and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series for the year.

The Carlton 7s were held on 27–29 November 2008 at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, involving 12 teams from the Asian rugby playing nations of Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, China, Thailand, Iran, Jordan, Brunei, Pakistan and Malaysia, together with the host nation, Sri Lanka. In the Cup final Japan defeated Malaysia 26 points to 7, with Thailand winning the Plate and Pakistan the Bowl.

There was also a separate championship for six invited international teams, in addition to the annual schools tournament. The schools event was won by St Peter’s College, who defeated Royal College 17 points to 14. In the final of the Invitational International tournament, Fiji, who fielded the Fiji Dijicel were victorious over the South African Vipers, 38 points to 12. In the third place play-off the Western Samoa Barbarians beat the New Zealand Legends by 14-5 whilst the Australian Legends recorded a 24-5 win over Papua New Guinea in the fifth place play-off.

First round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
Teams advanced to the Bowl semi-final

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Japan 2 2 0 0 73 0 +73 6
 Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 15 47 -32 4
 Iran 2 0 0 2 7 48 -41 2

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 62 14 +48 6
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 59 31 +28 4
 Philippines 2 0 0 2 0 76 −76 2

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 78 5 +73 6
 China 2 1 0 1 46 35 +11 4
 Brunei 2 0 0 2 0 84 −84 3

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 74 12 +62 6
 South Korea 2 1 0 1 36 22 +14 4
 Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 76 -76 2

Second round

Bowl

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Brunei21
  
  Jordan5
  Brunei7
  
  Pakistan26
  Pakistan19
 
  Iran17
 

Plate

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Thailand28
  
  Sri Lanka12
  Thailand15
  
  South Korea12
  South Korea17
 
  China10
 

Cup

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
  
 
  Malaysia29
  
  Thailand14
  Malaysia19
  
  Kazakhstan0
  Kazakhstan17
  
  Sri Lanka12
  Malaysia7
  
  Japan26
  Chinese Taipei21
  
  China17
  Chinese Taipei5
  
  Japan40
  Japan35
 
  South Korea7
 

References

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