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
|align=left| |3||3||0||0||92||19||+73||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||78||12||+66||7 |- |align=left| |3||0||1||2||24||81||–57||4 |- |align=left| |3||0||1||2||12||94||–82||4
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-1312 - 7 2010-02-13 12 - 12 2010-02-1338 - 0 2010-02-1349 - 0 2010-02-1333 - 0 2010-02-1331 - 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
|align=left| | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 52 || 29 || +23 || 9 |- |align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 71 || 24 || +47 || 7 |- |align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 50 || 52 || –2 || 5 |- |align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 17 || 85 || –68 || 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-1314 - 12 2010-02-1333 - 0 2010-02-1326 - 12 2010-02-1333 - 12 2010-02-1326 - 5 2010-02-1312 - 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
|align=left| | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 31 || +58 || 9 |- |align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 57 || 26 || +31 || 7 |- |align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 38 || 68 || –30 || 5 |- |align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 29 || 88 || –59 || 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-1341 - 12 2010-02-1333 - 7 2010-02-1329 - 12 2010-02-1317 - 0 2010-02-1326 - 10 2010-02-1319 - 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
|align=left| | 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 62 || 27 || +35 || 8 |- |align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 53 || 46 || +7 || 7 |- |align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 17 || 46 || –29 || 5 |- |align=left| | 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 27 || 40 || –13 || 4
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2010-02-1326 - 10 2010-02-13 0 - 7 2010-02-1324 - 5 2010-02-13 15 - 21 2010-02-1322 - 5 2010-02-13 12 - 12
Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Player scoring
Most points
+ Most points Pos. Player Country Points 1 Mikaele Pesamino 55 2 Ben Gollings 42 2 Cecil Afrika 42 4 Alafoti Fa'osiliva 35 4 Nese Malifa 35 6 Emosi Vucago 32 7 Matt Hawkins 30 8 James Stannard 28 9 Mathieu Acebes 26 10 Lee Jones 25 10 Renaud Delmas 25
Most tries
+ Most tries Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Mikaele Pesamino 11 2 Alafoti Fa'osiliva 7 3 Cecil Afrika 6 3 Matt Hawkins 6 5 Renaud Delmas 5 5 Lee Jones 5 7 7 tied with 4
External links Official IRB site for the tournament Official site of tournament organizers