Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

2018 Women's Commonwealth Rugby Sevens Tournament

View of the Robina Stadium, where the Rugby Sevens tournament took place
Tournament details
Host	Australia
Venue	Robina Stadium
Date	13–15 April 2018
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	England
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was the first time that women's teams had participated in this event. The venue for the competition was Robina Stadium.

Background

Pool stage

Wales qualified on 9 July 2017 after placing fifth at the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series.[1]

The pools were confirmed on 2 February 2018, scheduling was announced on 23 February 2018.[2][3]

Participating nations

Event	Date	Location	Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	11 November 2011	Basseterre, Saint Kitts	1	Australia
2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series	1 Dec 2016 – 25 June 2017	Various	4	New Zealand  Canada  Fiji  England
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens	16 – 17 September 2017	Monastir, Tunisia	2	South Africa  Kenya
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series	17 June – 9 July 2017	Various	1	Wales
Total			8

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the Women’s Rugby sevens competition:[4]

P

Pool stage

CM

Classification matches

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze Medal Match

F

Gold Medal Match

Event↓/Date →	Fri 13	Sat 14		Sun 15
Event	E	M	E	M
Women	P			CM	½	CM	B	F

Pool stage

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals and the remaining teams advance to the lower classification matches (for places 5 to 8).

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	110	7	+103	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	60	36	+24	7
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	31	79	−48	5	Classification semi-finals
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	89	−79	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 April 2018 16:31 v t e

Canada	29–0	South Africa
Try: Crossley 1' m Benn 2' c Kaljuvee 4' c Williams 6' m Darling 8' m Con: Landry (2/4) 3', 4' Lukan (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

13 April 2018 16:53 v t e

New Zealand	45–0	Kenya
Try: Woodman (3) 1' m, 8' c, 9' c Brazier 2' c Broughton 7' c Williams (2) 11' c, 14' m Con: Nathan-Wong (5/6) 3', 7', 8', 9', 11' Willison (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rose LaBreche (Canada)

13 April 2018 19:11 v t e

Canada	24–12	Kenya
Try: Greenshields 1' m Darling 3' m Farella (2) 6' c, 8' c Con: Nicholas (2/4) 6', 8'	(Gold Goast 2018)	Try: Olando 5' c Okelo 12' Con: Remour Nziwa (1/1) 5'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

13 April 2018 19:33 v t e

New Zealand	41–0	South Africa
Try: Goss 1' c Woodman (2) 1' m, 8' c Blyde 6' m Broughton 7' m Williams 9' c Brazier 12' m Con: Nathan-Wong (3/6) 1', 8', 9' Willison (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sara Cox (England)

14 April 2018 12:27 v t e

South Africa	10–19	Kenya
Try: Simmers 8' m Jordaan 9' m Con: Jordaan (0/2)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Okelo 2' c Masinde 7' c Olando 13' m Con: Okulu (2/3) 3', 7'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)

14 April 2018 12:49 v t e

New Zealand	24–7	Canada
Try: Woodman 2' m Blyde (2) 9' m, 12' c Waaka 14' c Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 12', 14' Cards: Goss 6' to 8' Blyde 7' to 9'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Greenshields 7' c Con: Landry (1/1) 7'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	80	27	+53	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	74	34	+40	7
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	44	41	+3	5	Classification semi-finals
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	12	108	−96	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 April 2018 17:15 v t e

Fiji	5–17	England
Try: Ravisa 6' m Con: Nagasau (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Fleming 1' m Scarratt 11' c Thompson 13' m Con: Hunt (1/3) 11'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

13 April 2018 17:37 v t e

Australia	34–5	Wales
Try: Tonegato 1' m Pelite 2' c Green (2) 6' m, 8' m Williams 7' m du Toit 12' c Con: Sykes (2/6) 3', 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Joyce 10' m Con: Snowsill (0/1)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)

13 April 2018 19:55 v t e

Fiji	29–7	Wales
Try: Tinai (3) 1' c, 5' c, 8' m Riwai 3' m Naimasi 10' m Con: Tinai (2/4) 1', 5' Riwai (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Joyce 13' c Con: Packer (1/1) 13'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rose LaBreche (Canada)

13 April 2018 20:17 v t e

Australia	29–12	England
Try: Tonegato 2' m Green 7' c Sykes 8' m Pelite 12' c Staples 14' m Con: Sykes (2/5) 7', 12'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Brown 4' m Fleming 6' c Con: Hunt (1/2) 6'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)

13 April 2018 18:59 v t e

England	45–0	Wales
Try: Fleming 1' c Hunt (2) 2' c, 6' m Scarratt 4' c Scott 8' c Wilson-Hardy (2) 9' m, 14' c Con: Hunt (3/5) 1', 2', 4' Scott (2/2) 8', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Cards: Powell Hughes 12' to 14'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

13 April 2018 19:21 v t e

Australia	17–10	Fiji
Try: Tonegato 1' m Caslick (2) 8' m, 13' c Con: Sykes (1/2) 13' Cherry (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Naiobasali (2) 2' m, 9' m Con: Tinai (0/1) Nagasau (0/1) Cards: Siata 11' to 13'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Knockout stage

Lower classification round

	Classification Semi-finals				Match for 5th Place
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Fiji	40
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	South Africa	12
					Fiji	40
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					Kenya	5
	Kenya	14
	Wales	12
					Match for 7th Place
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					South Africa	14
					Wales	19

Matches
Classification semi-finals 15 April 2018 Fiji  40–12  South Africa Gold Coast   9:31 15 April 2018 Kenya  14–12  Wales Gold Coast   9:53 Match for 7th Place 15 April 2018 South Africa  14–19  Wales Gold Coast   12:27 Match for 5th Place 15 April 2018 Fiji  40–5  Kenya Gold Coast   12:49

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Australia	33
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Canada	7
					Australia	12
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					New Zealand (e)	17
	New Zealand	26
	England	5
					Bronze medal match
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					Canada	19
					England	24

Matches
Semi-finals 15 April 2018 Australia  33–7  Canada Gold Coast   10:59 15 April 2018 New Zealand  26–5  England Gold Coast   11:21 Bronze medal match 15 April 2018 Canada  19–24  England Gold Coast   13:55 Gold medal match 15 April 2018 Australia  12–17 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand Gold Coast   14:42

Final standing

Rank	Team
	New Zealand
	Australia
	England
4	Canada
5	Fiji
6	Kenya
7	Wales
8	South Africa

References

1. "Wales Women sevens qualify for 2018 Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. 9 July 2017.
2. "Pools confirmed for Commonwealth Games 2018". World Rugby. 1 February 2018.
3. "GC2018 Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
4. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.