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
	2022 →

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 edit

Pool stage edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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

13 April 2018
16:31

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

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

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

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

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

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 edit

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

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

13 April 2018
17:15

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

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

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

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

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

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 edit

Lower classification round edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ "Wales Women sevens qualify for 2018 Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. 9 July 2017.
^ "Pools confirmed for Commonwealth Games 2018". World Rugby. 1 February 2018.
^ "GC2018 Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ "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.

[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.

[schedule-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.

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