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

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2018 Women's Commonwealth Rugby Sevens Tournament
View of the Robina Stadium, where the Rugby Sevens tournament took place
Tournament details
Host Australia
VenueRobina Stadium
Date13–15 April 2018
Teams8
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place England
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
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

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Pool stage

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pos Team 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
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 yellow card 6' to 8'
Blyde yellow card 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

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Pos Team 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
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 yellow card 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 yellow card 11' to 13'
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Knockout stage

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Lower classification round

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Classification Semi-finalsMatch for 5th Place
 
      
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 
 Fiji40
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 South Africa12
 
 Fiji40
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 Kenya5
 
 Kenya14
 
 
 Wales12
 
Match for 7th Place
 
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 
 South Africa14
 
 
 Wales19

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 
 Australia33
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 Canada7
 
 Australia12
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 New Zealand (e)17
 
 New Zealand26
 
 
 England5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
 
 
 Canada19
 
 
 England24

Final standing

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
4  Canada
5  Fiji
6  Kenya
7  Wales
8  South Africa

References

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  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.