2019 New Zealand Sevens

2019 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XX
Host nation New Zealand
Date26–27 January 2019
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up United States
Third New Zealand
Challenge Trophy
Winner England
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored272 (average 6.04 per match)
Most points Waisea Nacuqu (47)
Most tries Aminiasi Tuimaba (8)
Robbie Fergusson (8)
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The 2019 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the New Zealand Sevens. It was held on 26–27 January 2019 at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.[1]

An invitational competition for women's teams, the Women's Fast Four, was held alongside the men's tournament as the precursor to fully integrated men's and women's tournaments planned for Hamilton in 2020.[2]

Format

The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.

Teams

Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship, Tonga:[3]

Pool stage

All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 113 50 +63 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 62 43 +19 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 72 57 +15 5
 Wales 3 0 0 3 19 116 −97 3
Source:
26 January 2019
11:30
Australia 17–12 Argentina
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
26 January 2019
11:52
Fiji 54–7 Wales
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
26 January 2019
15:20
Australia 26–5 Wales
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
26 January 2019
15:42
Fiji 33–24 Argentina
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
26 January 2019
19:30
Argentina 36–7 Wales
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
26 January 2019
19:52
Fiji 26–19 Australia
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 82 28 +54 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 54 56 −2 7
 England 3 1 0 2 53 38 +15 5
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 26 93 −67 3
Source:
26 January 2019
10:44
England 10–12 Samoa
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
26 January 2019
11:06
United States 29–7 Tonga
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
26 January 2019
14:54
England 36–7 Tonga
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
26 January 2019
15:26
United States 34–14 Samoa
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
26 January 2019
18:44
Samoa 28–12 Tonga
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
26 January 2019
19:06
United States 19–7 England
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 72 22 +50 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 52 57 −5 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 39 63 −24 5
 France 3 0 0 3 41 62 −21 3
Source:
26 January 2019
10:00
Scotland 26–21 France
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
26 January 2019
10:22
South Africa 29–10 Kenya
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
26 January 2019
13:48
Scotland 19–10 Kenya
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
26 January 2019
14:10
South Africa 17–5 France
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
26 January 2019
18:00
France 15–19 Kenya
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
26 January 2019
18:22
South Africa 26–7 Scotland
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 10 +115 9
 Canada 3 1 1 1 48 61 −13 6
 Spain 3 1 1 1 34 55 −21 6
 Japan 3 0 0 3 19 100 −81 3
Source:
26 January 2019
12:14
Spain 12–12 Canada
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
26 January 2019
12:36
New Zealand 52–0 Japan
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
26 January 2019
16:04
Spain 22–19 Japan
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
26 January 2019
16:26
New Zealand 49–10 Canada
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
26 January 2019
20:14
Canada 26–0 Japan
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
26 January 2019
20:36
New Zealand 24–0 Spain
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Knockout stage

Thirteenth place

 
Semi-finalsThirteenth place
 
      
 
27 January 2019 – 13:10 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Japan7
 
27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Tonga31
 
 Tonga33
 
27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium
 
 France10
 
 Wales19
 
 
 France35
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsChallenge Trophy FinalFinal
 
          
 
27 January 2019 – 10:00 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Argentina35
 
27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Japan0
 
 Argentina7
 
27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Kenya24
 
 Kenya19
 
27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Tonga12
 
 Kenya7
 
27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium
 
 England36
 
 Spain19
 
27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Wales10
 
 Spain7
 
27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium
 
 England38
 
 England21
 
 
 France5
 

Fifth place

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
27 January 2019 – 15:26 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Canada19
 
27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Samoa28
 
 Samoa19
 
27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Scotland24
 
 Australia14
 
 
 Scotland24
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 January 2019 – 11:36 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Fiji33
 
27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Canada7
 
 Fiji29
 
27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa28
 
27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Samoa19
 
 Fiji38
 
27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium
 
 United States0
 
 New Zealand24
 
27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Australia17
 
 New Zealand7
 
27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium
 
 United States17 Bronze final
 
 United States19
 
27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Scotland14
 
 South Africa7
 
 
 New Zealand29
 

Tournament placings

Place Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand17
4  South Africa15
5  Scotland13
6  Samoa12
7  Australia10
 Canada10
Place Team Points
9  England8
10  Kenya7
11  Argentina5
 Spain5
13  Tonga3
14  France2
15  Japan1
 Wales1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Aminiasi Tuimaba8
Robbie Fergusson
3 Carlin Isles7
4 Dan Norton6
Mateo Carreras
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Waisea Nacuqu47
2 Robbie Fergusson42
3 Aminiasi Tuimaba40
4 Madison Hughes39
5 Alatasi Tupuo37

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

ForwardsBacks
United States Ben Pinkelman
Fiji Kalione Nasoko
Fiji Meli Derenalagi		United States Carlin Isles
Fiji Vilimoni Botitu
United States Folau Niua
Fiji Aminiasi Tuimaba

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Captains ready for HSBC New Zealand Sevens". World Rugby. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Black Ferns Sevens to play Fast Four event in Hamilton". World Rugby. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". 10 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "HSBC Dream Team - Hamilton". World Rugby. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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