Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Robina Stadium
Dates	13–15 April 2018
Competitors	312 from 16 nations

Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 13 to 15.[1] The rugby sevens competition was held at Robina Stadium.[2] This is the sixth time that the men's competition was held, following rugby sevens's debut at the 1998 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut.[3] A total of sixteen men's and eight women's teams are scheduled to compete (312 athletes, at 12 per team plus one traveling reserve) in each respective tournament.[4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the Rugby sevens competitions:[5]

P	Pool stage	CM	Classification matches	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	G	Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	Fri 13	Sat 14	Sun 15
Men		P	CM	½	B	G
Women	P	P	CM	½	B	G

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	2	0	0	2
2	Australia	0	1	0	1
2	Fiji	0	1	0	1
4	England	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	New Zealand (NZL) Kurt Baker Dylan Collier Scott Curry Sam Dickson Trael Joass Andrew Knewstubb Vilimoni Koroi Tim Mikkelson Sione Molia Etene Nanai-Seturo Akuila Rokolisoa Regan Ware	Fiji (FIJ) Paula Dranisinukula Semi Kunatani Mesulame Kunavula Sevuloni Mocenacagi Alosio Naduva Amenoni Nasilasila Kalione Nasoko Vatemo Ravouvou Eroni Sau Jerry Tuwai Ratu Vakurinabili Jasa Veremalua Samisoni Viriviri	England (ENG) Dan Bibby Phil Burgess Alex Davis Richard de Carpentier Mike Ellery Harry Glover Ollie Lindsay-Hague Ruaridh McConnochie Tom Mitchell Dan Norton James Rodwell Ethan Waddleton
Women's tournament	New Zealand (NZL)[6][7] Alena Saili Shakira Baker Stacey Waaka Niall Williams Sarah Goss Michaela Blyde Tyla Nathan-Wong Kelly Brazier Gayle Broughton Theresa Fitzpatrick Portia Woodman Tenika Willison Risealeaana Pouri-Lane	Australia (AUS)[8] Shannon Parry Sharni Williams Demi Hayes Dom Du Toit Emma Tonegato Vani Pelite Charlotte Caslick Cassie Staples Emma Sykes Alicia Quirk Emilee Cherry Ellia Green Georgie Friedrichs	England (ENG)[9] Claire Allan Abbie Brown Lydia Thompson Emily Scarratt Natasha Hunt Deborah Fleming Heather Fisher Emily Scott Alex Matthews Megan Jones Jessica Breach Amy Wilson-Hardy Victoria Fleetwood

Qualification

A total of sixteen men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team plus one traveling reserve) for a maximum total of 26 athletes.[4]

Men's competition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
South Africa Scotland Papua New Guinea Malaysia	England Australia (hosts) Samoa Jamaica	New Zealand Canada Kenya Zambia	Fiji Wales Uganda Sri Lanka

Women’s competition

Pool A	Pool B
New Zealand Canada South Africa Kenya	Australia (hosts) Fiji England Wales

Participating nations

There are 16 participating nations at the rugby sevens competitions with a total of 312 athletes.[4] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Australia (26)
Canada (26)
England (26)
Fiji (26)
Jamaica (13)
Kenya (26)
Malaysia (13)
New Zealand (26)
Papua New Guinea (13)
Samoa (13)
Scotland (13)
South Africa (26)
Sri Lanka (13)
Uganda (13)
Wales (26)
Zambia (13)

References

"Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
Osborne, Paul (7 October 2014). "Women's rugby sevens confirmed for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"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.
"New Zealand rugby sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
"Commonwealth Games: NZ women's sevens player contracts mumps". stuff.co.nz. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
"Commonwealth Games Australia is pleased to announce the Men's and Women's Australian Rugby Sevens squads for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast next month". commonwealthgames.com.au. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
"Commonwealth Games: Abbie Brown to captain England women's rugby sevens". BBC Sport. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

External links

Results Book – Rugby Sevens

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[schedule-1] "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[2] "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[3] Osborne, Paul (7 October 2014). "Women's rugby sevens confirmed for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[qualification-4] "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[5] "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.

[6] "New Zealand rugby sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[7] "Commonwealth Games: NZ women's sevens player contracts mumps". stuff.co.nz. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[8] "Commonwealth Games Australia is pleased to announce the Men's and Women's Australian Rugby Sevens squads for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast next month". commonwealthgames.com.au. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[9] "Commonwealth Games: Abbie Brown to captain England women's rugby sevens". BBC Sport. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.