2019 New Zealand Sevens

2019 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XX
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	26–27 January 2019
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	United States
Third	New Zealand
Challenge Trophy
Winner	England
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	272 (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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	113	50	+63	9
Australia	3	2	1	62	43	+19	7
Argentina	3	1	2	72	57	+15	5
Wales	3	0	3	19	116	−97	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	82	28	+54	9
Samoa	3	2	1	54	56	−2	7
England	3	1	2	53	38	+15	5
Tonga	3	0	3	26	93	−67	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	72	22	+50	9
Scotland	3	2	1	52	57	−5	7
Kenya	3	1	2	39	63	−24	5
France	3	0	3	41	62	−21	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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-finals		Thirteenth place

27 January 2019 – 13:10 – Waikato Stadium

Japan	7
		27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium
Tonga	31
		Tonga	33
27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium
		France	10
Wales	19

France	35

Matches

Semi-finals

27 January 2019
13:10

Japan	7–31	Tonga
Try: Yoshizawa 12'c Con: Sakai (1/1) 12'		Try: Maake 2'c, 5'c Pakalani 6'c Samita 10'm Tupou 13' Con: Pakalani (3/3) 3', 5', 7' Samita (0/2)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

27 January 2019
13:32

Wales	19–35	France
Try: Morgan-Williams 1'c Treharne 2'c Goodchild 14'm Con: Treharne (2/3) 1', 3'		Try: Siega 5'c Laugel 7'c Huyard 8'c N'Gandebe 11'c, 13' Con: Riva (4/4) 5', 7', 9', 12' Mazzoleni (1/1) 13'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Thirteenth place

27 January 2019
17:00

Tonga	33–10	France
Try: Tapueluelu 1'c Samita 4'c F. Inisi 7'c Sunia 9'c Paea 11'm Con: Maake (4/5) 2', 4', 8', 10'		Try: Parez 7'm Mazzoleni 12'm Con: Riva (0/2)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Challenge Trophy

Quarter-finals		Challenge Trophy Final		Final

27 January 2019 – 10:00 – Waikato Stadium

Argentina	35
		27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium
Japan	0
		Argentina	7
27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium
		Kenya	24
Kenya	19
				27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium
Tonga	12
				Kenya	7
27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium
				England	36
Spain	19
		27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium
Wales	10
		Spain	7
27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium
		England	38
England	21

France	5

Matches

Quarter-finals

27 January 2019
10:00

Argentina	35–0	Japan
Try: Bazan Velez 1'c Carreras (2) 4'c, 7'c Etchart 8'c Sabato 10'c Con: Bazan Velez (5/5) 1', 5', 7', 8', 11'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

27 January 2019
10:22

Kenya	19–12	Tonga
Try: Olindi (2) 0'c, 13'c Ojee 4'm Con: Olindi (2/3) 0', 14'		Try: Paea 6'm Finau 11'c Con: Pakalani (1/2) 11'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

27 January 2019
10:44

Spain	19–10	Wales
Try: Pla 3'c Carrión (2) 6'c, 8'm Con: Hernández (2/3) 4', 7'		Try: Dyer 1'm Gasson 13' Con: Treharne (0/2)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

27 January 2019
11:06

England	21–5	France
Try: de Carpentier 3'c Norton 6'c Olowofela 7'c Con: Bibby (3/3) 3', 6', 7'		Try: Riva 10'm Con: Mazzoleni (0/1)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

27 January 2019
13:54

Argentina	7–24	Kenya
Try: Carreras 2'c Con: Bazan Velez (1/1) 3'		Try: Ojee (2) 1'm, 8'm Kuto 10'c Wahinya 12' Con: Taabu (2/2) 10', 12' Olindi (0/2)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

27 January 2019
14:16

Spain	7–38	England
Try: Sainz-Trapaga 5'c Con: Hernández (1/1) 6'		Try: Muir 1'c Rodwell 2'm Kerr 7'c Mitchell 7' Norton (2) 10'c, 13'm Con: Bibby (4/6) 1', 7', 8', 10'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Challenge Trophy Final

27 January 2019
18:00

Kenya	7–36	England
Try: Onyala 3'c Con: Wahinya (1/1) 4'		Try: Bibby (2) 1'c, 7' Bowen (2) 5'c, 12' Norton (2) 6'm, 9'c Con: Bibby (2/3) 1', 5' Mitchell (1/3) 10'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Fifth place

Semi-finals		Fifth place

27 January 2019 – 15:26 – Waikato Stadium

Canada	19
		27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium
Samoa	28
		Samoa	19
27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium
		Scotland	24
Australia	14

Scotland	24

Matches

Semi-finals

27 January 2019
15:26

Canada	19–28	Samoa
Try: Braid 2'm McCloskey 8'c Berna 11'c Con: Kay (2/3) 8', 11'		Try: Afamasaga 0'c Tupou 4'c Asofolau 7'c Tusitala 13' Con: Alosio (2/2) 1', 13' Tupou (2/2) 4', 7'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

27 January 2019
15:48

Australia	14–24	Scotland
Try: Anderson 1'c Longbottom 11'c Con: Porch (1/1) 2' Coward (1/1) 11'		Try: McFarland (2) 6'c, 8'c Fergusson 7'm Farndale 13' Con: Lowe (2/4) 6', 8'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Fifth place

27 January 2019
18:26

Samoa	19–24	Scotland
Try: Vaili 1'c Afamasaga 7'c Asofolau 12'm Con: Tupou (2/3) 1', 8'		Try: Fergusson (3) 5'c, 7'm, 10' Farndale 13' Con: Lowe (2/4) 5', 14'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Cup Final

27 January 2019 – 11:36 – Waikato Stadium

Fiji	33
		27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium
Canada	7
		Fiji	29
27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium
		South Africa	7
South Africa	28
				27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium
Samoa	19
				Fiji	38
27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium
				United States	0
New Zealand	24
		27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium
Australia	17
		New Zealand	7
27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium
		United States	17	Third place
United States	19
				27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium
Scotland	14
				South Africa	7

				New Zealand	29

Matches

Quarter-finals

27 January 2019
11:36

Fiji	33–7	Canada
Try: Derenalagi 0'c Tuimaba (2) 3'c, 8'c Tuwai 7'c Vakurunabili 12'm Con: Nacuqu (2/2) 0', 3' Botitu (2/2) 7', 9' Veilawa (0/1)		Try: Braid 6' Con: Hirayama (1/1) 6'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

27 January 2019
11:58

South Africa	28–19	Samoa
Try: Dry 6'c Human 8'c Kok 10'c S. Davids 12'c Con: Du Preez (1/1) 6' S. Davids (3/3) 9', 11', 13'		Try: Afamasaga 4'c Tupou 7'm Tusitala 14'c Con: Tupou (1/2) 5' Tusitala (1/1) 14'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

27 January 2019
12:20

New Zealand	24–17	Australia
Try: Collier 3'm Nareki 4'm Ware 7'c Mikkelson 9'c Con: Knewstubb (1/3) 7' Koroi (1/1) 10'		Try: Kennewell 8'm Holland 13'm Coward 14'c Con: Coward (1/1) 14' Porch (0/1) Holland (0/1)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

27 January 2019
12:42

United States	19–14	Scotland
Try: Hughes 0'c Tomasin 2'm Isles 4'c Con: Hughes (2/3) 0', 4'		Try: Fergusson 6'c McFarland 11'c Con: Lowe (1/1) 7', 12'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Semi-finals

27 January 2019
16:16

Fiji	29–7	South Africa
Try: Nasoko 0'c Tuimaba (2) 4'c, 13' Botitu 7'm Nacuqu 9' Con: Nacuqu (1/4) 1' Botitu (1/1) 5'		Try: S. Davids 12'c Con: S. Davids (1/1) 12'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

27 January 2019
16:38

New Zealand	7–17	United States
Try: Ware 5' Con: Koroi (1/1) 6'		Try: Hughes 4'm Tomasin 9'c Isles 13' Con: Hughes (1/3) 10'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Third place

27 January 2019
19:10

South Africa	7–29	New Zealand
Try: Soyizwapi 3'c Con: Davids (1/1) 4'		Try: Ng Shiu (2) 5'c, 8'm Mikkelson 7'c Ravouvou 12'm Dickson 13'm Con: Knewstubb (2/5) 5', 7'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Cup Final

27 January 2019
20:10

Fiji	38–0	United States
Try: Tuwai (2) 1'm, 12'c Nacuqu 4'm Tuimaba 6'c Naduva (2) 9'c, 14'c Con: Botitu (1/1) 7' Nacuqu (1/3) 9' Veilawa (2/2) 12', 14'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	22
	United States	19
	New Zealand	17
4	South Africa	15
5	Scotland	13
6	Samoa	12
7	Australia	10
7	Canada	10

Place	Team	Points
9	England	8
10	Kenya	7
11	Argentina	5
11	Spain	5
13	Tonga	3
14	France	2
15	Japan	1
15	Wales	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Aminiasi Tuimaba	8
1	Robbie Fergusson	8
3	Carlin Isles	7
4	Dan Norton	6
4	Mateo Carreras	6

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Waisea Nacuqu	47
2	Robbie Fergusson	42
3	Aminiasi Tuimaba	40
4	Madison Hughes	39
5	Alatasi Tupuo	37

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

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

Forwards	Backs
Ben Pinkelman Kalione Nasoko Meli Derenalagi	Carlin Isles Vilimoni Botitu Folau Niua Aminiasi Tuimaba

References

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

External links

Tournament site
World Rugby info

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