2019 Sydney Women's Sevens

The 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the men's tournament.[1]

2019 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VII
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date1–3 February 2019
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third United States
Challenge Trophy
Winner Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played34
Tries scored182 (average 5.35 per match)
Most points Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (45)
Most tries Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (9)
2018
2020

Format

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The teams are drawn into three 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 brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

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Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:[2]

Pool stage

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All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 98 12 +86 9
  France 3 2 0 1 87 45 +42 7
  England 3 1 0 2 50 61 –11 5
  Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 10 127 –117 3
1 February 2019
12:44
England  14–27  France
Try: Matthews 8'c
Uren 12'c
Con: Aitchison (1/1) 8'
Jones (1/1) 12'
Try: Ciofani (2) 2'm, 5'm
Drouin 7'm
Horta (2) 7'c, 14'm
Con: Izar (1/3) 7'
Drouin (0/2)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
1 February 2019
13:06
New Zealand  38–5  Papua New Guinea
Try: Hirini 3'm
Nathan-Wong 6'c
Williams 8'c
Broughton 9'c
Baker 11'm
Tui 13'c
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 7', 8', 10'
Whata-Simpkins (1/2) 14'
Try: Rama 4'm
Con: Lavai (0/1)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
1 February 2019
15:28
England  36–5  Papua New Guinea
Try: Quansah (2) 1'm, 6'm
Rowland 4'c
Fleming 7'm
Allan (2) 11'c, 13'c
Con: Aitchison (1/4) 4'
Rowland (2/2) 12', 14'
Try: Sampson 2'm
Con: Lavai (0/1)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)
1 February 2019
15:50
New Zealand  31–7  France
Try: Blyde (2) 2'c, 14'm
Waaka 6'c
Broughton 7'm
Nathan-Wong 9'c
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/3) 2', 6', 10'
Whata-Simpkins (0/1)
Try: Pelle 4'c
Con: Izar (1/1) 4'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
1 February 2019
18:12
France  53–0  Papua New Guinea
Try: Izar 0'c
Horta (3) 2'm, 13'c, 14'c
Lothoz 4'm
Neissen 7'm
Pelle 8'c
Grisez 9'm
Izar 11'c
Con: Drouin (1/2) 0'
Izar (2/5) 8', 12'
Torres Duxans (2/2) 13', 14'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
1 February 2019
18:34
New Zealand  29–0  England
Try: Williams 2'm
Broughton 6'c
Blyde 8'c
Baker 10'm
Saili 13'm
Con: Tyla Nathan-Wong (2/5) 6', 9'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Ireland 3 2 1 0 46 40 +6 8
  Russia 3 1 1 1 31 35 –4 6
  Canada 3 1 0 2 57 39 +18 5
  Fiji 3 1 0 2 52 72 –20 5
1 February 2019
12:00
Russia  7–7  Ireland
Try: Bystrova 13'c
Con: Lushina (1/1) 13'
Try: Higgins 11'c
Con: Mulhall (1/1) 12'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
1 February 2019
12:22
Canada  36–12  Fiji
Try: Farella (2) 1'm, 3'c
Greenshields 4'c
Benn (2) 7'm, 10'c
Chown 8'm
Con: Landry (2/3) 4', 5'
Nicholas (1/3) 10'
Try: Tinai 12'
Naimasi 14'c
Con: Tisolo (1/1) 14'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
1 February 2019
14:44
Russia  12–21  Fiji
Try: Zdrokova 7'm
Seredina 14'c
Con: Lushina (1/2) 14'
Try: Tisolo (2) 2'c, 7'c
Naimasi 13'c
Con: Tisolo (2/2) 3', 8'
Seniyasi (1/1) 13'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
1 February 2019
15:06
Canada  14–15  Ireland
Try: Landry 1'c
Nicholas 3'c
Con: Landry (2/2) 1', 4'
Try: Tyrrell 5'm
Galvin 7'm
Murphy-Crowe 10'm
Con: Mulhall (0/3)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
1 February 2019
17:28
Ireland  24–19  Fiji
Try: Murphy-Crowe (3) 2'm, 6'c, 7'c
Parsons 5'm
Con: Mulhall (2/4) 6', 8'
Try: Roqica 0'm
Naimasi 8'c
Daveua 11'c
Con: Tisolo (1/2) 9'
Tinai (1/1) 12'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)
1 February 2019
17:50
Canada  7–12  Russia
Try: Farella 4'c
Con: Landry (1/1) 4'
Try: Zdrokova 0'c
Mikhaltsova 10'm
Con: Lushina (1/2) 1'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 2 0 1 55 26 +29 7
  United States 3 2 0 1 59 43 +16 7
  Spain 3 2 0 1 35 45 –10 7
  China 3 0 0 3 29 64 –35 3
1 February 2019
13:28
United States  26–10  China
Try: Tapper 3'c
Fa'avesi 8'c
Thomas 10'm
Kirshe 13'
Con: Heavirland (3/4) 4', 8', 13'
Try: Liu (2) 2'm, 7'm
Con: Chen K. (0/2)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)
1 February 2019
13:50
Australia  19–0  Spain
Try: Green 7'm
Sykes 9'c
Pelite 10'c
Con: Sykes (2/3) 9', 11'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
1 February 2019
16:12
United States  14–21  Spain
Try: Thomas 4'c
Kirshe 7'c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 5', 7'
Try: Erbina 5'c
Bravo 9'c
García 13'c
Con: García (2/2) 6', 9', 13'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
1 February 2019
16:34
Australia  24–7  China
Try: Pelite 0'm
Quirk 1'm
Williams 5'c
Green 9'c
Con: Sykes (2/4) 5', 9'
Try: Gu 13'c
Con: Chen K. (1/1) 14'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
1 February 2019
18:56
Australia  12–19  United States
Try: Pelite 11'c
Tonegato 14'm
Con: Sykes (1/2) 11'
Try: Gray 2'c
Kirshe 4'c
Tapper 6'm
Con: Heavirland (2/3) 2', 4'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
1 February 2019
19:18
China  12–14  Spain
Try: Chen K. 8'm
Liu 14'c
Con: Chen K. (1/1) 14'
Gu (0/1)
Try: Echebarría 5'c
García 10'c
Con: García (2/2) 6', 11'
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

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Knockout stage

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Challenge Trophy

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February 2019 – 12:06 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
 
  England54
 
2 February 2019 – 17:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 
  England12
 
2 February 2019 – 12:28 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Fiji15
 
  Fiji12
 
 
  China0
 
Eleventh place
 
 
2 February 2019 – 17:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 
 
  China31

5th Place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 February 2019 – 8:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
 
  Canada12
 
3 February 2019 – 17:42 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Russia5
 
  Canada19
 
3 February 2019 – 9:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  France17
 
  Spain12
 
 
  France19
 
Seventh Place
 
 
3 February 2019 – 17:20 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
 
  Russia34
 
 
  Spain5
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February 2019 – 12:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
 
  New Zealand17
 
3 February 2019 – 9:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Canada7
 
  New Zealand29
 
2 February 2019 – 13:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  United States5
 
  Russia5
 
3 February 2019 – 18:31 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  United States7
 
  New Zealand34
 
2 February 2019 – 13:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Australia10
 
  Ireland22
 
3 February 2019 – 9:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Spain7
 
  Ireland12
 
2 February 2019 – 13:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  Australia24 Third place
 
  Australia21
 
3 February 2019 – 18:04 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney
 
  France17
 
  United States26
 
 
  Ireland10
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Australia 18
    United States 16
4   Ireland 14
5   Canada 12
6   France 10
Place  Team Points
7   Russia 8
8   Spain 6
9   Fiji 4
10   England 3
11   China 2
12   Papua New Guinea 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

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Scoring leaders

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Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1   Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 9
2   Michaela Blyde 7
3   Bianca Farella 6
4   Ellia Green 5
  Fanny Horta
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1   Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 45
2   Emma Sykes 40
3   Michaela Blyde 35
4   Ghislaine Landry 33
5   Patricia García 32

Source: World Rugby

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Teams ready for HSBC Sydney Sevens kick-off". World Rugby. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". 10 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's schedule and pools announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens". World Rugby. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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Women's Sevens Series VII
Preceded by 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by
Australian Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by