2012 Gold Coast Sevens

2012 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIV
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 13–14 October 2012
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Third  South Africa
Plate
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  France
Bowl
Champions  Spain
Runners-up  England
Shield
Champions  Scotland
Runners-up  United States
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 245 (average 5.444 per match)
Top point scorer Fiji Joji Baleviani Raqamate
(59 points)
Top try scorer Scotland James Fleming
South Africa Cornal Hendricks
(8 tries)
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The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.[2][3]

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010226+769
 New Zealand 32016859+97
 Canada 31024387−445
 United States 30033374−413
13 October 2012
11:58
New Zealand  19 – 7  United States
Report
13 October 2012
12:20
South Africa  38 – 0  Canada
Report
13 October 2012
15:14
New Zealand  28 – 21  Canada
Report
13 October 2012
15:36
South Africa  33 – 5  United States
Report
13 October 2012
17:46
United States  21 – 22  Canada
Report
13 October 2012
19:24
New Zealand  21 – 31  South Africa
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 330010226+769
 Fiji 32018036+447
 Tonga 31024571−265
 Scotland 30031977−583
13 October 2012
12:42
Fiji  31 – 14  Scotland
Report
13 October 2012
13:04
Australia  31 – 14  Tonga
Report
13 October 2012
15:58
Fiji  35 – 7  Tonga
Report
13 October 2012
16:20
Australia  22 – 0  Scotland
Report
13 October 2012
18:08
Scotland  5 – 24  Tonga
Report
13 October 2012
19:46
Fiji  14 – 15  Australia
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33006439+259
 Kenya 31115240+127
 England 31114443+17
 Spain 30033270−383
13 October 2012
10:30
England  14 – 14  Kenya
Report
13 October 2012
10:52
Samoa  31 – 10  Spain
Report
13 October 2012
13:36
England  13 – 10  Spain
Report
13 October 2012
13:58
Samoa  14 – 12  Kenya
Report
13 October 2012
17:02
Kenya  26 – 12  Spain
Report
13 October 2012
18:40
England  17 – 19  Samoa
Report

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 32015019+317
 France 32014331+127
 Wales 32014346−37
 Portugal 30031757−403
13 October 2012
11:14
Argentina  7 – 14  France
Report
13 October 2012
11:36
Wales  19 – 12  Portugal
Report
13 October 2012
14:20
Argentina  26 – 0  Portugal
Report
13 October 2012
14:42
Wales  19 – 17  France
Report
13 October 2012
17:24
France  12 – 5  Portugal
Report
13 October 2012
19:02
Argentina  17 – 5  Wales
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  Canada  31
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Portugal  0  
  Portugal  0
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Scotland  33  
  England  35
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Scotland  7  
  Scotland  40
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    United States  5
  Wales  27
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  United States  19  
  United States  33
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Tonga  26  
  Tonga  7
  Spain  24  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  Canada  31
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Portugal  0  
  Canada  19
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      England  24  
  England  35
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Scotland  7  
  England  14
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    Spain  19
  Wales  27
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  United States  19  
  Wales  17
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Spain  26  
  Tonga  7
  Spain  24  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  South Africa  26
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  France  14  
  France  21
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Samoa  7  
  Samoa  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Fiji  19  
  France  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    Argentina  14
  Argentina  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  New Zealand  12  
  Argentina  17
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Australia  14  
  Australia  14
  Kenya  21  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  South Africa  26
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  France  14  
  South Africa  10
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    Fiji  21  
  Samoa  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Fiji  19  
  Fiji  32
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    New Zealand  14
  Argentina  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  New Zealand  12  
  New Zealand  15 Third place
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    Kenya  5  
  Australia  14   South Africa  41
  Kenya  21     Kenya  7
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast

References

  1. ↑ "Fiji successfully defend Gold Coast title". irbsevens.com. 2012-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2012.

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