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 nation 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 5.353 per match)
Top point scorer Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (45)
Top try scorer Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (9)
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Format

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

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

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

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33009812+869
 France 32018745+427
 England 31025061–115
 Papua New Guinea 300310127–1173
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'
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'

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 32104640+68
 Russia 31113135–46
 Canada 31025739+185
 Fiji 31025272–205
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'
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'
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
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 32015526+297
 United States 32015943+167
 Spain 32013545–107
 China 30032964–353
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'
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'
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)

[3]

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy
 
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
 
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

Cup
 
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
Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Australia18
 United States16
4  Ireland14
5  Canada12
6  France10
Place  Team Points
7  Russia8
8  Spain6
9  Fiji4
10  England3
11  China2
12  Papua New Guinea1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders
Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe9
2 Michaela Blyde7
3 Bianca Farella6
4 Ellia Green5
Fanny Horta
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe45
2 Emma Sykes40
3 Michaela Blyde35
4 Ghislaine Landry33
5 Patricia García32

Source: World Rugby

References
  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.

See also
Women's Sevens Series VII
Preceded by
2018 Dubai Women's Sevens		 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Japan Women's Sevens
Australian Women's Sevens
Preceded by
2018 Sydney Women's Sevens		 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
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