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2011 Gold Coast Sevens


FieldValue
countriesAUS Australia
date25–26 November 2011
seriesIRB Sevens XIII
champions1
runnersup1
third
champions2
runnersup2
champions3
runnersup3
champions4
runnersup4
matches45
tries230
top point scorerNZL Junior Tomasi Cama
(48 points)
top try scorerRSA Chris Dry
ARG Manuel Montero
(7 tries)
prevseason2011 Adelaide
nextseason2012

(48 points) ARG Manuel Montero (7 tries) The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2011-2012 Sevens World Series It was held over the weekend of 25–26 November 2011 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. The tournament was the ninth completed edition of the Australian Sevens and the first on the Gold Coast after the event had been previously hosted in Adelaide and Brisbane.

Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.

Format

The teams are divided into pools of four teams, and a round-robin played within each pool. Points in rugby sevens pools are awarded on a different basis to most rugby tournaments: 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition, and the four Cup quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Plate. The bottom two teams in each pool go to the Bowl competition, and the four Bowl quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Shield.

Teams

The participating teams were announced on 8 September.

Pool stage

The draw was made on 7 November.

Key to colours in group tables

All times are local (UTC+10).

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33009210+829
32016935+347
31023159−285
3003795−883

Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33006926+439
32016228+347
31024039+15
3003785−783

Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33009114+779
32017843+357
31024760−135
30035104−993

Pool D

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33005926+339
32015026+247
31023150−195
30031957−383

Knockout stage

Shield

|26 November – Robina ||5||7 |26 November – Robina ||28||12 |26 November – Robina ||36||0 |26 November – Robina ||24||5 |26 November – Robina ||14||19 |26 November – Robina ||0||38 |26 November – Robina ||19|****|31

Bowl

|26 November – Robina ||5||7 |26 November – Robina ||38||12 |26 November – Robina ||36||0 |26 November – Robina ||24||5 |26 November – Robina ||15||24 |26 November – Robina ||19||5 |26 November – Robina |****|17||14

Plate

|26 November – Robina ||24||14 |26 November – Robina ||12||14 |26 November – Robina ||5||33 |26 November – Robina ||14||5 |26 November – Robina ||14||17 |26 November – Robina ||14||12 |26 November – Robina ||15|****|26

Cup

|26 November – Robina ||24||14 |26 November – Robina ||12||14 |26 November – Robina ||5||33 |26 November – Robina ||14||5 |26 November – Robina ||26||7 |26 November – Robina ||24||7 |26 November – Robina ||12||26 |26 November – Robina ||5||17

References

References

  1. (26 November 2011). "Superb Fiji storm to Gold Coast Sevens title". irbsevens.com.
  2. (8 September 2011). "Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off". irbsevens.com.
  3. (7 November 2011). "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com.
  4. {{usurped. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141023103605/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition%3D1/fixturesresults.html Results of the knockout stage]
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