Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Host nation	Australia
Date	16–17 March 2006
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Third	Fiji
Plate
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	South Africa
Bowl
Winner	Kenya
Runner-up	Tonga
Tournament details
Matches played	32
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The rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the third Commonwealth Games at which rugby sevens was played. It is one of the male-only sports at the Commonwealth Games, the other being boxing. The venue for the rugby competition was the Telstra Dome, on the western edge of Melbourne's Central Business District. Preliminary matches were held on 16 March, with the finals the following day.

Sixteen teams competed in the rugby sevens tournament as they were separated into four groups of four. The top two teams of each group qualified through to the cup finals while the bottom two would compete in the bowl. After finishing on top of Pool A, New Zealand won the gold medal match as they defeated England 29–21 in the final on 17 March 2006.^[1] Fiji claimed the bronze medal defeating Australia 24–17 in the 3rd place final. In the minor finals, Wales took out the plate final with Kenya winning the bowl.

Continent	Qualifier(s)
Asia	Sri Lanka
Africa	Kenya  Namibia  South Africa  Uganda
Americas	Canada
Oceania	Cook Islands  Fiji  New Zealand  Niue  Samoa  Tonga
Europe	England  Scotland  Wales
Host nation	Australia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	117	17	+100	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	83	42	+41	7
Kenya	3	1	0	2	31	79	−48	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	19	112	−93	3

16 March 2006 11:14

New Zealand	35–10	Wales

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 11:36

Kenya	31–5	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 14:20

New Zealand	41–7	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 14:42

Wales	33–0	Kenya

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:50

New Zealand	41–0	Kenya

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:28

Wales	40–7	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	127	21	+106	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	48	45	+3	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	47	48	−1	5
Niue	3	0	0	3	12	120	−108	3

16 March 2006 10:30

Fiji	31–14	Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 10:52

Scotland	33–5	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:36

Fiji	63–0	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:58

Canada	10–7	Scotland

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:28

Canada	24–7	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:06

Fiji	33–7	Scotland

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	110	17	+93	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	113	33	+80	7
Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	71	63	+8	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	0	181	−181	3

16 March 2006 12:52

England	35–5	Cook Islands

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:14

Australia	73–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:44

England	61–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:06

Australia	28–19	Cook Islands

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 20:44

Cook Islands	47–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 22:12

England	14–12	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	94	43	+51	7
Samoa	3	2	0	1	66	22	+44	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	40	68	−28	5
Uganda	3	1	0	2	41	108	−67	5

16 March 2006 11:58

Tonga	26–19	South Africa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 12:20

Samoa	31–10	Uganda

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:00

South Africa	63–7	Uganda

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:22

Samoa	25–0	Tonga

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 20:22

Uganda	24–14	Tonga

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:50

South Africa	12–10	Samoa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold Medal Match
	17 March – Melbourne
	New Zealand	24
					17 March – Melbourne
	Canada	0
					New Zealand	21
	17 March – Melbourne
					Australia	19
	Australia	20
									17 March – Melbourne
	South Africa	14
									New Zealand	29
	17 March – Melbourne
									England	21
	England	17
					17 March – Melbourne
	Samoa	14
					England	21
	17 March – Melbourne
					Fiji	14			Bronze Medal Match
	Fiji	26
									17 March – Melbourne
	Wales	7
									Fiji	24
									Australia	17

17 March 2006

New Zealand	24–0	Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Australia	20–14	South Africa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

England	17–14	Samoa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Fiji	26–7	Wales

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

New Zealand	21–19	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

England	21–14	Fiji

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Fiji	24–17	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

New Zealand	29–21	England

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

For teams knocked out of the Cup quarter finals

17 March 2006

South Africa	17–14	Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Wales	26–17	Samoa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Wales	29–28	South Africa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Kenya	21–5	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Uganda	24–12	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Tonga	31–12	Cook Islands

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Scotland	26–12	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Kenya	29–0	Uganda

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Tonga	12–5	Scotland

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Kenya	26–12	Tonga

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Men's	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	New Zealand Josh Blackie Alando Soakai Tanerau Latimer Onosai Tololima-Auva'a Amasio Valence Liam Messam Tamati Ellison Tafai Ioasa Nigel Hunt Cory Jane Lote Raikabula Sosene Anesi	England Henry Paul Magnus Lund Ben Russell David Seymour Nils Mordt Richard Haughton Thomas Varndell Andrew Vilk Danny Care Ben Gollings Simon Amor Mathew Tait	Fiji Apolosi Satala Ratu Mataluvu Semisi Naevo Sireli Naqelevuki Viliame Satala Waisale Serevi Jone Daunivucu Norman Ligairi Neumi Nanuku Filimoni Bolavucu Lepani Nabuliwaqa William Ryder

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