2010 Oceania Sevens Championship

Host nation|  Australia
Date| 1–2 October 2010
Cup
Champion|  Australia
Runner-up|  Samoa
Third|  Tonga
Plate
Winner|  Cook Islands
Runner-up|  Niue

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The 2010 Oceania Sevens Championship was the third Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at Larrakia Park (also known as Austar Rugby Park) in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[1]

Australia won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Samoa 34 to 12.[2] Tonga, PNG and the Cook Islands, as the three highest finishers excluding core teams Australia and Samoa, qualified for the Wellington and Adelaide legs of the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. Tonga also qualified for the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens.

## Pool Stage

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Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 12 | +93 | 9
Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 7
Niue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 58 | -5 | 5
Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 128 | -128 | 3

1 October 2010

Samoa | 24–7|  Papua New Guinea

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1 October 2010

Niue | 38–0|  Tahiti

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1 October 2010

Papua New Guinea | 27–10|  Niue

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1 October 2010

Samoa | 50–0|  Tahiti

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1 October 2010

Samoa | 31–5|  Niue

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1 October 2010

Papua New Guinea | 38–0|  Tahiti

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### Pool B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 19 | +78 | 9
Tonga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 7
Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 5
Vanuatu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 130 | -120 | 3

1 October 2010

Australia | 21–12|  Tonga

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Larrakia Park

1 October 2010

Cook Islands | 21–10|  Vanuatu

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1 October 2010

Tonga | 22–14|  Cook Islands

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Larrakia Park

1 October 2010

Australia | 57–0|  Vanuatu

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1 October 2010

Australia | 19–7|  Cook Islands

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Larrakia Park

1 October 2010

Tonga | 52–0|  Vanuatu

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Larrakia Park

## Knockout stage

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### Plate

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| 5th–8th semi-finals| | 5th–6th play-off

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| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park, Darwin | |

|  Vanuatu| 7

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park, Darwin

|  Cook Islands| 33 |

|  Cook Islands| 15

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park, Darwin

| |  Niue| 5

|  Niue| 26

|  Tahiti| 5 |

| 7th–8th play-off

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park, Darwin

|  Vanuatu| 7

|  Tahiti| 19

### Cup

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Samoa| 55

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

|  Vanuatu| 7 |

|  Samoa| 17

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

| |  Papua New Guinea| 10 |

|  Papua New Guinea| 21

| | 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

|  Cook Islands| 17 |

|  Samoa| 12

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

| |  Australia| 34

|  Tonga| 24

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park |

|  Niue| 0 |

|  Tonga| 5

| 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

| |  Australia| 24 | | Third place

|  Tahiti| 0

| | 2 October 2010 - Larrakia Park

|  Australia| 51 |

|  Papua New Guinea| 7

|  Tonga| 12

## References

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1. ^ "Aussies make dream start at Oceania Seven". Sports Australia. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
2. ^ "Australia win Oceania Sevens Championships". Sports Australia. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

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