Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
# Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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. 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.

## Qualified teams

| 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 |

## Pool Stage

### Group A

| 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

### Group B

| 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

### Group C

| 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

### Group D

| 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

## Knock-out stage

### Cup

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

**Quarter-finals**

* 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

**Semi-finals**

* 17 March 2006

| New Zealand | 21–19 | Australia |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne
* 17 March 2006

| England | 21–14 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

**Bronze medal match**

* 17 March 2006

| Fiji | 24–17 | Australia |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

**Gold medal match**

* 17 March 2006

| New Zealand | 29–21 | England |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

### Plate

For teams knocked out of the Cup quarter finals

**Plate semi-finals**

* 17 March 2006

| South Africa | 17–14 | Canada |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne
* 17 March 2006

| Wales | 26–17 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

**Plate final – Playoff for 5th and 6th**

* 17 March 2006

| Wales | 29–28 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

### Bowl

**Bowl-quarter-finals**

* 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

**Bowl semi-finals**

* 17 March 2006

| Kenya | 29–0 | Uganda |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne
* 17 March 2006

| Tonga | 12–5 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

**Bowl final – Playoff for 9th and 10th**

* 17 March 2006

| Kenya | 26–12 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Telstra Dome, Melbourne

## Medalists

| Men's | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's | New ZealandJosh 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 | FijiApolosi Satala Ratu Mataluvu Semisi Naevo Sireli Naqelevuki Viliame Satala Waisale Serevi Jone Daunivucu Norman Ligairi Neumi Nanuku Filimoni Bolavucu Lepani Nabuliwaqa William Ryder |
