2019 New Zealand Sevens
# 2019 New Zealand Sevens

The 2019 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the New Zealand Sevens. It was held on 26–27 January 2019 at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

An invitational competition for women's teams, the Women's Fast Four, was held alongside the men's tournament as the precursor to fully integrated men's and women's tournaments planned for Hamilton in 2020.

## Format

The teams are drawn into four 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 bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.

## Teams

Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship, Tonga:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Tonga
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stage

All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 50 | +63 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 116 | −97 | 3 |

* 26 January 2019 11:30

| Australia | 17–12 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
* 26 January 2019 11:52

| Fiji | 54–7 | Wales |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 26 January 2019 15:20

| Australia | 26–5 | Wales |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 26 January 2019 15:42

| Fiji | 33–24 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
* 26 January 2019 19:30

| Argentina | 36–7 | Wales |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 26 January 2019 19:52

| Fiji | 26–19 | Australia |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 28 | +54 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 5 |
| Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 93 | −67 | 3 |

* 26 January 2019 10:44

| England | 10–12 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* 26 January 2019 11:06

| United States | 29–7 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 26 January 2019 14:54

| England | 36–7 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 26 January 2019 15:26

| United States | 34–14 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 26 January 2019 18:44

| Samoa | 28–12 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 26 January 2019 19:06

| United States | 19–7 | England |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 9 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 3 |

* 26 January 2019 10:00

| Scotland | 26–21 | France |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 26 January 2019 10:22

| South Africa | 29–10 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 26 January 2019 13:48

| Scotland | 19–10 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 26 January 2019 14:10

| South Africa | 17–5 | France |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* 26 January 2019 18:00

| France | 15–19 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
* 26 January 2019 18:22

| South Africa | 26–7 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 10 | +115 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 100 | −81 | 3 |

* 26 January 2019 12:14

| Spain | 12–12 | Canada |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
* 26 January 2019 12:36

| New Zealand | 52–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 26 January 2019 16:04

| Spain | 22–19 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
* 26 January 2019 16:26

| New Zealand | 49–10 | Canada |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 26 January 2019 20:14

| Canada | 26–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 26 January 2019 20:36

| New Zealand | 24–0 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

## Knockout stage

### Thirteenth place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 January 2019 – 13:10 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 13:10 – Waikato Stadium |
| Japan | 7 |
| Japan | 7 | 27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium |
| Tonga | 31 | 27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 17:00 – Waikato Stadium |
| Tonga | 31 | Tonga | 33 |
| 27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium | | Tonga | 33 |
| 27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 13:32 – Waikato Stadium | France | 10 |
| Wales | 19 | France | 10 |
| France | 35 | | |

Matches :

Semi-finals

27 January 2019 13:10Japan 7–31 TongaTry: Yoshizawa 12'c Con: Sakai (1/1) 12'Try: Maake 2'c, 5'c Pakalani 6'c Samita 10'm Tupou 13' Con: Pakalani (3/3) 3', 5', 7' Samita (0/2)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

27 January 2019 13:32Wales 19–35 FranceTry: Morgan-Williams 1'c Treharne 2'c Goodchild 14'm Con: Treharne (2/3) 1', 3'Try: Siega 5'c Laugel 7'c Huyard 8'c N'Gandebe 11'c, 13' Con: Riva (4/4) 5', 7', 9', 12' Mazzoleni (1/1) 13'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Thirteenth place

27 January 2019 17:00Tonga 33–10 FranceTry: Tapueluelu 1'c Samita 4'c F. Inisi 7'c Sunia 9'c Paea 11'm Con: Maake (4/5) 2', 4', 8', 10'Try: Parez 7'm Mazzoleni 12'm Con: Riva (0/2)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) :

### Challenge Trophy

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 January 2019 – 10:00 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 10:00 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 35 | | | |
| Argentina | 35 | 27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium | | |
| Japan | 0 | 27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 13:54 – Waikato Stadium | |
| Japan | 0 | Argentina | 7 | |
| 27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium | | Argentina | 7 | |
| 27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 10:22 – Waikato Stadium | Kenya | 24 | |
| Kenya | 19 | Kenya | 24 | |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium |
| Tonga | 12 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 18:00 – Waikato Stadium |
| Tonga | 12 | | | | Kenya | 7 |
| 27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium | | | | | Kenya | 7 |
| 27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 10:44 – Waikato Stadium | | | | England | 36 |
| Spain | 19 | | | | England | 36 |
| Spain | 19 | 27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 10 | 27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 14:16 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 10 | Spain | 7 | | | |
| 27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium | | Spain | 7 | | | |
| 27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 11:06 – Waikato Stadium | England | 38 | |
| England | 21 | England | 38 | |
| France | 5 | | | |

Matches :

Quarter-finals

27 January 2019 10:00Argentina 35–0 JapanTry: Bazan Velez 1'c Carreras (2) 4'c, 7'c Etchart 8'c Sabato 10'c Con: Bazan Velez (5/5) 1', 5', 7', 8', 11'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

27 January 2019 10:22Kenya 19–12 TongaTry: Olindi (2) 0'c, 13'c Ojee 4'm Con: Olindi (2/3) 0', 14'Try: Paea 6'm Finau 11'c Con: Pakalani (1/2) 11'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

27 January 2019 10:44Spain 19–10 WalesTry: Pla 3'c Carrión (2) 6'c, 8'm Con: Hernández (2/3) 4', 7'Try: Dyer 1'm Gasson 13' Con: Treharne (0/2)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

27 January 2019 11:06England 21–5 FranceTry: de Carpentier 3'c Norton 6'c Olowofela 7'c Con: Bibby (3/3) 3', 6', 7'Try: Riva 10'm Con: Mazzoleni (0/1)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

27 January 2019 13:54Argentina 7–24 KenyaTry: Carreras 2'c Con: Bazan Velez (1/1) 3'Try: Ojee (2) 1'm, 8'm Kuto 10'c Wahinya 12' Con: Taabu (2/2) 10', 12' Olindi (0/2)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

27 January 2019 14:16Spain 7–38 EnglandTry: Sainz-Trapaga 5'c Con: Hernández (1/1) 6'Try: Muir 1'c Rodwell 2'm Kerr 7'c Mitchell 7' Norton (2) 10'c, 13'm Con: Bibby (4/6) 1', 7', 8', 10'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Challenge Trophy Final

27 January 2019 18:00Kenya 7–36 EnglandTry: Onyala 3'c Con: Wahinya (1/1) 4'Try: Bibby (2) 1'c, 7' Bowen (2) 5'c, 12' Norton (2) 6'm, 9'c Con: Bibby (2/3) 1', 5' Mitchell (1/3) 10'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) :

### Fifth place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 January 2019 – 15:26 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 15:26 – Waikato Stadium |
| Canada | 19 |
| Canada | 19 | 27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium |
| Samoa | 28 | 27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 18:26 – Waikato Stadium |
| Samoa | 28 | Samoa | 19 |
| 27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium | | Samoa | 19 |
| 27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 15:48 – Waikato Stadium | Scotland | 24 |
| Australia | 14 | Scotland | 24 |
| Scotland | 24 | | |

Matches :

Semi-finals

27 January 2019 15:26Canada 19–28 SamoaTry: Braid 2'm McCloskey 8'c Berna 11'c Con: Kay (2/3) 8', 11'Try: Afamasaga 0'c Tupou 4'c Asofolau 7'c Tusitala 13' Con: Alosio (2/2) 1', 13' Tupou (2/2) 4', 7'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

27 January 2019 15:48Australia 14–24 ScotlandTry: Anderson 1'c Longbottom 11'c Con: Porch (1/1) 2' Coward (1/1) 11'Try: McFarland (2) 6'c, 8'c Fergusson 7'm Farndale 13' Con: Lowe (2/4) 6', 8'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Fifth place

27 January 2019 18:26Samoa 19–24 ScotlandTry: Vaili 1'c Afamasaga 7'c Asofolau 12'm Con: Tupou (2/3) 1', 8'Try: Fergusson (3) 5'c, 7'm, 10' Farndale 13' Con: Lowe (2/4) 5', 14'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 January 2019 – 11:36 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 11:36 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | 27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium | | |
| Canada | 7 | 27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 16:16 – Waikato Stadium | |
| Canada | 7 | Fiji | 29 | |
| 27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium | | Fiji | 29 | |
| 27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 11:58 – Waikato Stadium | South Africa | 7 | |
| South Africa | 28 | South Africa | 7 | |
| South Africa | 28 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 20:10 – Waikato Stadium |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | Fiji | 38 |
| 27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 38 |
| 27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 12:20 – Waikato Stadium | | | | United States | 0 |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | United States | 0 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 17 | 27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 16:38 – Waikato Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 17 | New Zealand | 7 | | | |
| 27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium | | New Zealand | 7 | | | |
| 27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 12:42 – Waikato Stadium | United States | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 19 | United States | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 19 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium |
| Scotland | 14 | | | | 27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium | 27 January 2019 – 19:10 – Waikato Stadium |
| Scotland | 14 | | | | South Africa | 7 |
| | | | | | New Zealand | 29 |

Matches :

Quarter-finals

27 January 2019 11:36Fiji 33–7 CanadaTry: Derenalagi 0'c Tuimaba (2) 3'c, 8'c Tuwai 7'c Vakurunabili 12'm Con: Nacuqu (2/2) 0', 3' Botitu (2/2) 7', 9' Veilawa (0/1)Try: Braid 6' Con: Hirayama (1/1) 6'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

27 January 2019 11:58South Africa 28–19 SamoaTry: Dry 6'c Human 8'c Kok 10'c S. Davids 12'c Con: Du Preez (1/1) 6' S. Davids (3/3) 9', 11', 13'Try: Afamasaga 4'c Tupou 7'm Tusitala 14'c Con: Tupou (1/2) 5' Tusitala (1/1) 14'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

27 January 2019 12:20New Zealand 24–17 AustraliaTry: Collier 3'm Nareki 4'm Ware 7'c Mikkelson 9'c Con: Knewstubb (1/3) 7' Koroi (1/1) 10'Try: Kennewell 8'm Holland 13'm Coward 14'c Con: Coward (1/1) 14' Porch (0/1) Holland (0/1)Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

27 January 2019 12:42United States 19–14 ScotlandTry: Hughes 0'c Tomasin 2'm Isles 4'c Con: Hughes (2/3) 0', 4'Try: Fergusson 6'c McFarland 11'c Con: Lowe (1/1) 7', 12'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Semi-finals

27 January 2019 16:16Fiji 29–7 South AfricaTry: Nasoko 0'c Tuimaba (2) 4'c, 13' Botitu 7'm Nacuqu 9' Con: Nacuqu (1/4) 1' Botitu (1/1) 5'Try: S. Davids 12'c Con: S. Davids (1/1) 12'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

27 January 2019 16:38New Zealand 7–17 United StatesTry: Ware 5' Con: Koroi (1/1) 6'Try: Hughes 4'm Tomasin 9'c Isles 13' Con: Hughes (1/3) 10'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Third place

27 January 2019 19:10South Africa 7–29 New ZealandTry: Soyizwapi 3'c Con: Davids (1/1) 4'Try: Ng Shiu (2) 5'c, 8'm Mikkelson 7'c Ravouvou 12'm Dickson 13'm Con: Knewstubb (2/5) 5', 7'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Cup Final

27 January 2019 20:10Fiji 38–0 United StatesTry: Tuwai (2) 1'm, 12'c Nacuqu 4'm Tuimaba 6'c Naduva (2) 9'c, 14'c Con: Botitu (1/1) 7' Nacuqu (1/3) 9' Veilawa (2/2) 12', 14'Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand) :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Fiji | 22 |
| | United States | 19 |
| | New Zealand | 17 |
| 4 | South Africa | 15 |
| 5 | Scotland | 13 |
| 6 | Samoa | 12 |
| 7 | Australia | 10 |
| 7 | Canada | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | England | 8 |
| 10 | Kenya | 7 |
| 11 | Argentina | 5 |
| 11 | Spain | 5 |
| 13 | Tonga | 3 |
| 14 | France | 2 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 |
| 15 | Wales | 1 |

Source: World Rugby

## Players

### Scoring leaders

Source: World Rugby

### Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:

| Forwards | Backs |
| - | - |
| Ben Pinkelman Kalione Nasoko Meli Derenalagi | Carlin Isles Vilimoni Botitu Folau Niua Aminiasi Tuimaba |
