2013 Pub Charity Sevens
# 2013 Pub Charity Sevens

The 2013 New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament known as the Pub Charity Sevens will be hosted in Queenstown, New Zealand, on the 12 & 13 January 2013. It will be the 10th and final year Queenstown has hosted the event, with matches to be played at the Queenstown Recreational Ground and Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown. Sixteen men's provincial teams have qualified to compete in the annual national tournament following three regional tournaments (Southern, Central and Northern regions) in November and December.

## Format

Teams from the 26 Provincial Unions have to qualify to attend at the National Event in Queenstown. The teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

## Qualifying

2013 Pub Charity Rugby Sevens qualifying began on the 24 November 2012 in Timaru, where 16 teams earned a place in the tournament, this automatically qualified them for the event in Queenstown.

| Central | Northern | Southern |
| - | - | - |
| Hawke's Bay Manawatu Taranaki Wairarapa Bush Wellington | Auckland Bay of Plenty Counties Manukau North Harbour Northland Waikato | Canterbury Otago Tasman South Canterbury Southland |

### Southern Region

Otago defeated Canterbury 34-21 in the men's Final to claim the Tofa Shield. Canterbury, Tasman, Southland and tournament hosts South Canterbury have all qualified for the men's National Sevens for 2013. Otago are not required to qualify given they host the Nationals in Queenstown but they won the event and so it was down to the other 3 semi-finalists plus the winner of the 5th/6th playoff.

Games :

| 24 November 2012 | Tasman | 17 - 15 | Southland | Timaru, New Zealand |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 November 2012 | Otago | 43 - 5 | North Otago | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Canterbury | 24 - 5 | Mid Canterbury | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Southland | 26 - 12 | South Canterbury | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Tasman | 17 - 35 | Canterbury | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Otago | 35 - 21 | Mid Canterbury | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | South Canterbury | 19 - 7 | North Otago | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Canterbury | 19 - 12 | Southland | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Mid Canterbury | 19 - 26 | North Otago | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | South Canterbury | 7 - 31 | Tasman | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | South Canterbury | 38 - 7 | North Otago | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Canterbury | 26 - 21 | Southland | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Otago | 43 - 14 | Tasman | Timaru, New Zealand |
| 24 November 2012 | Otago | 34 - 21 | Canterbury | Timaru, New Zealand |

### Northern Region

Of the eight men’s teams competing, there are six spots up for grabs for nationals and with the Auckland Barbarians not eligible to qualify it means just one team will miss out. Auckland will host the Northern Region National Sevens Qualifying tournament at the Waitemata rugby Club.

Waikato, North Harbour, Auckland, Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty and Northland all qualified for 2013. Just one team missed out. That was Thames Valley this year, who lost their 6th v 7th playoff to Northland 15-10.

Games :

| 8 December 2012 | Counties Manukau | 24 - 12 | Thames Valley | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 December 2012 | Auckland | 26 - 12 | Bay of Plenty | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Counties Manukau | - | Bay of Plenty | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Auckland | 24 - 14 | Thames Valley | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Bay of Plenty | 38 - 5 | Thames Valley | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Auckland | 24 - 5 | Counties Manukau | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | North Harbour | 22 - 15 | Auckland Barbarians | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Waikato | 33 - 12 | Northland | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | North Harbour | 17 - 14 | Northland | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Waikato | 21 - 12 | Auckland Barbarians | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Northland | 19 - 19 | Auckland Barbarians | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Waikato | 7 - 22 | North Harbour | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Northland | 15 - 10 | Thames Valley | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Auckland | 19 - 21 | Waikato | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | North Harbour | 24 - 12 | Counties Manukau | Waitemata, New Zealand |
| 8 December 2012 | Waikato | 36 - 26 | North Harbour | Waitemata, New Zealand |

### Central Region

The Men’s competition will follow a cross pool structure with teams being split into two pools of three, each team will play all teams from the opposing pool to develop a ranking system for playoffs. Pools were selected based on official rankings from the 2012 National sevens held in Queenstown.

Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa Bush and Wellington all qualified for the men's 2013 Pub Charity Sevens with Horowhenua Kapiti missing out after finishing 6th.

Games :

| 15 December 2012 | Taranaki | 12 - 33 | Manawatu | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 December 2012 | Wellington | 26 - 7 | Hawke's Bay | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Horowhenua Kapiti | 12 - 17 | Wairarapa Bush | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Wellington | 5 - 26 | Manawatu | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Taranaki | 43 - 7 | Wairarapa Bush | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Horowhenua Kapiti | 5 - 22 | Hawke's Bay | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Wellington | 17 - 26 | Wairarapa Bush | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Horowhenua Kapiti | 0 - 41 | Manawatu | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Taranaki | 12 - 14 | Hawke's Bay | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Wairarapa Bush | 0 - 29 | Taranaki | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Wellington | 33 - 5 | Horowhenua Kapiti | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 15 December 2012 | Manawatu | 19 - 47 | Hawke's Bay | Palmerston North, New Zealand |

## Pool stage

The first round, or pool stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four pools of four teams. Each pool was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one for a defeat.

The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the cup quarterfinals.

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, TF = tries for, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, +/− = sum total of points for/against, Pts = pool points

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auckland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 31 | +64 | 9 |
| Wellington | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 7 |
| Tasman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 72 | -19 | 5 |
| South Canterbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 91 | -60 | 3 |

* 12 January 2013 11:50am

| Wellington | 26 – 12 | Tasman |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 12:10pm

| Auckland | 21 – 14 | South Canterbury |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 2:30pm

| Wellington | 36 – 7 | South Canterbury |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 2:50pm

| Auckland | 36 – 7 | Tasman |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 6:10pm

| Tasman | 34 – 10 | South Canterbury |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 6:30pm

| Auckland | 38 – 10 | Wellington |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Otago | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 38 | +51 | 8 |
| North Harbour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 7 |
| Hawke's Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 6 |
| Wairarapa Bush | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 127 | -112 | 3 |

* 12 January 2013 12:30pm

| North Harbour | 24 – 22 | Hawke's Bay |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 12:50pm

| Otago | 49 – 0 | Wairarapa Bush |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 3:10pm

| Hawke’s Bay | 40 – 5 | Wairarapa Bush |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 3:30pm

| Otago | 21 – 19 | North Harbour |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 6:50pm

| North Harbour | 38 – 10 | Wairarapa Bush |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 7:10pm

| Otago | 19 – 19 | Hawke's Bay |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 7 |
| Southland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 7 |
| Waikato | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 5 |
| Manawatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 72 | -37 | 5 |

* 12 January 2013 11:10am

| Manawatu | 5 – 12 | Southland |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 11:30am

| Waikato | 7 – 17 | Northland |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 1:50pm

| Manawatu | 20 – 15 | Northland |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 2:10pm

| Waikato | 21 – 31 | Southland |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 5:30pm

| Southland | 12 – 26 | Northland |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 5:50pm

| Waikato | 45 – 10 | Manawatu |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bay of Plenty | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 9 |
| Taranaki | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 7 |
| Counties Manukau | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 49 | -10 | 5 |
| Canterbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 65 | -26 | 3 |

* 12 January 2013 10:30am

| Taranaki | 15 – 10 | Counties Manukau |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 10:50am

| Canterbury | 14 – 17 | Bay of Plenty |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 1:10pm

| Taranaki | 15 – 19 | Bay of Plenty |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 1:30pm

| Canterbury | 15 – 17 | Counties Manukau |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 4:50pm

| Counties Manukau | 12 – 19 | Bay of Plenty |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand
* 12 January 2013 5:10pm

| Canterbury | 10 – 31 | Taranaki |
| - | - | - |

* Queenstown, New Zealand

## Knockout stage

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Tasman | 34 | | | |
| Tasman | 34 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 0 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 0 | Wairarapa Bush | 19 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Wairarapa Bush | 19 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Counties Manukau | 36 | |
| Counties Manukau | 12 | Counties Manukau | 36 | |
| Counties Manukau | 12 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Manawatu | 17 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Manawatu | 17 | | | | Counties Manukau | 27 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | | Counties Manukau | 27 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | Canterbury | 12 |
| Waikato | 19 | | | | Canterbury | 12 |
| Waikato | 19 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Canterbury | 7 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Canterbury | 7 | Canterbury | 29 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Canterbury | 29 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | South Canterbury | 10 | |
| Hawke's Bay | 47 | South Canterbury | 10 | |
| South Canterbury | 0 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Tasman | 34 | | | |
| Tasman | 34 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 0 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 0 | Tasman | 7 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Tasman | 7 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Manawatu | 38 | |
| Counties Manukau | 12 | Manawatu | 38 | |
| Counties Manukau | 12 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Manawatu | 17 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Manawatu | 17 | | | | Manawatu | 7 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | | Manawatu | 7 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | Hawke's Bay | 40 |
| Waikato | 19 | | | | Hawke's Bay | 40 |
| Waikato | 19 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Canterbury | 7 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Canterbury | 7 | Waikato | 12 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Waikato | 12 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Hawke's Bay | 35 | |
| Hawke's Bay | 47 | Hawke's Bay | 35 | |
| South Canterbury | 0 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Auckland | 19 | | | |
| Auckland | 19 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | |
| North Harbour | 21 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | |
| North Harbour | 21 | Auckland | 26 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Auckland | 26 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Southland | 12 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 28 | Southland | 12 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 28 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Southland | 19 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Southland | 19 | | | | Auckland | 40 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | | Auckland | 40 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | Wellington | 20 |
| Northland | 10 | | | | Wellington | 20 |
| Northland | 10 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Taranaki | 27 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Taranaki | 27 | Northland | 14 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Northland | 14 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Wellington | 22 | |
| Otago | 21 | Wellington | 22 | |
| Wellington | 7 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Auckland | 19 | | | |
| Auckland | 19 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | |
| North Harbour | 21 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | |
| North Harbour | 21 | North Harbour | 24 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | North Harbour | 24 | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Bay of Plenty | 14 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 28 | Bay of Plenty | 14 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 28 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Southland | 19 | | | | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown |
| Southland | 19 | | | | North Harbour | 17 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | | North Harbour | 17 |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | | Taranaki | 32 |
| Northland | 10 | | | | Taranaki | 32 |
| Northland | 10 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Taranaki | 27 | 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | | |
| Taranaki | 27 | Taranaki | 17 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | | Taranaki | 17 | | | |
| 13 January – Queenstown | 13 January – Queenstown | Otago | 7 | |
| Otago | 21 | Otago | 7 | |
| Wellington | 7 | | | |
