2012 Gold Coast Sevens Explained

Countries:	Australia
Date:	13–14 October 2012
Series:	IRB Sevens XIV
Matches:	45
Tries:	245
Top Point Scorer:	Joji Baleviani Raqamate (59 points)
Top Try Scorer:	James Fleming Cornal Hendricks (8 tries)
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.^[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.^{[2] [3]}

Pool Stage

Pool A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	102	26	+76	9
	3	2	0	1	68	59	+9	7
	3	1	0	2	43	87	−44	5
	3	0	0	3	33	74	−41	3

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Pool B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	68	28	+12	9
	3	2	0	1	80	36	+44	7
	3	1	0	2	45	71	−26	5
	3	0	0	3	19	77	−58	3

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Pool C

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	64	39	+25	9
	3	1	1	1	52	40	+12	6
	3	1	1	1	44	43	+1	6
	3	0	0	3	32	70	−38	3

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Pool D

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	2	0	1	50	19	+31	7
	3	2	0	1	43	31	+12	7
	3	2	0	1	43	46	−3	7
	3	0	0	3	17	57	−40	3

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Knockout stage

Cup

External links

• Gold Coast Sevens

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fiji successfully defend Gold Coast title. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014125425/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=9/news/newsid=2063898.html. usurped. 14 October 2012. 2012-10-14. irbsevens.com.
2. Web site: Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens. 17 September 2012. irbsevens.com. 5 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009012831/http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2063548.html#pools+schedule+gold+coast+sevens. 9 October 2012. usurped. dmy-all.
3. Web site: HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia. 5 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120919192608/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/35/47/2012goldcoast7sschedule.pdf. 19 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.