2013 Gold Coast Sevens Explained

Countries: Australia
Series:IRB Sevens XV
Date:12–13 October 2013
Matches:45
Top Point Scorer: Tomasi Cama (47)
Top Try Scorer: Tim Mikkelson (7)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2013-2014 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 October 2013 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the Australian Sevens tournament and the first stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

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 11 September 2013.[1] [2] They are the same teams as the previous year.

Pool Stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage

Cup

Player statistics

Points scored

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Pos.Playerwidth=20%Points
1 46
2 43
3 42
4 37
5 35
6 30
30
30
30
10 27

Tries scored

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Pos.Playerwidth=20%Tries
1 7
2 6
5 5

Dream Team

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens 'Dream Team' as voted for by the fans.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens. https://archive.today/20130913044406/http://irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2068729.html%23draw+announced+gold+coast+sevens. usurped. 13 September 2013. 11 September 2013. irbsevens.com. 5 October 2012.
  2. Web site: HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia. 12 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120919192608/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/35/47/2012goldcoast7sschedule.pdf. 19 September 2012.
  3. Web site: IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points . International Rugby Board . 2013-10-13 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123093916/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html . 2010-11-23 .
  4. Web site: IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries . International Rugby Board . 2013-10-13 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011532/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html . 2010-11-21 .
  5. Web site: IRB Photo Downloads/Gold Coast Sevens Dream Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303122526/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=9/mediacenter.html . usurped . 3 March 2011 . International Rugby Board . 9 February 2014.