Thursday, December 29, 2005

Sevens Schedule Commonwealth Games


Melbourne will be hosting the 2006 Commonwealth Games from 15-26 March and Rugby Union will be represented by Sevens teams from 16 countries



This Rugby 7s Draw is accurate at the time of publication. All times, dates and locations of events are subject to change as details are finalised closer to the Games.

Note: As the formatting got a little haywire- just look at the legend- no not Fleck and navigate a bit.

Rugby 7s Team Draw

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1 New Zealand Fiji England South Africa
2 Kenya Scotland Australia Samoa
3 Wales Canada Cook Islands Tonga
4 Namibia Zambia Sri Lanka Uganda

Day Date Session Start Time End Time Match Round Pool Nations

1 Thurs 16 Mar Afternoon 10:30 am 10:46 am 1 Preliminary B Fiji v Canada
10:52 am 11:08 am 2 Preliminary B Scotland v Zambia
11:14 am 11:30 am 3 Preliminary A New Zealand v Wales
11:36 am 11:52 am 4 Preliminary A Kenya v Namibia
11:58 am 12:14 pm 5 Preliminary D South Africa v Tonga
12:20 pm 12:36 pm 6 Preliminary D Samoa v Uganda
12:42 pm 12:52 pm Interval / Entertainment
12:52 pm 1:08 pm 7 Preliminary C England v Cook Islands
1:14 pm 1:30 pm 8 Preliminary C Australia v Sri Lanka
1:36 pm 1:52 pm 9 Preliminary B Fiji v Zambia
1:58 pm 2:14 pm 10 Preliminary B Scotland v Canada
2:20 pm 2:36 pm 11 Preliminary A New Zealand v Namibia
2:42 pm 2:58 pm 12 Preliminary A Kenya v Wales
Evening 6:00 pm 6:16 pm 13 Preliminary D South Africa v Uganda
6:22 pm 6:38 pm 14 Preliminary D Samoa v Tonga
6:44 pm 7:00 pm 15 Preliminary C England v Sri Lanka
7:06 pm 7:22 pm 16 Preliminary C Australia v Cook Islands
7:28 pm 7:44 pm 17 Preliminary B Canada v Zambia
7:50 pm 8:06 pm 18 Preliminary A Wales v Namibia
8:12 pm 8:22 pm Interval / Entertainment
8:22 pm 8:38 pm 19 Preliminary D Tonga v Uganda
8:44 pm 9:00 pm 20 Preliminary C Cook Islands v Sri Lanka
9:06 pm 9:22 pm 21 Preliminary B Fiji v Scotland
9:28 pm 9:44 pm 22 Preliminary A New Zealand v Kenya
9:50 pm 10:06 pm 23 Preliminary D South Africa v Samoa
10:12 pm 10:28 pm 24 Preliminary C England v Australia
2 Fri 17 Mar Afternoon 12:00 pm 12:16 pm 25 Quarter Final Bowl - 3rd Pool A vs 4th Pool B
12:22 pm 12:38 pm 26 Quarter Final Bowl - 3rd Pool D vs 4th Pool C
12:44 pm 1:00 pm 27 Quarter Final Bowl - 3rd Pool C vs 4th Pool D
1:06 pm 1:22 pm 28 Quarter Final Bowl - 3rd Pool B vs 4th Pool A
1:28 pm 1:38 pm Interval / Entertainment
1:38 pm 1:54 pm 29 Quarter Final 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B
2:00 pm 2:16 pm 30 Quarter Final 1st Pool D vs 2nd Pool C
2:22 pm 2:38 pm 31 Quarter Final 1st Pool C vs 2nd Pool D
2:44 pm 3:00 pm 32 Quarter Final 1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool A
Evening 6:00 pm 6:16 pm 33 Semi-Final Bowl - Winner Match 25 vs Winner Match 26
6:22 pm 6:38 pm 34 Semi-Final Bowl - Winner Match 27 vs Winner Match 28
6:44 pm 7:00 pm 35 Semi-Final Plate - Loser Match 29 vs Loser Match 30
7:06 pm 7:22 pm 36 Semi-Final Plate - Loser Match 31 vs Loser Match 32
7:28 pm 7:44 pm 37 Semi-Final Winner Match 29 vs Winner Match 30
7:50 pm 8:06 pm 38 Semi-Final Winner Match 31 vs Winner Match 32
8:12 pm 8:22 pm Interval / Entertainment
8:22 pm 8:45 pm 39 Final Bowl - Winner Match 33 vs Winner Match 34
8:52 pm 9:15 pm 40 Final Plate - Winner Match 35 vs Winner Match 36
9:22 pm 9:45 pm 41 Final Bronze Medal Match - Loser Match 37 vs Loser Match 38
9:52 pm 10:15 pm 42 Final Gold Medal Match - Winner Match 37 vs Winner Match 38

I do believe that it would not be too arrogant to believe that we will head pool D- but with Samoa and Tonga there, it is not the weakest group either. Mr Hougaardt must be glad that he is not considered a sevens player.

That leaves us to play either Engeland or the hosts- Australia. If we do advance to the semi- it seems that we will be playing the current commonwealth Champions AB's as they should be topping Group A and should be able to beat Scotland/Canada in the Quarters. We have beaten the Blacks in sevens before and if the Boks manage that again a final will most likely be between the men in green and 2002 Games runners-up Fidji- as they might just win a resurgent England Sevens team in the other semi-final.

According to the official Commonwealth Games Website, the results of the 2002 games in Manchester is as follows:

Gold New Zealand Cup winners
Silver Fiji Cup Semi-F
Bronze South Africa Cup Semi-F
4 Samoa Cup Semi-F
5 England Plate winners
6 Australia Plate 2nd
7 Scotland Bowl winners
8 Tonga Bowl 2nd
- Kenya Bowl Semi-F
- Cook Islands Bowl Semi-F
- Niue Bowl QF
- Sri Lanka Bowl QF
- Malaysia Bowl QF
- Trinidad & TobagoBowl QF
- Canada Plate Semi-F
- Wales Plate Semi-F


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