# 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens

The 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the men's tournament.

## Format

The teams are drawn into three 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 brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

## Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Russia
* Spain
* United States

## Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 12 | +86 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 61 | –11 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 127 | –117 | 3 |
* 1 February 2019 12:44
| England | 14–27 | France |
| Try: Matthews 8'c Uren 12'c Con: Aitchison (1/1) 8' Jones (1/1) 12' | | Try: Ciofani (2) 2'm, 5'm Drouin 7'm Horta (2) 7'c, 14'm Con: Izar (1/3) 7' Drouin (0/2) |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
* 1 February 2019 13:06
| New Zealand | 38–5 | Papua New Guinea |
| Try: Hirini 3'm Nathan-Wong 6'c Williams 8'c Broughton 9'c Baker 11'm Tui 13'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 7', 8', 10' Whata-Simpkins (1/2) 14' | | Try: Rama 4'm Con: Lavai (0/1) |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
* 1 February 2019 15:28
| England | 36–5 | Papua New Guinea |
| Try: Quansah (2) 1'm, 6'm Rowland 4'c Fleming 7'm Allan (2) 11'c, 13'c Con: Aitchison (1/4) 4' Rowland (2/2) 12', 14' | | Try: Sampson 2'm Con: Lavai (0/1) |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)
* 1 February 2019 15:50
| New Zealand | 31–7 | France |
| Try: Blyde (2) 2'c, 14'm Waaka 6'c Broughton 7'm Nathan-Wong 9'c Con: Nathan-Wong (2/3) 2', 6', 10' Whata-Simpkins (0/1) | | Try: Pelle 4'c Con: Izar (1/1) 4' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
* 1 February 2019 18:12
| France | 53–0 | Papua New Guinea |
| Try: Izar 0'c Horta (3) 2'm, 13'c, 14'c Lothoz 4'm Neissen 7'm Pelle 8'c Grisez 9'm Izar 11'c Con: Drouin (1/2) 0' Izar (2/5) 8', 12' Torres Duxans (2/2) 13', 14' | | |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
* 1 February 2019 18:34
| New Zealand | 29–0 | England |
| Try: Williams 2'm Broughton 6'c Blyde 8'c Baker 10'm Saili 13'm Con: Tyla Nathan-Wong (2/5) 6', 9' | | |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 8 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 35 | –4 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 5 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 72 | –20 | 5 |
* 1 February 2019 12:00
| Russia | 7–7 | Ireland |
| Try: Bystrova 13'c Con: Lushina (1/1) 13' | | Try: Higgins 11'c Con: Mulhall (1/1) 12' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
* 1 February 2019 12:22
| Canada | 36–12 | Fiji |
| Try: Farella (2) 1'm, 3'c Greenshields 4'c Benn (2) 7'm, 10'c Chown 8'm Con: Landry (2/3) 4', 5' Nicholas (1/3) 10' | | Try: Tinai 12' Naimasi 14'c Con: Tisolo (1/1) 14' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
* 1 February 2019 14:44
| Russia | 12–21 | Fiji |
| Try: Zdrokova 7'm Seredina 14'c Con: Lushina (1/2) 14' | | Try: Tisolo (2) 2'c, 7'c Naimasi 13'c Con: Tisolo (2/2) 3', 8' Seniyasi (1/1) 13' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
* 1 February 2019 15:06
| Canada | 14–15 | Ireland |
| Try: Landry 1'c Nicholas 3'c Con: Landry (2/2) 1', 4' | | Try: Tyrrell 5'm Galvin 7'm Murphy-Crowe 10'm Con: Mulhall (0/3) |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
* 1 February 2019 17:28
| Ireland | 24–19 | Fiji |
| Try: Murphy-Crowe (3) 2'm, 6'c, 7'c Parsons 5'm Con: Mulhall (2/4) 6', 8' | | Try: Roqica 0'm Naimasi 8'c Daveua 11'c Con: Tisolo (1/2) 9' Tinai (1/1) 12' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)
* 1 February 2019 17:50
| Canada | 7–12 | Russia |
| Try: Farella 4'c Con: Landry (1/1) 4' | | Try: Zdrokova 0'c Mikhaltsova 10'm Con: Lushina (1/2) 1' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 45 | –10 | 7 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 64 | –35 | 3 |
* 1 February 2019 13:28
| United States | 26–10 | China |
| Try: Tapper 3'c Fa'avesi 8'c Thomas 10'm Kirshe 13' Con: Heavirland (3/4) 4', 8', 13' | | Try: Liu (2) 2'm, 7'm Con: Chen K. (0/2) |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)
* 1 February 2019 13:50
| Australia | 19–0 | Spain |
| Try: Green 7'm Sykes 9'c Pelite 10'c Con: Sykes (2/3) 9', 11' | | |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
* 1 February 2019 16:12
| United States | 14–21 | Spain |
| Try: Thomas 4'c Kirshe 7'c Con: Heavirland (2/2) 5', 7' | | Try: Erbina 5'c Bravo 9'c García 13'c Con: García (2/2) 6', 9', 13' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
* 1 February 2019 16:34
| Australia | 24–7 | China |
| Try: Pelite 0'm Quirk 1'm Williams 5'c Green 9'c Con: Sykes (2/4) 5', 9' | | Try: Gu 13'c Con: Chen K. (1/1) 14' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
* 1 February 2019 18:56
| Australia | 12–19 | United States |
| Try: Pelite 11'c Tonegato 14'm Con: Sykes (1/2) 11' | | Try: Gray 2'c Kirshe 4'c Tapper 6'm Con: Heavirland (2/3) 2', 4' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
* 1 February 2019 19:18
| China | 12–14 | Spain |
| Try: Chen K. 8'm Liu 14'c Con: Chen K. (1/1) 14' Gu (0/1) | | Try: Echebarría 5'c García 10'c Con: García (2/2) 6', 11' |
* Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

## Knockout stage
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 February 2019 – 12:06 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 12:06 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| England | 54 |
| England | 54 | 2 February 2019 – 17:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 17:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2 February 2019 – 17:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 17:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | England | 12 |
| 2 February 2019 – 12:28 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 12:28 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | England | 12 |
| 2 February 2019 – 12:28 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 12:28 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | Fiji | 15 |
| Fiji | 12 | Fiji | 15 |
| China | 0 | | |
| China | 0 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 2 February 2019 – 17:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 17:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| | | China | 31 |
Matches :
Semifinals
2 February 2019 12:06England 54–0 Papua New GuineaTry: Aitchison (2) 1'c, 9'c Uren 3'c Fleming 5'c Rowland 7'c Adam (2) 11'c, 14'c Quansah 13'c Con: Aitchison (4/4) 1', 4', 5', 7', 10' Rowland (2/3) 11', 14'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)
2 February 2019 12:28Fiji 12–0 ChinaTry: Cumu 6'c Rokouono 11'm Con: Tisolo (1/2) 7'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
Eleventh Place
2 February 2019 17:34Papua New Guinea 0–31 ChinaTry: Chen K. (3) 4'c, 9'c, 14'm Yu 6'c Chen M. 11'm Con: Chen K. (3/5) 4', 6', 9'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)
Final
2 February 2019 17:56England 12–15 FijiTry: Fleming 3'm Matthews 10'c Con: Aitchison (1/2) 11'Try: Seniyasi 5'm Tinai 8'm Savu 12' Con: Seniyasi (0/2) Rokouono (0/1)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand) :

### 5th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 February 2019 – 8:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 8:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Canada | 12 |
| Canada | 12 | 3 February 2019 – 17:42 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 17:42 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Russia | 5 | 3 February 2019 – 17:42 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 17:42 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Russia | 5 | Canada | 19 |
| 3 February 2019 – 9:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | Canada | 19 |
| 3 February 2019 – 9:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | France | 17 |
| Spain | 12 | France | 17 |
| France | 19 | | |
| France | 19 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 3 February 2019 – 17:20 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 17:20 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| | | Russia | 34 |
| | | Spain | 5 |
Matches :
Semifinals
3 February 2019 8:50Canada 12–5 RussiaTry: Farella 4'c Lukan 6'm Con: Landry (1/2) 4'Try: Bystrova 9'm Con: Seredina (0/1)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
3 February 2019 9:12Spain 12–19 FranceTry: García (2) 3'm, 5'c Con: García (1/2) 6'Try: Okemba 0'm Drouin 7'c Ciofani 13'c Con: Izar (1/2) 7' Drouin (1/1) 14'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
Seventh Place
3 February 2019 17:20Russia 34–5 SpainTry: Khamidova (2) 2'm, 7'm Seredina 5'm Bystrova 7'c Noritsina 10'm Lushina 14'c Con: Lushina (2/3) 7', 14' Kukina (0/1) Seredina (0/2)Try: Dominguez Sanchez 1'm Con: García (0/1)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
Final
3 February 2019 17:42Canada 19–17 FranceTry: Farella (2) 6'c, 13'c Landry 8'm Con: Landry (2/3) 6', 13'Try: Izar (2) 0'm, 7'c Lothoz 9'm Con: Drouin (1/3) 7'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia) :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 2 February 2019 – 12:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 12:50 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | 3 February 2019 – 9:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | |
| Canada | 7 | 3 February 2019 – 9:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | |
| Canada | 7 | New Zealand | 29 | |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | New Zealand | 29 | |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:12 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | United States | 5 | |
| Russia | 5 | United States | 5 | |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 3 February 2019 – 18:31 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 18:31 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| United States | 7 | | | | 3 February 2019 – 18:31 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 18:31 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| United States | 7 | | | | New Zealand | 34 |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | | | | New Zealand | 34 |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:34 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | | | Australia | 10 |
| Ireland | 22 | | | | Australia | 10 |
| Ireland | 22 | 3 February 2019 – 9:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | | |
| Spain | 7 | 3 February 2019 – 9:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 9:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | | |
| Spain | 7 | Ireland | 12 | | | |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | | Ireland | 12 | | | |
| 2 February 2019 – 13:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 2 February 2019 – 13:56 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | Australia | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 21 | Australia | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 21 | | | | 3 February 2019 – 18:04 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 18:04 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| France | 17 | | | | 3 February 2019 – 18:04 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney | 3 February 2019 – 18:04 – Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| France | 17 | | | | United States | 26 |
| | | | | | Ireland | 10 |
Matches :
Quarterfinals
2 February 2019 12:50New Zealand 17–7 CanadaTry: Tui 2'm Hirini 7'm Fitzpatrick 8'c Con: Whata-Simpkins (1/1) 8' Nathan-Wong (0/1) Fitzpatrick (0/1)Try: Landry 5'c Con: Landry (1/1) 5'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
2 February 2019 13:12Russia 5–7 United StatesTry: Khamidova 1'm Con: Lushina (0/1)Try: Emba 13'c Con: Heavirland (1/1) 13'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
2 February 2019 13:34Ireland 22–7 SpainTry: Higgins 1'c Murphy-Crowe (2) 9'c, 11'm Con: Mulhall (2/3) 1', 9'Try: Erbina 14'c Con: Algar (1/1) 14' Pen: Mulhall (1/1) 7'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
2 February 2019 13:56Australia 21–17 FranceTry: Sykes 4'c Williams 6'c Dick 8'c Con: Sykes (3/3) 4', 6', 9'Try: Neissen 7'm Ciofani 11'm Lothaz 13'c Con: Izar (0/1) Drouin (1/2) 13'Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
Semifinals
3 February 2019 9:34New Zealand 29–5 United StatesTry: Blyde 1'c Tui 4'm Broughton 6'c Baker 8'm Katarina Whata-Simpkins 11'm Con: Whata-Simpkins (2/6) 2', 6'Try: Doyle 13'm Con: Heavirland (0/1)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
3 February 2019 9:56Ireland 12–24 AustraliaTry: Murphy-Crowe (2) 8'm, 11'c Con: Mulhall (1/2) 11'Try: Green (3) 2'c, 3'c, 13' Tonegato 6'm Con: Sykes (2/3) 2', 4'Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Third Place
3 February 2019 18:04United States 26–10 IrelandTry: Thomas 0'c, 6'm Kristi Kirshe (2) 4'c, 11'c Con: Heavirland (3/4) 0', 5', 11'Try: Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 7'm Higgins 10'm Con: Mulhall (0/2)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
Final
3 February 2019 18:31 New Zealand34–10 AustraliaTry: Waaka (2) 1'm, 11'm Baker 6'c Blyde (3) 7'm, 7'c, 13'm Con: Whata-Simpkins (2/4) 6', 8' Broughton (0/1)Try: Sykes (2) 4'm, 9'm Con: Sykes (0/2)Spotless Stadium, Sydney Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | New Zealand | 20 |
| | Australia | 18 |
| | United States | 16 |
| 4 | Ireland | 14 |
| 5 | Canada | 12 |
| 6 | France | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | Russia | 8 |
| 8 | Spain | 6 |
| 9 | Fiji | 4 |
| 10 | England | 3 |
| 11 | China | 2 |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 1 |
Source: World Rugby

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Source: World Rugby