# 2003 Brisbane Sevens

The 2003 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2003 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2002–03 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane over the weekend of 2 and 3 January 2003.
The competition was won by England who defeated Fiji 28-14 in the Cup final.
The tournament was the third completed edition of the Australian Sevens. For the next three years there was no World Sevens tournament staged in Australia, until the event returned as the 2007 Adelaide Sevens.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

The participating teams were:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* Cook Islands
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Tonga
* United States

## Pool Stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0 | +137 | 9 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 7 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 5 | |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 142 | −142 | 3 | |
* 2 January 2003
| New Zealand | 33–0 | France |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| United States | 38–0 | China |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| France | 21–12 | United States |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| New Zealand | 61–0 | China |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| France | 43–0 | China |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| New Zealand | 43–0 | United States |
* Ballymore Stadium

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 9 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 40 | +51 | 7 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 5 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 99 | −80 | 3 | |
* 2 January 2003
| Argentina | 26–21 | South Africa |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Canada | 17–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Argentina | 22–7 | Canada |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| South Africa | 49–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Argentina | 33–12 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| South Africa | 21–14 | Canada |
* Ballymore Stadium

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 7 | +96 | 9 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 7 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 5 | |
| Niue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 70 | −55 | 3 | |
* 2 January 2003
| Australia | 35–7 | Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Tonga | 19–15 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Samoa | 19–15 | Tonga |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Australia | 27–0 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Samoa | 24–0 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Australia | 41–0 | Tonga |
* Ballymore Stadium

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 9 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 7 | Cup Quarterfinal |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 5 | |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 71 | −52 | 3 | |
* 2 January 2003
| England | 21–12 | Fiji |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Japan | 33–12 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| England | 22–19 | Japan |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Fiji | 17–7 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| England | 21–0 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium
* 2 January 2003
| Fiji | 31–12 | Japan |
* Ballymore Stadium

## Knockout stage

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 31 | | | |
| Canada | 31 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | |
| China | 0 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | |
| China | 0 | China | 0 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | China | 0 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | Cook Islands | 42 | |
| Tonga | 27 | Cook Islands | 42 | |
| Tonga | 27 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Cook Islands | 7 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Cook Islands | 7 | | | | Cook Islands | 29 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | | Cook Islands | 29 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | Papua New Guinea | 14 |
| Japan | 7 | | | | Papua New Guinea | 14 |
| Japan | 7 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Niue | 31 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Niue | 31 | Japan | 19 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | Japan | 19 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | Papua New Guinea | 38 | |
| United States | 40 | Papua New Guinea | 38 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 31 | | | |
| Canada | 31 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | |
| China | 0 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | |
| China | 0 | Canada | 24 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | Canada | 24 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | Tonga | 29 | |
| Tonga | 27 | Tonga | 29 | |
| Tonga | 27 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Cook Islands | 7 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Cook Islands | 7 | | | | Tonga | 29 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | | Tonga | 29 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | United States | 10 |
| Japan | 7 | | | | United States | 10 |
| Japan | 7 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Niue | 31 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Niue | 31 | Niue | 12 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | Niue | 12 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | United States | 17 | |
| United States | 40 | United States | 17 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | |
| France | 17 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | |
| France | 17 | Australia | 22 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | Australia | 22 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | Argentina | 5 | |
| Australia | 7 | Argentina | 5 | |
| Australia | 7 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | Australia | 47 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | | Australia | 47 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| England | 27 | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| England | 27 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | Samoa | 21 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | Samoa | 21 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | South Africa | 10 | |
| New Zealand | 19 | South Africa | 10 | |
| South Africa | 10 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | |
| France | 17 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | |
| France | 17 | France | 19 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | France | 19 | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | Fiji | 26 | |
| Australia | 7 | Fiji | 26 | |
| Australia | 7 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | England | 28 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | | England | 28 |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| England | 27 | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| England | 27 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | England | 19 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | | England | 19 | | | |
| 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | 18 February – Ballymore Stadium | New Zealand | 14 | |
| New Zealand | 19 | New Zealand | 14 | |
| South Africa | 10 | | | |