Australian Sevens
The Australian Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament, that is part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held at the Adelaide Oval, South Australia until the 2010/2011 season, before moving to the Gold Coast. The inaugural competition, the 2007 Adelaide Sevens, took place on 7 and 8 April[1] and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The previous city to host an Australia Sevens tournament, in 2003, was Brisbane.
The 2011 Adelaide Sevens was the last edition of the tournament to be held in that city. In April 2011, the Australian Rugby Union announced that the country's leg of the Sevens World Series would move to Skilled Park in the Gold Coast for at least the next four years.[2] The tournament was initially renamed the "International Rugby Sevens Gold Coast",[2] but has since been rebranded as the Gold Coast Sevens.[3]
Results
| Year | Venue | Cup | Plate | Bowl | Shield | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Final Score | Runner-up | Winner | Winner | Winner | ||
| 2006/7 Details |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia |
 Fiji |
21 - 7 |  Samoa |
 Australia |
 Wales |
 Canada |
| 2007/8 Details |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia |
 South Africa |
15 - 7 |  New Zealand |
 Tonga |
 Argentina |
Wales |
| 2008/9 Details |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia |
South Africa |
26 - 7 |  Kenya |
 England |
Samoa |
 United States |
| 2009/10 Details |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia |
Samoa |
38 - 10 | United States |
New Zealand |
England |
 Japan |
| 2010/11 Details |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia |
New Zealand |
28 - 20 | South Africa |
Wales |
United States |
Japan |
| 2011/12 Details |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Fiji |
26 – 12 | New Zealand |
Wales |
Argentina |
 Papua New Guinea |
| 2012/13 Details |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Fiji |
32 – 14 | New Zealand |
Argentina |
 Spain |
 Scotland |
See also
References
- ^ "Adelaide Sevens". Rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Gold Coast to Become New Home for Australian Sevens" (Press release). Australian Rugby Union. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "Gold Coast Sevens". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 August 2011.