2013 Pub Charity Sevens

2013 Pub Charity Sevens
Host nation New Zealand New Zealand
Date 12–13 January 2013
Cup
Champions Taranaki
Runners-up North Harbour
Plate
Champions Auckland
Runners-up Wellington
Bowl
Champions Hawke's Bay
Runners-up Manawatu
Shield
Champions Counties Manukau
Runners-up Canterbury
Tournament details
Matches played 44
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The 2013 New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament known as the Pub Charity Sevens will be hosted in Queenstown, New Zealand, on the 12 & 13 January 2013. It will be the 10th and final year Queenstown has hosted the event, with matches to be played at the Queenstown Recreational Ground and Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown.[1] Sixteen men's provincial teams have qualified to compete in the annual national tournament following three regional tournaments (Southern, Central and Northern regions) in November and December.

Format

Teams from the 26 Provincial Unions have to qualify to attend at the National Event in Queenstown. The teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.[2]

Qualifying

2013 Pub Charity Rugby Sevens qualifying began on the 24 November 2012 in Timaru, where 16 teams earned a place in the tournament, this automatically qualified them for the event in Queenstown.

Central Northern Southern

Southern Region

Otago defeated Canterbury 34-21 in the men's Final to claim the Tofa Shield. Canterbury, Tasman, Southland and tournament hosts South Canterbury have all qualified for the men's National Sevens for 2013.[3] Otago are not required to qualify given they host the Nationals in Queenstown but they won the event and so it was down to the other 3 semi-finalists plus the winner of the 5th/6th playoff.

Northern Region

Of the eight men’s teams competing, there are six spots up for grabs for nationals and with the Auckland Barbarians not eligible to qualify it means just one team will miss out. Auckland will host the Northern Region National Sevens Qualifying tournament at the Waitemata rugby Club.[4]

Waikato, North Harbour, Auckland, Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty and Northland all qualified for 2013. Just one team missed out. That was Thames Valley this year, who lost their 6th v 7th playoff to Northland 15-10.

Central Region

The Men’s competition will follow a cross pool structure with teams being split into two pools of three, each team will play all teams from the opposing pool to develop a ranking system for playoffs. Pools were selected based on official rankings from the 2012 National sevens held in Queenstown.

Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa Bush and Wellington all qualified for the men's 2013 Pub Charity Sevens with Horowhenua Kapiti missing out after finishing 6th.

Pool stage

The first round, or pool stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four pools of four teams. Each pool was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one for a defeat.

The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the cup quarterfinals.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, TF = tries for, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, +/− = sum total of points for/against, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Auckland 33009531+649
Wellington 32017257+157
Tasman 31025372-195
South Canterbury 30033191-603
12 January 2013
11:50am
Wellington 26 – 12 Tasman
12 January 2013
12:10pm
Auckland 21 – 14 South Canterbury
12 January 2013
2:30pm
Wellington 36 – 7 South Canterbury
12 January 2013
2:50pm
Auckland 36 – 7 Tasman
12 January 2013
6:10pm
Tasman 34 – 10 South Canterbury
12 January 2013
6:30pm
Auckland 38 – 10 Wellington

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Otago 32108938+518
North Harbour 32018153+287
Hawke's Bay 31118148+336
Wairarapa Bush 300315127-1123
12 January 2013
12:30pm
North Harbour 24 – 22 Hawke's Bay
12 January 2013
12:50pm
Otago 49 – 0 Wairarapa Bush
12 January 2013
3:10pm
Hawke’s Bay 40 – 5 Wairarapa Bush
12 January 2013
3:30pm
Otago 21 – 19 North Harbour
12 January 2013
6:50pm
North Harbour 38 – 10 Wairarapa Bush
12 January 2013
7:10pm
Otago 19 – 19 Hawke's Bay

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Northland 32015839+197
Southland 32015552+37
Waikato 31027358+155
Manawatu 31023572-375
12 January 2013
11:10am
Manawatu 5 – 12 Southland
12 January 2013
11:30am
Waikato 7 – 17 Northland
12 January 2013
1:50pm
Manawatu 20 – 15 Northland
12 January 2013
2:10pm
Waikato 21 – 31 Southland
12 January 2013
5:30pm
Southland 12 – 26 Northland
12 January 2013
5:50pm
Waikato 45 – 10 Manawatu

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Bay of Plenty 33005541+149
Taranaki 32016139+227
Counties Manukau 31023949-105
Canterbury 30033965-263
12 January 2013
10:30am
Taranaki 15 – 10 Counties Manukau
12 January 2013
10:50am
Canterbury 14 – 17 Bay of Plenty
12 January 2013
1:10pm
Taranaki 15 – 19 Bay of Plenty
12 January 2013
1:30pm
Canterbury 15 – 17 Counties Manukau
12 January 2013
4:50pm
Counties Manukau 12 – 19 Bay of Plenty
12 January 2013
5:10pm
Canterbury 10 – 31 Taranaki

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Queenstown        
  Tasman  34
13 January – Queenstown
  Wairarapa Bush  0  
  Wairarapa Bush  19
13 January – Queenstown
      Counties Manukau  36  
  Counties Manukau  12
13 January – Queenstown
  Manawatu  17  
  Counties Manukau  27
13 January – Queenstown    
    Canterbury  12
  Waikato  19
13 January – Queenstown
  Canterbury  7  
  Canterbury  29
13 January – Queenstown
      South Canterbury  10  
  Hawke's Bay  47
  South Canterbury  0  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Queenstown        
  Tasman  34
13 January – Queenstown
  Wairarapa Bush  0  
  Tasman  7
13 January – Queenstown
      Manawatu  38  
  Counties Manukau  12
13 January – Queenstown
  Manawatu  17  
  Manawatu  7
13 January – Queenstown    
    Hawke's Bay  40
  Waikato  19
13 January – Queenstown
  Canterbury  7  
  Waikato  12
13 January – Queenstown
      Hawke's Bay  35  
  Hawke's Bay  47
  South Canterbury  0  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Queenstown        
  Auckland  19
13 January – Queenstown
  North Harbour  21  
  Auckland  26
13 January – Queenstown
      Southland  12  
  Bay of Plenty  28
13 January – Queenstown
  Southland  19  
  Auckland  40
13 January – Queenstown    
    Wellington  20
  Northland  10
13 January – Queenstown
  Taranaki  27  
  Northland  14
13 January – Queenstown
      Wellington  22  
  Otago  21
  Wellington  7  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Queenstown        
  Auckland  19
13 January – Queenstown
  North Harbour  21  
  North Harbour  24
13 January – Queenstown
      Bay of Plenty  14  
  Bay of Plenty  28
13 January – Queenstown
  Southland  19  
  North Harbour  17
13 January – Queenstown    
    Taranaki  32
  Northland  10
13 January – Queenstown
  Taranaki  27  
  Taranaki  17
13 January – Queenstown
      Otago  7  
  Otago  21
  Wellington  7  
 

References

  1. ↑ Fond farewell to a southern favourite The Southern Times, 11 January 2013
  2. ↑ http://www.nz7.co.nz/howitworks.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.wrfu.co.nz/news/news-2011/1312-southern-teams-book-places-in-national-sevens-tournament
  4. ↑ http://www.aucklandrugby.co.nz/News/2012-12-7/Regional-Sevens-action-at-Waitemata-tomorrow.aspx

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