2020 New Zealand Sevens

2020 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XXI
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	25–26 January 2020
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	France
Third	Australia
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	197 (average 5.79 per match)
Most points	Scott Curry (30 pts)
Most tries	Scott Curry (6 tries)
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The 2020 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twenty first edition of the New Zealand Sevens. This event was the first in the series to only have one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase. Host team New Zealand won the tournament, defeating France by 21–5 in the final.

Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match.

The teams that finished second in their respective pool will play another team from another pool whom finished second, however, it will be ranked as the best second placed team v. the second best second placed team and vice versa. This is the first tournament of the 2019–20 season that the format was changed to a four team cup knockout phase.

The pools and schedule were announced by World Rugby on 20 December 2019.

Pool stage

All times in NZL Standard Time (UTC+12:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	111	17	+94	9	Advance to semifinals
United States	3	2	0	1	71	33	+38	7	5th-place playoff
Scotland	3	1	0	2	43	81	–38	5	11th-place playoff
Wales	3	0	0	3	19	113	–94	3	15th-place playoff

25 January 2020 14:09

Scotland	7–24	United States
Try: McFarland 4'c Con: Fergusson (1/1) 5'	Report	Try: Isles 3'c Tomasin 6'm Unufe 10'c Baker 13'm Con: Hughes (2/4) 3', 11'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

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25 January 2020 14:31

New Zealand	47–0	Wales
Try: Mikkelson (2) 0'c, 3'c Ware 2'c Webber 6'c Curry 7'm Baker 9'c Koroi 11'c Con: McGarvey-Black (5/6) 1', 2', 3', 6', 9' Koroi (1/1) 11'	Report

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

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25 January 2020 20:05

Scotland	24–19	Wales
Try: McCann 0'm Elms 3'm Kelly 8'c Fife 12'c Con: Lowe (2/4) 8', 12'	Report	Try: Jones (2) 5'c, 10'm Roach 7'c Con: Treharne (2/3) 5', 7'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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25 January 2020 20:33

New Zealand	26–5	United States
Try: Curry 1'c Baker 6'c Mikkelson 11'c Dickson 13'm Con: McGarvey-Black (2/2) 1', 11' Baker (1/1) 6' Koroi (0/1)	Report	Try: Baker 4'm Con: Hughes (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

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26 January 2020 13:19

United States	42–0	Wales
Try: Isles 1'c Tomasin 3'c Pinkelman 6'c Fuala'au (2) 7'c, 10'c Baker 12'c Con: Hughes (5/5) 1', 6', 8', 10', 13' Tomasin (1/1) 3'	Report

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

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26 January 2020 13:41

New Zealand	38–12	Scotland
Try: Mikkelson (2) 0'm, 7'c Ng Shiu 5'm Collier 8'c Curry 11'c Koroi 12'c Con: Koroi (3/4) 7', 8', 13' McGarvey-Black (1/1) 11' Mikkelson (0/1)	Report	Try: Fergusson 3'm McCann 9'c Con: Fergusson (1/1) 10' Lowe (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
England	3	3	0	0	71	45	+26	9	Advance to semifinals
Kenya	3	1	1	1	67	50	+17	6	7th-place playoff
South Africa	3	1	0	2	64	62	+2	5	9th-place playoff
Japan	3	0	1	2	24	69	–45	4	13th-place playoff

25 January 2020 12:41

Kenya	19–24	England
Try: Ambaka (2) 0'm, 4'c Amonde 5'c Con: Taabu (2/3) 4', 6'	Report	Try: Lindsay-Hague 3'm Norton 7'c Edwards (2) 9'm, 12'c Con: Mitchell (1/2) 7' Edwards (1/2) 12'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

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25 January 2020 13:03

South Africa	31–5	Japan
Try: du Plessis 5'm Pretorius 7'c Afrika 9'm A. Davids (2) 12'c, 14'c Con: du Preez (1/3) 7' Geduld (2/2) 12', 14'	Report	Try: Tuiaki 7'm Con: Goya (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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25 January 2020 18:08

Kenya	12–12	Japan
Try: Otieno 1'm Taabu 8'c Con: Taabu (1/2) 9'	Report	Try: Ishida 7'm Ozawa 11'c Con: Fujita (1/1) 11' Goya (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

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25 January 2020 18:30

South Africa	19–21	England
Try: Gans 1'c Pretorius 3'c Geduld 13'm Con: du Preez (2/2) 2', 4' Geduld (0/1)	Report	Try: Norton 5'c Bowen 7'c Burgess 11'c Con: Bibby (1/1) 6' Mitchell (1/1) 7' Edwards (1/1) 12'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

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26 January 2020 11:51

England	26–7	Japan
Try: Kerr 1'c Bowen 5'c Norton 9'm Hendy 12'c Con: Mitchell (1/1) 1' Bibby (1/2) 5' Edwards (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: Goto 7'c Con: Kano (1/1) 7'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

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26 January 2020 12:13

South Africa	14–36	Kenya
Try: du Plessis 7'c Z. Davids 12'c Con: du Preez (1/1) 7' S. Davids (1/1) 12'	Report	Try: Ambaka 3'm Okwach 4'c Injera 6'c Oluoch 7'm Otieno 13'm Onyala 14'c Con: Olindi (2/4) 4', 6' Taabu (1/2) 14'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
France	3	2	1	0	50	36	+14	8	Advance to semifinals
Canada	3	2	1	0	59	47	+12	8	5th-place playoff
Ireland	3	1	0	2	56	60	-4	5	11th-place playoff
Spain	3	0	0	3	48	70	–22	3	13th-place playoff

25 January 2020 11:57

Ireland	21–26	Canada
Try: Kennedy 2'c Horan 7'c Conroy 12'c Con: Dardis (3/3) 2', 7', 13'	Report	Try: Coe 4'c Thiel 7'c Hirayama 11'c Berna 14'm Con: Hirayama (3/4) 4', 7', 11'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

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25 January 2020 12:19

France	21–17	Spain
Try: Veredamu 2'c Valleau 11'c Mazzoleni 12'c Con: Barraque (3/3) 2', 11', 12'	Report	Try: Hernández 5'c M. Sainz-Trapaga 6'm Pla 8'm Con: Hernández (1/3) 5'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

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25 January 2020 17:24

Ireland	28–17	Spain
Try: Horan 1'c Conroy 7'c Kennedy 9'c McNulty 12'c Con: Dardis (4/4) 1', 7', 10', 12'	Report	Try: Rodriguez-Guerra 4'm Fontes 5'c Lopez 14'm Con: Hernández (1/2) 6' Mateu (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

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25 January 2020 17:46

France	12–12	Canada
Try: Riva 0'm Barraque 9'c Con: Barraque (1/2) 9'	Report	Try: Berna 2'c Richard 13'm Con: Hirayama (1/2) 3'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

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26 January 2020 11:07

Canada	21–14	Spain
Try: Hirayama (2) 4'c, 10'c Jones 8'c Con: Hirayama (3/3) 4', 9', 10'	Report	Try: Pla 0'c Hernández 2'c Con: Hernández (2/2) 0', 3'

Waikato Stadium Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

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26 January 2020 11:29

France	17–7	Ireland
Try: Veredamu (2) 1'c, 13'm Parez 7'm Con: Riva (1/3) 1'	Report	Try: Conroy 5'c Con: Dardis (1/1) 6'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	3	2	0	1	83	45	+38	7	Advance to semifinals
Argentina	3	2	0	1	73	48	+25	7	7th-place playoff
Fiji	3	2	0	1	48	50	-2	7	9th-place playoff
Samoa	3	0	0	3	31	92	-61	3	15th-place playoff

25 January 2020 13:25

Argentina	7–38	Australia
Try: Osadczuk 3'c Con: Mare (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Longbottom (2) 0'c, 10'c Hutchison 5'c Anderson 6'm Holland 8'c Turner 13'm Con: Longbottom (2/3) 1', 11' Holland (2/3) 5', 8'

Waikato Stadium Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

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25 January 2020 13:47

Fiji	19–12	Samoa
Try: Tuwai 2'c Botitu 6'm Tuimaba 11'c Con: Bolaca (1/2) 3' Nacuqu (1/1) 12'	Report	Try: Maliko 1'c Perez 9'm Con: Alosio (1/2) 1'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

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25 January 2020 19:05

Argentina	40–0	Samoa
Try: Gonzalez (2) 0'c, 4'c Osadczuk (2) 6'c, 13'c Schulz 7'c Sábato 11'm Con: Mare (4/4) 1', 4', 6', 8' Isgro (1/2) 13'	Report

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

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25 January 2020 19:35

Fiji	19–12	Australia
Try: Ratuvoka 3'm Tuimaba 8'c Cakaubalavu 12'c Con: Nacuqu (1/1) 9' Ikanikoda (1/1) 12' Botitu (0/1)	Report	Try: Pietsch 10'm O'Donnell 14'c Con: Longbottom (1/1) 14' Holland (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

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26 January 2020 12:35

Australia	33–19	Samoa
Try: Turner (3) 4'c, 7'c, 13'c Pincus 8'c Longbottom 14'm Con: Holland (4/5) 4', 7', 9', 13'	Report	Try: Afamasaga 1'c Alofipo 6'm Solia 10'c Con: Alosio (2/3) 1', 11'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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26 January 2020 12:57

Fiji	10–26	Argentina
Try: Mocenacagi 7'm Botitu 8'm Con: Botitu (0/1) Nacuqu (0/1)	Report	Try: Álvarez 1'c Schulz 2'c Osadczuk 4'c Sábato 12'm Con: Mare (3/3) 1', 3', 5' Isgro (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Placement matches

Fifteenth place

26 January 2020 17:10

Samoa	21–7	Wales
Try: Afamasaga 3'c Maliko (2) 11'c, 14'c Con: Alosio (3/3) 4', 12', 14'	Report	Try: Smith 1'c Con: Thomas (1/1) 2'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Thirteenth place

26 January 2020 17:32

Japan	15–19	Spain
Try: Goya (2) 4'm, 8'm Goto 6'm Con: Goya (0/3)	Report	Try: Mateu (2) 2', 7' De La Rosa 13'c Con: Hernández (1/2) 3' Fontes (1/1) 14'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Eleventh place

26 January 2020 17:54

Ireland	19–24	Scotland
Try: Kennedy (2) 1'c, 7'm Conroy 8'c Con: Dardis (2/3) 1', 8'	Report	Try: Fife 4'm McFarland 5'c Lowe 10'c Coombes 12'm Con: Lowe (2/3) 6', 10'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Ninth place

26 January 2020 18:16

Fiji	12–5	South Africa
Try: Tabu 13'c Bolaca 14'm Con: Ikanikoda (1/2) 13'	Report	Try: A. Davids 0'm Con: S. Davids (0/1)

Waikato Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Seventh place

26 January 2020 18:38

Argentina	19–17	Kenya
Try: del Mestre (2) 0'c, 8'c Sábato 10'm Con: Isgro (2/3) 0', 8'	Report	Try: Oyoo 1'c Injera 3'm Ambaka 6'm Con: Olindi (1/3) 2'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Fifth place

26 January 2020 19:00

Canada	28–7	United States
Try: Sauder 1'c Hammond 3'c Kay 7'c Berna 10'c Con: Kay (4/4) 2', 3', 7', 11'	Report	Try: Williams 8'c Con: Hughes (1/1) 8'

Waikato Stadium Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 January – 16:20 – Waikato
	England	5
					26 January – 20:56 – Waikato
	France	10
					France	5
	26 January – 16:42 – Waikato
					New Zealand	27
	New Zealand	17
	Australia	14
					Third place
					26 January – 19:29 – Waikato
					England	21
					Australia	33

Matches

Semi-finals 26 January 2020 16:20 England 5–10 France Try: Ellery 5'm Con: Mitchell (0/1) Report Try: Siega 0'c Bouhraoua `3'm Con: Riva (0/2) Waikato Stadium Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand) 26 January 2020 16:42 New Zealand 17–14 Australia Try: McGarvey-Black 1'm Ware 8'c Collier 9'm Con: McGarvey-Black (1/3) 8' Report Try: Malouf 5'c Hutchison 6'c Con: Holland (2/2) 6', 7' Waikato Stadium Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) 3rd place 26 January 2020 19:29 England 21–33 Australia Try: Johnson 0'c Lindsay-Hague 12'c Edwards 14'c Con: Edwards (3/3) 0', 12', 14' Report Try: Anderson 2'c Davies 5'c Turner 7'c Hutchison (2) 8'm, 10'c Con: Holland (4/5) 2', 6', 7', 10' Waikato Stadium Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay) Cup Final 26 January 2020 20:56 France 5–27 New Zealand Try: Veredamu 4'm Con: Riva (0/1) Report Try: Curry (3) 1'c, 13'm, 14' Ware (2) 7'm, 10'm Con: McGarvey-Black (1/4) 2' Waikato Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	22
	France	19
	Australia	17
4	England	15
5	Canada	13
6	United States	12
7	Argentina	11
8	Kenya	10

Place	Team	Points
9	Fiji	8
10	South Africa	7
11	Scotland	6
12	Ireland	5
13	Spain	4
14	Japan	3
15	Samoa	2
16	Wales	1

See also

• 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
• World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series

External links

• Tournament site
• World Rugby info