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Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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Australia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previously hosted the Games four times – 1938 Sydney, 1962 Perth, 1982 Brisbane and 2006 Melbourne.

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Being the host nation, Australia sent a contingent of 474 athletes, participating in all of the 18 sports staged. Though only 469 competed. This was the highest number of athletes to represent Australia in a Commonwealth Games ever, eclipsing their previous record of 417 athletes at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Hockey athlete Mark Knowles was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[1]

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Administration

Steve Moneghetti was appointed Chef de Mission. He held this position at the 2010 and 2014 Games.[2] Opening ceremony appointments included: hockey player Mark Knowles as Australian flag bearer, lawn bowler Karen Murphy taking the athletes' oath and Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander the coaches' oath.[3] Kurt Fearnley in his last major multi-sport competition was the closing ceremony flag bearer.[4]

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Competitors

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Athletics (track and field)

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Athletics Australia announced an initial team of 51 athletes.[5] On 1 March 2018, Athletics Australia announced the final team of 109 athletes, the second-largest team in history following Melbourne in 2006.[6] On 6 March 2018, Ella Nelson withdrew from the team due to injury and was replaced by Larissa Pasternatsky.[7] Marathon runner Chris Hammer withdrew on 1 April due to injury.[8] On 5 April, Sally Pearson announced an Achilles tendon injury had forced her withdrawal from defending her 100 m hurdles gold medal and from the 4 × 100 m relay.[9] Declan Carruthers was selected but did not compete in men's pole vault due to hamstring injury.

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Badminton

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Team of ten athletes was announced on 23 February 2018.[10]

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Pool C
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Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2018. Source: GC2018
Quarterfinal
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Basketball

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Australia has qualified a men's and women's basketball teams (as the host nation) for a total of 24 athletes (12 men and 12 women).[11] Team of 12 men and 12 women was announced on 7 March 2018.[12]

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Men's tournament

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On 2 April 2018, Mitch Creek and Matt Hodgson withdrew from the team and were replaced by Mitch Norton and Lucas Walker.[13]

Pool A
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Source: [citation needed]
6 April 2018
17:30
Australia  9555  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 22–16, 22–13, 26–13
Pts: Kickert 14
Rebs: Brandt, Sobey 11
Asts: Goulding 6
Pts: Diawara 10
Rebs: Morgan 6
Asts: Tutu 6
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Bermudez (MEX), Gyoergyi (NOR),
Vincent (IND)

7 April 2018
21:00
New Zealand  7379  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–16, 19-21, 14-23
Pts: Ili 22
Rebs: Delany 6
Asts: Ili 4
Pts: Kay 21
Rebs: Sobey 6
Asts: Cadee 3
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Bermudez (MEX), Liszka (POL),
Dodds (GBR)

9 April 2018
21:00
Australia  9755  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 25-10, 28-14, 21-14
Pts: Brandt 16
Rebs: Cadee 9
Asts: Sobey 5
Pts: Diogu 19
Rebs: Achiuwa 8
Asts: Ofoegbu 3
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR), Dodds (GBR)
Semi-final
14 April 2018
10:00
Australia  10346  Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 28–18, 35–10, 20–14
Pts: Wagstaff 17
Rebs: Brandt 6
Asts: Sobey 6
Pts: Malcolm, Fraser 9
Rebs: Murray, Nealon-Lino 4
Asts: Bunyan 6
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR)
Gold medal match
15 April 2018
11:30
Australia  8747  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 25–9, 18–10, 24–18
Pts: Goulding 11
Rebs: Sobey 8
Asts: Gliddon 5
Pts: Tutu 10
Rebs: Tutu 6
Asts: Morgan, Tutu 3
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14]

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Pool A
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Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
6 April 2018
21:00
Australia  11353  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 25–11, 36–14, 27–19
Pts: Cambage 24
Rebs: George 11
Asts: George, Griffin 5
Pts: Gimo 18
Rebs: Mucauro 9
Asts: Zita 3
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP), Matthew Bathurst (NZL)

8 April 2018
18:30
Australia  10061  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 28–7, 22–13, 19–22, 31–19
Pts: Cambage 23
Rebs: George 8
Asts: Seekamp 4
Pts: Kiss-Rusk 15
Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9
Asts: Boiago, Colley 4
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Ryan Jones (NZL), Sandy Ng (MAS)

9 April 2018
17:30
England  55118  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 9–30, 18–33, 13–24
Pts: three players 9
Rebs: Allen 7
Asts: Fong 4
Pts: Cambage 30
Rebs: George 10
Asts: Lavey 7
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
Semi-final
13 April 2018
21:00
Australia  10950  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 28–16, 30–6, 26–16
Pts: Cambage 21
Rebs: Griffin, Kunek 7
Asts: O'Hea 6
Pts: three players 9
Rebs: Paalvast 5
Asts: Cocks, Purcell 3
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Viola Gyoergyi (NOR), Chris Dodds (GBR)
Gold medal match
14 April 2018
20:30
Australia  9955  England
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 23–21, 29–16, 21–8
Pts: George, Griffin 16
Rebs: George 10
Asts: Ebzery 7
Pts: Stewart 13
Rebs: Emanuel-Carr, Vanderwal 5
Asts: Vanderwal 4
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
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Beach volleyball

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Team of four athletes was announced on 24 February 2018.[15]

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Boxing

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Team of thirteen boxers was selected on 14 December 2017. Twelve boxers were making their Commonwealth Games debut.[16]

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Cycling

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Team of 36 athletes was announced on 20 February 2018.[17]

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Track

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Qualification legend: Q – Qualify to next round/gold medal round, QB – Qualify to bronze medal round.
* – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.

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* – Athlete cycled in preliminary round(s) but not in the final.

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Qualification legend: * – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.

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Mountain biking

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Diving

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Team of 14 divers was announced on 5 February 2018.[18] Taneka Kovchenko was forced to withdraw from the Team just prior to the Games due to the risk of serious injury. She was replaced by Teju Williamson.[19]

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Gymnastics

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Team of thirteen athletes announced on 28 February 2018. Team consists of five artistic men, five artistic women and three rhythmic women.[20]

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Field hockey

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Men's tournament

On 6 April, Blake Govers was ruled out with a broken finger and replaced with Tom Wickham.[21]

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
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Lawn bowls

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17 person team was announced on 5 December 2017.[22]

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Officials: Team Leader – Peter Brown; Head Coach – Steve Glasson; Coaches – Kelvin Kerkow, Gary Willis; Team Manager – Faye Luke; Sport Psychologist – Mark McMahon – Sport Psychologist

Netball

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Australia qualified a netball team by virtue of being the host country of the event.[23][24][25]

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Pool A
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Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018
(H) Hosts
5 April 2018
20:30
Report Australia 9426 Northern Ireland    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Maria van der Merwe
Jono Bredin
Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
Thwaites Goals scored 39/39 (100%)
Bassett Goals scored 31/34 (91%)
Pettitt Goals scored 13/13 (100%)
Wood Goals scored 11/15 (73%)
L. Bowman Goals scored 13/22 (59%)
McCullogh Goals scored 6/9 (67%)
Lennon Goals scored 4/6 (67%)
K. Bowman Goals scored 3/4 (75%)

6 April 2018
20:30
Report Barbados 2479 Australia    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Lisa McPhail
Kristie Simpson
Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
Wharton Goals scored 12/17 (71%)
Blackman Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Payne Goals scored 4/5 (80%)
Thwaites Goals scored 24/24 (100%)
Bassett Goals scored 23/26 (88%)
Wood Goals scored 17/17 (100%)
Pettitt Goals scored 15/15 (100%)

8 April 2018
20:30
Report Australia 6038 South Africa    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Jono Bredin
Lisa McPhail
Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
Bassett Goals scored 20/23 (87%)
Thwaites Goals scored 15/15 (100%)
Wood Goals scored 14/15 (93%)
Pettitt Goals scored 11/11 (100%)
Venter Goals scored 33/40 (83%)
Holtzhausen Goals scored 5/10 (50%)

9 April 2018
15:00
Report Fiji 23108 Australia    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush
Kristie Simpson
Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
Waqa Goals scored 15/19 (79%)
M. Rusivakula Goals scored 8/14 (57%)
Bassett Goals scored 40/41 (98%)
Thwaites Goals scored 30/31 (97%)
Pettitt Goals scored 23/23 (100%)
Wood Goals scored 15/19 (79%)

11 April 2018
21:00
Report Australia 7251 Jamaica    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Lisa McPhail
Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
Bassett Goals scored 22/23 (96%)
Thwaites Goals scored 22/22 (100%)
Pettitt Goals scored 20/21 (95%)
Wood Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Fowler-Reid Goals scored 30/32 (94%)
Aiken Goals scored 11/14 (79%)
Beckford Goals scored 8/12 (67%)
Robinson Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
Semi-final match
14 April 2018
17:00
Report Australia 6544 New Zealand    Coomera Indoor Sports Centre
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Jackie Mizon
Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
Thwaites Goals scored 24/25 (96%)
Bassett Goals scored 17/18 (94%)
Pettitt Goals scored 15/16 (94%)
Wood Goals scored 9/12 (75%)
Folau Goals scored 32/41 (78%)
Ekenasio Goals scored 7/9 (78%)
Selby-Rickit Goals scored 3/5 (60%)
Mes Goals scored 2/3 (67%)
Gold medal match
15 April 2018
13:00
Report Australia 5152 England    Coomera Indoor Sports Centre
Umpires: Lisa McPhail
Jono Bredin
Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
Bassett Goals scored 22/24 (92%)
Wood Goals scored 12/14 (86%)
Pettitt Goals scored 11/12 (92%)
Thwaites Goals scored 6/6 (100%)
Harten Goals scored 34/39 (87%)
Housby Goals scored 18/21 (86%)

Rugby sevens

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The following team was announced as the 2018 Commonwealth Games sevens team.[27] Captain Lewis Holland was originally announced as a team player, however, was excluded due to injury, and replaced by Brandon Quinn.[28] Replacement captain James Stannard was also ruled out after a skull fracture resulting from being attacked after a farewell dinner to departing coach Andy Friend.[29]

Head coach: Andy Friend

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Brandon Quinn replaced captain Lewis Holland who withdrew due to injury.[30] James Stannard was forced to withdraw after being injured during a late night assault and was replaced by Nicholas Price.[31]

Pool B
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
14 April 2018
9:31
Australia 24–7 Samoa
Try: Anderson (2) 3' c, 5' m
Longbottom 6' m
Connor 9' c
Con: Lucas (1/2) 3'
Porch (1/2) 9'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Fomai 1' c
Con: Mealoi (1/1) 1'
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

14 April 2018
13:11
Australia 32–5 Jamaica
Try: O'Donnell 1' m
Longbottom (3) 2' m, 5' m, 14' m
Porch 4' m
Myers 11' c
Con: Porch (0/4)
Quinn (1/2) 11'
Cards: Killingworth Yellow card 13'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Bush 7' m
Con: Stoppani (0/1)
Cards: Beckett yellow card 11' to 13'
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

14 April 2018
20:05
England 26–17 Australia
Try: Norton 3' m
Davis (2) 7' c, 12' c
McConnochie 8' c
Con: Mitchell (2/3) 8', 12'
Bibby (1/1) 7'
Cards: Mitchell yellow card 4' to 6'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Taylor 1' m
Porch 5' c
Connor 10' m
Con: Lucas (1/2) 5'
Porch (0/1)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
5th-8th Playoff
15 April 2018
10:15
Australia 33–5 Kenya
Try: O'Donnell (2) 4' c, 13' c
Longbottom 7' m
Myers 8' c
Porch 10' c
Con: Porch (4/5) 4', 8', 11', 14'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Odhiambo 1' m
Con: Agero (0/1)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
5th place match

Women's tournament

Roster

The following team was announced as the 2018 Commonwealth Games sevens team.[32]

Head coach: Tim Walsh

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
13 April 2018
17:37
Australia 34–5 Wales
Try: Tonegato 1' m
Pelite 2' c
Green (2) 6' m, 8' m
Williams 7' m
du Toit 12' c
Con: Sykes (2/6) 3', 13'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Joyce 10' m
Con: Snowsill (0/1)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)

13 April 2018
20:17
Australia 29–12 England
Try: Tonegato 2' m
Green 7' c
Sykes 8' m
Pelite 12' c
Staples 14' m
Con: Sykes (2/5) 7', 12'
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Brown 4' m
Fleming 6' c
Con: Hunt (1/2) 6'
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)

13 April 2018
19:21
Australia 17–10 Fiji
Try: Tonegato 1' m
Caslick (2) 8' m, 13' c
Con: Sykes (1/2) 13'
Cherry (0/1)
(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Naiobasali (2) 2' m, 9' m
Con: Tinai (0/1)
Nagasau (0/1)
Cards: Siata yellow card 11' to 13'
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
Semi-final match
15 April 2018 Australia  33–7  Canada Gold Coast  
10:59
Gold medal match

Shooting

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Team of 28 athletes was announced on 31 January 2018.[33]

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Squash

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Team of 12 athletes was announced on 15 December 2017.[34]

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Swimming

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After the 2018 Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Swimming Australia announced a team of 70 athletes.

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Table tennis

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Team of 12 athletes was announced on 29 January 2018.[35]

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Triathlon

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Team of six athletes announced on 17 November 2017.[36][37] A further six paratriathletes announced on 25 February 2018.[38]

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Weightlifting

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Team of 16 athletes was announced on 23 January 2018.[39] Five Paralympic powerlifters were added to the team on 7 March 2018. Simplice Ribouem withdrew prior to the competition due to injury.[40]

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Powerlifting

Australia participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 women). Cristine Ashscroft was selected but withdrew prior to competition due to illness.[41][42]

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Wrestling

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Team of eight athletes was announced on 2 March 2018.[43] Robert Whittaker withdrew from the Team on 16 March 2018.[44]

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