Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

The rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament was the women's event of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens competition held every four years. It was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022.^[1][2]

2022 Women's Commonwealth Rugby Sevens Tournament

Tournament details
Host	England
Venue	Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Date	29–31 July 2022
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Fiji
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Canada
← 2018 2026 →

Venue

The rugby sevens tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at Villa Park,^[3] but they instead took place at the Coventry Stadium in Coventry.^[4]

The adjacent Coventry Arena was used for judo and wrestling.^[5]

Qualification

England qualified as host nation, three nations qualified via the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and four nations booked their places in regional qualification tournaments.^[6][7]

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
2018–19 & 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series	20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 5 October 2019 – 2 February 2020	Various	3	New Zealand  Canada  Australia
North America allocation			0[a]	—
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens[b]	7–9 November 2019	Suva	1	Fiji
2021 Europe Women's Sevens (Moscow round)	25–26 June 2021	Moscow	1	Scotland
2021 Asia Women's Sevens	19–20 November 2021	Dubai	1	Sri Lanka
2022 Africa Women's Sevens	29–30 April 2022	Jemmal	1	South Africa
Total			8

Notes

1. Canada qualified in the top two outright and were the only RAN Commonwealth nation with ranking points, so the RAN-specific quota place was reallocated to the general standings.
2. A women's qualification tournament scheduled for April 2022 was abandoned owing to COVID-19-related logistical challenges, so the (pre-pandemic) 2019 championship was designated as the Oceania qualifier.^[8]

Competition format

In July 2022, eight teams were drawn into two groups;^[9] the top two performing teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, whilst the remaining teams were sent to lower classification matches to determine their final ranking.

Officials

A total of 6 Referees, 3 Assistants and 3 Television Match Officials (TMOs) were selected for the tournament.

Referee	Assistants	Television Match Officials
Hollie Davidson (Scotland)	Talal-Azmat Chaudhry (Canada)	Claire Daniels (England)
Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)	Leonie Pryor (England)	Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Tyler Miller (Australia)	Rebecca Rees (England)	Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
Ashley Murray-Pretorious (South Africa)
Selica Winiata (New Zealand)
Holly Wood (England)

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	143	14	+129	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	107	64	+43	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	83	64	+19	5	Classification semi-finals
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	0	191	−191	3

Source: Birmingham2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

29 July 2022 09:44

England	57–0	Sri Lanka
Try: Boatman (4) 1' c, 2' c, 4' c, 7' m Wilson-Hardy 6' c Maude (2) 8' m, 10' c Torley 12' c Crompton 14' m Con: Maude (5/7) 1', 3', 5', 6', 11' Torley (1/1) 12' Norman-Bell (0/1)	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Selica Winiata (New Zealand)

29 July 2022 10:06

New Zealand	45–7	Canada
Try: Woodman 2' c Blyde (2) 4' m, 8' c Fluhler 7' m Brazier 11' c Pouri-Lane 12' c Saili 14' c Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 3', 8' Pouri-Lane (3/3) 11', 13', 14'	Report	Try: Daniels 10' c Con: Apps (1/1) 10' Cards: Gonzalez  2'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

29 July 2022 18:14

New Zealand	60–0	Sri Lanka
Try: Fluhler (2) 1' c, 3' c Blyde (6) 2' m, 5' m, 6' c, 7' m, 10' m, 13' m Hotham 8' c Nathan-Wong 9' c Con: Nathan-Wong (5/10) 1', 3', 6', 8', 9'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

29 July 2022 18:36

Canada	26–19	England
Try: Wardley 5' c Farella (2) 7', 8' c Scurfield 9' c Con: Apps (3/4) 5', 9', 10'	Report	Try: Boatman 1' m Crompton 11' c Cowell 14' c Con: Jones (1/2) 14' Norman-Bell (1/1) 12' Cards: Boatman  8'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

30 July 2022 09:44

Canada	74–0	Sri Lanka
Try: Scurfield (5) 1' m, 3' m, 5' c, 6' m, 8' m De Couvreur (2) 4' c, 7' c Farella 8' c Levale 10' c Logan 11' m Wardley (2) 12' c, 14' c Con: Nicholas (5/8) 4', 5', 7', 9', 10' Apps (2/3) 13', 14'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius (South Africa)

30 July 2022 10:06

New Zealand	38–7	England
Try: Blyde (2) 3' c, 6' c Hirini 4' c Kaka 10' m Hotham 12' c Pouri-Lane 14' m Con: Nathan-Wong (3/3) 3', 5', 7' Pouri-Lane (1/3) 13'	Report	Try: Boatman 7' c Con: Norman-Bell (1/1) 7'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	91	24	+67	9	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	100	19	+81	7
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	45	93	−48	5	Classification semi-finals
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	112	−100	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: Birmingham2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

29 July 2022 09:00

Australia	38–0	South Africa
Try: Levi (2) 1' c, 6' c Nathan 2' m Caslick (2) 4' c, 8' c Ashby 14' m Con: Hinds (3/4) 1', 5', 6' Williams (0/1)	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

29 July 2022 09:22

Fiji	31–12	Scotland
Try: Uluinisau 3' c Buleki 7' c Cavuru 8' c Donu 12' m Riwai 14' m Con: Cavuru (2/2) 3', 8' Naimasi (1/2) 9' Uluinisau (0/1)	Report	Try: Campbell 5' m Lloyd 10' c Con: Thomson (0/1) Nelson (1/1) 11'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius (South Africa)

29 July 2022 17:30

Fiji	41–0	South Africa
Try: Uluinisau (2) 2' c, 11' c Buleki 3' m Naimasi 6' c Donu (2) 8' m, 9' m Cavuru 13' m Con: Naimasi (2/4) 2', 7' Riwai (0/1) Uluinisau (1/1) 11' Cavuru (0/1)	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

29 July 2022 17:52

Australia	50–0	Scotland
Try: Levi (3) 1' c, 7' c, 9' m Paki (2) 3' c, 10' m Williams 6' c Nathan 8' m Southwell 13' c Con: Hinds (2/2) 2', 4' Williams (2/5) 7', 7' Southwell (1/1) 13'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Selica Winiata (New Zealand)

30 July 2022 09:00

Scotland	33–12	South Africa
Try: Lloyd (3) 2' c, 4' m, 13' c McLachlan 3' c Orr 7' c Con: Thomson (3/4) 3', 4', 7' Smith (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Lategan 1' m Snyders 10' c Con: Shongwe (0/1) Snyders (1/1) 10' Cards: Masuku  12'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

30 July 2022 09:22

Australia	12–19	Fiji
Try: Levi 12' m Hayes 13' c Con: Williams (0/1) Southwell (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Nagasau 1' m Donu 3' c Daveua 9' c Con: Naimasi (0/1) Riwai (2/2) 4', 9' Cards: Uluinisau  13'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	30 July – Coventry Stadium
	New Zealand	12
					31 July – Coventry Stadium
	Australia	17
					Australia	22
	30 July – Coventry Stadium
					Fiji	12
	Fiji	24
	Canada	7
					Bronze medal match
					31 July – Coventry Stadium
					New Zealand	19
					Canada	12

Semi-finals

30 July 2022 19:42

New Zealand	12–17	Australia
Try: Woodman 4' m Fitzpatrick 6' c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/2) 7'	Report	Try: Levi (3) 1' m, 9' m, 12' c Con: Williams (0/2) Du Toit (1/1) 12' Cards: Levi  14'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

30 July 2022 20:04

Fiji	24–7	Canada
Try: Buleki 1' c Uluinisau (2) 2' m, 12' c Riwai 3' m Con: Uluinisau (1/1) 1' Naimasi (0/2) Cavuru (1/1) 12'	Report	Try: Nicholas 7' c Con: Apps (1/1) 7'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Bronze medal match

31 July 2022 19:50

New Zealand	19–12	Canada
Try: Blyde 1' m Brazier 4' c Saili 11' c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/2) 5' Pouri-Lane (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Logan 12' c Chown 14' m Con: Apps (1/2) 13' Cards: Scurfield  1'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

Gold medal match

31 July 2022 20:38

Australia	22–12	Fiji
Try: Nathan (2) 1' m, 3' m Ashby 6' c Levi 8' m Con: Williams (1/4) 6' Cards: Caslick  13'	Report	Try: Naimasi 9' c Donu 14' m Con: Naimasi (1/1) 9' Cavuru (0/1)

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Classification matches

England vs South Africa

Scotland vs Sri Lanka

	Classification semi-finals				Fifth place match
	30 July – Coventry Stadium
	England	36
					31 July – Coventry Stadium
	South Africa	0
					England	29
	30 July – Coventry Stadium
					Scotland	5
	Scotland	58
	Sri Lanka	0
					Seventh place match
					31 July – Coventry Stadium
					South Africa	52
					Sri Lanka	0

Classification semi-finals

30 July 2022 17:30

England	36–0	South Africa
Try: Cowell 2' c Uren 3' m Doidge 8' m Norman-Bell (2) 11' c, 12' m Wilson-Hardy 14' c Con: Maude (1/3) 2' Norman-Bell (2/3) 11', 14'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Selica Winiata (New Zealand)

30 July 2022 17:52

Scotland	58–0	Sri Lanka
Try: Lloyd (4) 1' m, 6' c, 7' c, 8' m Thomson 1' m Gaffney (2) 2' c, 10' m Campbell 4' c Sinclair 9' m Mattinson 12' m Con: Thomson (4/9) 3', 5', 6', 7' Smith (0/1)	Report	Cards: Kanchana  2'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Holly Wood (England)

Seventh place match

31 July 2022 18:00

South Africa	52–0	Sri Lanka
Try: Jacobs (3) 1' c, 12' c, 14' m Lategan (3) 2' c, 3' m, 5' c Masuku (2) 7' c, 11' c Con: Snyders (4/5) 1', 3', 5', 7' Shongwe (2/3) 11', 12'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Selica Winiata (New Zealand)

Fifth place match

31 July 2022 18:22

England	29–5	Scotland
Try: Quansah 2' c Boatman 8' m Crompton (2) 10' m, 14' m Jones 12' c Con: Norman-Bell (1/2) 2' Jones (1/3) 13'	Report	Con: Rollie 8' m Cards: Thomson (0/1)

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius (South Africa)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Australia
	Fiji
	New Zealand
4	Canada
5	England
6	Scotland
7	South Africa
8	Sri Lanka

Player statistics

Most points Pos Name Team Pts 1 Michaela Blyde  New Zealand 55 2 Maddison Levi  Australia 50 3 Rhona Lloyd  Scotland 40 4 Ellie Boatman  England 35 5 Krissy Scurfield  Canada 30 6 Tyla Nathan-Wong  New Zealand 29 Reapi Uluinisau  Fiji 8 Sesenieli Donu  Fiji 25 9 Alicia Maude  England 22 Isla Norman-Bell  England

Most tries Pos Name Team Tries 1 Michaela Blyde  New Zealand 11 2 Maddison Levi  Australia 10 3 Rhona Lloyd  Scotland 8 4 Ellie Boatman  England 7 5 Krissy Scurfield  Canada 6 6 Reapi Uluinisau  Fiji 5 Sesenieli Donu  Fiji 8 Grace Crompton  England 4 Liske Lategan  South Africa Faith Nathan  Australia

See also

• Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament