Oceania 7s (Women) 3 &4 October

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World's top two sides in women's event

The women’s event, meanwhile, will comprise one pool with New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands and Tonga to play each other once.

The teams will then be ranked one through seven based on results and the total number of competition points accumulated, with the top two teams progressing to the final.

A highlight of the event will be the continued rivalry between New Zealand and Australia, the top two sides in the world. Between them they won all five rounds of the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series in 2013/14 with New Zealand retaining their title by four points.

They will not underestimate the threat of Fiji though after they won the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2014/15 qualifier in Hong Kong last weekend to secure a core team place on the Series alongside the region’s top two sides.

http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=20 ... nia+sevens

Full schedule (incl. mens) at http://oceaniarugby.com/18092014_oc_draw.html

[grande Profile]

I'm really excited to see how Fiji does. They're a great addition to the core teams (they came in 4th in China last year, didn't they?)

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Good news - live streaming!

All 30 matches of the Men’s and Women’s Oceania Championships will be streamed over the two days of competition. Matches from the Noosa International 7s will also be streamed live on October 4 & 5.

Fans can watch the live stream (October 3 & 4) on this website - http://www.oceaniarugby.com

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Fiji 38-0 PNG
Australia 41-0 Tonga
NZ 41-0 Cook Islands
Samoa 24-12 Tonga
Australia 24-5 Fiji
PNG 19-15 Cook Islands
PNG 34-14 Tonga
Samoa 19-0 Cook Islands
NZ 24-7 Fiji
Cook Islands 30-5 Tonga
Samoa 12-10 PNG
NZ 19-17 Australia

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Day Two – Women’s (remaining pool matches & Final)

Fiji v Tonga, Australia v Cook Islands, New Zealand v Samoa, Fiji v Cook Islands, Australia v Samoa, New Zealand v PNG, Fiji v Samoa, Australia v PNG, New Zealand v Tonga, Final (seed 1 versus seed 2).

So just a Cup Final with no 3rd/4th playoff which is decided I suppose by pool ranking instead.

[grande Profile]

Wow, PNG is doing pretty well. Better than I expected, certainly.

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

Wow, PNG is doing pretty well. Better than I expected, certainly.

Looks like Tonga will go winless - I guess women's rugby isn't as well developed there as in the other islands.

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Fiji 50-0 Tonga,
Australia 33-0 Cook Islands,
New Zealand 40-0 Samoa,
Fiji 50-0 Cook Islands,
Australia 45-0 Samoa,
New Zealand 29-7 PNG,
Fiji 31-0 Samoa,
Australia 31-0 PNG,
New Zealand 52-0 Tonga,

Final: NZ 31-10 Australia

Final standings
1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3 Fiji
4 Samoa
5 PNG
6 Cook Islands
7 Tonga