2013 Pub Charity Sevens

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.

2013 Pub Charity Sevens
Host nation New Zealand
Date12–13 January 2013
Cup
Champion Taranaki
Runner-up North Harbour
Plate
Winner Auckland
Runner-up Wellington
Bowl
Winner Hawke's Bay
Runner-up Manawatu
Shield
Winner Counties Manukau
Runner-up Canterbury
Tournament details
Matches played44
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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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 
 Tasman34
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Wairarapa Bush0
 
 Wairarapa Bush19
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Counties Manukau36
 
 Counties Manukau12
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Manawatu17
 
 Counties Manukau27
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Canterbury12
 
 Waikato19
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Canterbury7
 
 Canterbury29
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 South Canterbury10
 
 Hawke's Bay47
 
 
 South Canterbury0
 

Bowl
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 
 Tasman34
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Wairarapa Bush0
 
 Tasman7
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Manawatu38
 
 Counties Manukau12
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Manawatu17
 
 Manawatu7
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Hawke's Bay40
 
 Waikato19
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Canterbury7
 
 Waikato12
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Hawke's Bay35
 
 Hawke's Bay47
 
 
 South Canterbury0
 

Plate
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 
 Auckland19
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 North Harbour21
 
 Auckland26
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Southland12
 
 Bay of Plenty28
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Southland19
 
 Auckland40
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Wellington20
 
 Northland10
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Taranaki27
 
 Northland14
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Wellington22
 
 Otago21
 
 
 Wellington7
 

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 
 Auckland19
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 North Harbour21
 
 North Harbour24
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Bay of Plenty14
 
 Bay of Plenty28
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Southland19
 
 North Harbour17
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Taranaki32
 
 Northland10
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Taranaki27
 
 Taranaki17
 
13 January – Queenstown
 
 Otago7
 
 Otago21
 
 
 Wellington7
 
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References
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