The 2003 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2003 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international
rugby sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
tournament that was part of the
World Sevens Series
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in the
2002–03 season. It was the
Australian Sevens
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leg of the series, held at
Ballymore Stadium
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in
Brisbane
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over the weekend of 2 and 3 January 2003.
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The competition was won by ]England
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who defeated Fiji
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28-14 in the Cup final.[
The tournament was the third completed edition of the Australian Sevens. For the next three years there was no World Sevens tournament staged in Australia, until the event returned as the ]2007 Adelaide Sevens
The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over th ...
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Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.[
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Teams
The participating teams were:[
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Pool Stage
Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.[
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout stage
Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.[
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Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
References
{{Australian Sevens
Australian Sevens
Brisbane Sevens
Brisbane Sevens