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Rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Host nation	Australia
Date	16–17 March 2006
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Third	Fiji
Plate
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	South Africa
Bowl
Winner	Kenya
Runner-up	Tonga
Tournament details
Matches played	32
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The Telstra Dome, host venue for the Rugby sevens

Fiji playing Wales

England playing Samoa

The rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the third Commonwealth Games at which rugby sevens was played. It is one of the male-only sports at the Commonwealth Games, the other being boxing. The venue for the rugby competition was the Telstra Dome, on the western edge of Melbourne's Central Business District. Preliminary matches were held on 16 March, with the finals the following day.

The gold medal was won by New Zealand who defeated England 29–21 in the final on 17 March 2006.
Fiji won the bronze medal, defeating Australia 24–17 in the 3rd place final. The game was overshadowed by a fit suffered by Australian Scott Fava after a legitimate tackle. Fava recovered quickly and was released from hospital the following day.

New Zealand continued its undefeated streak at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.

Qualified teams

Continent	Qualifier(s)
Asia	Sri Lanka
Africa	Kenya  Namibia  South Africa  Uganda
Americas	Canada
Oceania	Cook Islands  Fiji  New Zealand  Niue  Samoa  Tonga
Europe	England  Scotland  Wales
Host nation	Australia

Pool Stage

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	117	17	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	100	42	7
Kenya	3	1	0	2	31	79	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	19	122	3

16 March 2006 11:14

New Zealand	35–10	Wales

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 11:36

Kenya	31–5	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 14:20

New Zealand	41–7	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 14:42

Wales	33–0	Kenya

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:50

New Zealand	41–0	Kenya

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:28

Wales	40–7	Namibia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	127	21	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	48	45	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	48	48	5
Niue	3	0	0	3	12	120	3

16 March 2006 10:30

Fiji	31–14	Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 10:52

Scotland	33–5	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:36

Fiji	63–0	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:58

Canada	10–7	Scotland

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:28

Canada	24–7	Niue

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:06

Fiji	33–7	Scotland

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Group C

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	110	17	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	113	31	7
Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	71	63	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	0	181	3

16 March 2006 12:52

England	35–5	Cook Islands

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 13:14

Australia	73–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:44

England	61–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 19:06

Australia	28–19	Cook Islands

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 20:44

Cook Islands	47–0	Sri Lanka

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 22:12

England	14–12	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Group D

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	94	43	7
Samoa	3	2	0	1	66	20	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	40	58	5
Uganda	3	1	0	2	41	108	5

16 March 2006 11:58

Tonga	26–19	South Africa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 12:20

Samoa	31–10	Uganda

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:00

South Africa	63–7	Uganda

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 18:22

Samoa	25–0	Tonga

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 20:22

Uganda	24–14	Tonga

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

16 March 2006 21:50

South Africa	12–10	Samoa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold Medal Match
	17 March – Melbourne
	New Zealand	24
					17 March – Melbourne
	Canada	0
					New Zealand	21
	17 March – Melbourne
					Australia	19
	Australia	20
									17 March – Melbourne
	South Africa	14
									New Zealand	29
	17 March – Melbourne
									England	21
	England	17
					17 March – Melbourne
	Samoa	14
					England	21
	17 March – Melbourne
					Fiji	14			Bronze Medal Match
	Fiji	26
									17 March – Melbourne
	Wales	7
									Fiji	24
									Australia	17

Quarter-finals

17 March 2006

New Zealand	24–0	Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Australia	20–14	South Africa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

England	17–14	Samoa

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

Fiji	26–7	Wales

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Semi-finals

17 March 2006

New Zealand	21–19	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

17 March 2006

England	21–14	Fiji

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Bronze medal match

17 March 2006

Fiji	24–17	Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Gold medal match

17 March 2006

New Zealand	29–21	England

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Medalists

Men's	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	New Zealand Josh Blackie Alando Soakai Tanerau Latimer Onosai Tololima-Auva'a Amasio Valence Liam Messam Tamati Ellison Tafai Ioasa Nigel Hunt Cory Jane Lote Raikabula Sosene Anesi	England Henry Paul Magnus Lund Ben Russell David Seymour Nils Mordt Richard Haughton Thomas Varndell Andrew Vilk Danny Care Ben Gollings Simon Amor Mathew Tait	Fiji Apolosi Satala Ratu Mataluvu Semisi Naevo Sireli Naqelevuki Viliame Satala Waisale Serevi Jone Daunivucu Norman Ligairi Neumi Nanuku Filimoni Bolavucu Lepani Nabuliwaqa William Ryder

Bowl-quarter-finals

• Kenya 21–5 Niue Island


• Uganda 24–12 Sri Lanka


• Tonga 31–12 Cook Islands


• Scotland 26–12 Namibia

Bowl semi-finals

• Kenya 29–0 Uganda


• Tonga 12–5 Scotland

Plate semi-finals

• South Africa 17–14 Canada


• Wales 26–17 Samoa

Bowl final – Playoff for 9th and 10th

• Kenya 26–12 Tonga

Plate final – Playoff for 5th and 6th

• Wales 29–28 South Africa

See also

• Commonwealth Rugby Sevens Championships


• Rugby sevens