2014 Bayleys National Sevens

2014 Bayleys National Sevens
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	11–12 January 2014
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The 2014 New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament known as the Bayleys National Sevens was hosted in Rotorua, New Zealand, on the 11 and 12 January 2014. Matches were played at the Rotorua International Stadium. Sixteen men's and ten women's provincial teams qualified to compete in the annual national tournament following three regional tournaments (Southern, Central and Northern regions) in November and December.

Format

Teams from the 26 Provincial Unions must qualify to attend the National Event in Rotorua. The teams are divided into pools of four teams, and they play a round-robin within each pool. The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop 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.

Teams

Teams from the Provincial Union have to qualify to attend at the National Event in Rotorua. The qualification series started at Fraser Park in Timaru on the 23 November 2013 for the Southern region. Then the Central region qualification was played on 7 December 2013 at the Massey University Rugby Institute in Palmerston North. The series finished in Hamilton at Waikato Stadium on 14 December 2013 for the Northern region qualification.

Southern region Canterbury Southland Tasman Mid Canterbury Otago

Central region Hawke's Bay Taranaki Manawatu Wellington Poverty Bay

Northern region Auckland Northland Counties Manukau Waikato North Harbour Bay of Plenty

Pool stage

The first round, or pool stage, sees 16 men's 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 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

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Manawatu	3	2	1	0	62	34	+28	8
Otago	3	2	0	1	59	48	+11	7
Hawke's Bay	3	1	1	1	64	53	+11	6
Waikato	3	0	0	3	27	77	–50	3

11 January 2014 12:45

Waikato	17–20	Otago

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11 January 2014 14:25

Hawke's Bay	19–19	Manawatu

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11 January 2014 16:05

Waikato	5–33	Hawke's Bay

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11 January 2014 16:45

Manawatu	19–10	Otago

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11 January 2014 17:45

Waikato	5–24	Manawatu

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11 January 2014 19:25

Hawke's Bay	12–29	Otago

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Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Wellington	3	3	0	0	76	28	+48	9
Auckland	3	2	0	1	85	36	+49	7
Southland	3	1	0	2	52	81	–29	5
Poverty Bay	3	0	0	3	24	90	–66	3

11 January 2014 12:25

Wellington	28–7	Poverty Bay

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11 January 2014 14:25

Auckland	38–14	Southland

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11 January 2014 15:05

Auckland	14–17	Wellington

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11 January 2014 15:45

Poverty Bay	12–31	Southland

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11 January 2014 17:25

Auckland	33–5	Poverty Bay

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11 January 2014 18:05

Wellington	31–7	Southland

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Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Taranaki	3	3	0	0	65	38	+27	9
Canterbury	3	2	0	1	56	31	+25	7
North Harbour	3	1	0	2	57	70	–13	5
Mid Canterbury	3	0	0	3	40	79	–39	3

11 January 2014 13:05

North Harbour	31–19	Mid Canterbury

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11 January 2014 13:25

Taranaki	12–10	Canterbury

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11 January 2014 16:45

Taranaki	24–14	Mid Canterbury

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11 January 2014 17:05

North Harbour	12–22	Canterbury

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11 January 2014 18:45

Canterbury	24–7	Mid Canterbury

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11 January 2014 19:05

Taranaki	29–14	North Harbour

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Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Northland	3	2	0	1	67	51	+16	7
Bay of Plenty	3	2	0	1	48	45	+3	7
Counties Manukau	3	2	0	1	55	58	–3	7
Tasman	3	0	0	3	43	59	–16	3

11 January 2014 13:05

Northland	29–15	Counties Manukau

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11 January 2014 13:45

Bay of Plenty	14–12	Tasman

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11 January 2014 14:45

Bay of Plenty	17–12	Northland

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11 January 2014 17:05

Counties Manukau	19–12	Tasman

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11 January 2014 18:05

Bay of Plenty	17–21	Counties Manukau

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11 January 2014 18:25

Northland	26–19	Tasman

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Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 January – Rotorua
	Hawke's Bay	24
					12 January – Rotorua
	Poverty Bay	14
					Poverty Bay	14
	12 January – Rotorua
					Mid Canterbury	31
	Counties Manukau	36
									12 January – Rotorua
	Mid Canterbury	5
									Mid Canterbury	7
	12 January – Rotorua
									Waikato	34
	North Harbour	31
					12 January – Rotorua
	Tasman	24
					Tasman	12
	12 January – Rotorua
					Waikato	29
	Southland	19
	Waikato	17

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 January – Rotorua
	Hawke's Bay	24
					12 January – Rotorua
	Poverty Bay	14
					Hawke's Bay	17
	12 January – Rotorua
					Counties Manukau	27
	Counties Manukau	36
									12 January – Rotorua
	Mid Canterbury	5
									Counties Manukau	26
	12 January – Rotorua
									North Harbour	28
	North Harbour	31
					12 January – Rotorua
	Tasman	24
					North Harbour	24
	12 January – Rotorua
					Southland	21
	Southland	19
	Waikato	17

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 January – Rotorua
	Manawatu	14
					12 January – Rotorua
	Auckland	19
					Manawatu	26
	12 January – Rotorua
					Canterbury	19
	Northland	26
									12 January – Rotorua
	Canterbury	0
									Manawatu	40
	12 January – Rotorua
									Bay of Plenty	17
	Taranaki	17
					12 January – Rotorua
	Bay of Plenty	12
					Bay of Plenty	21
	12 January – Rotorua
					Otago	19
	Wellington	24
	Otago	19

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 January – Rotorua
	Manawatu	14
					12 January – Rotorua
	Auckland	19
					Auckland	?
	12 January – Rotorua
					Northland	?
	Northland	26
									12 January – Rotorua
	Canterbury	0
									Auckland	19
	12 January – Rotorua
									Wellington	26
	Taranaki	17
					12 January – Rotorua
	Bay of Plenty	12
					Taranaki	5
	12 January – Rotorua
					Wellington	10
	Wellington	24
	Otago	19

External links

• Official site
• NZ Sevens Magazine