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New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament Current season or competition:
2009 Pub Charity Sevens
Sport Rugby union Founded 1975 No. of teams 16 Country(ies) New Zealand
Most recent champion(s) North Harbour
The New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament (for sponsorship reasons also known as the Pub Charity NZ Rugby Sevens tournament) is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in Queenstown, New Zealand. Each year it features the best sixteen teams in the country competing over two days.
The tournament is promoted by Sevens with Altitude, working in association with the Otago Rugby Football Union and the New Zealand Rugby Union.
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History
The New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament was first held in 1975 in Auckland, where Marlborough were the very first champions. Since then the tournament has been held every year (except 1987, 1988, and 2003) and held at various venues. The tournament has been held in Queenstown since 2004, before this Palmerston North hosted the event.[1]
2009 is the first tournament where the entire event has been screened live by Sky TV.[2]
The event also serves as an opportunity for players to be selected for the New Zealand Sevens side, as the squad is selected shortly after the event.[3]
Format
The sixteen teams are divided into four pools. On day one each team plays the other three teams in its pool. The top two teams from each pool qualify for the championship playoffs while the bottom two enter the bowl competition.
Venue
The tournament was first held in Auckland in 1975. Since then it has been held at Christchurch, Blenheim, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Feilding, Pukekohe, Rotorua and since 2004 it has been held at the Queenstown Recreation Ground, which is usually the home of the Wakatipu Rugby Club.
Participants
The following teams have participated in the tournament:
Province Appearances Championships 2009 Placing Auckland 2005-2009 2005,2006,2007,2008 Bay of Plenty 2006,2008-2009 Buller 2006 Canterbury 2006,2008-2009 Counties Manukau 2006,2008-2009 Hawke's Bay 2006,2008-2009 Horowhenua-Kapiti 2008-2009 Manawatu 2006,2008-2009 North Harbour 2004,2006,2008-2009 2004, 2009 North Otago 2005 Northland 2008-2009 Otago 2004-2009 Otago Country 2007, 2009 South Canterbury 2006 Southland 2006,2008-2009 Taranaki 2006,2008-2009 Tasman 2008 Waikato 2006,2008-2009 Wellington 2006,2008-2009 West Coast 2006,2008-2009 Past winners
1975-2003
Year Champion Venue 1975 Marlborough
Auckland 1976 Marlborough
Christchurch 1977 Manawatu
Blenheim 1978 Manawatu
Hamilton 1979 Manawatu
Palmerston North 1980 Auckland
Palmerston North 1981 Taranaki
Palmerston North 1982 Taranaki
Feilding 1983 Auckland
Feilding 1984 Auckland
Feilding 1985 Counties
Feilding 1986 North Harbour
Feilding 1987 1988 1989 North Harbour
Christchurch 1990 Auckland
Pukekohe 1991 Auckland
Palmerston North 1992 North Harbour
Palmerston North 1993 Canterbury
Palmerston North 1994 Counties
Palmerston North 1995 Counties
Palmerston North 1996 Waikato
Palmerston North 1997 Waikato
Rotorua 1998 Waikato
Rotorua 1999 North Harbour
Palmerston North 2000 North Harbour
Palmerston North 2001 North Harbour
Palmerston North 2002 Wellington
Palmerston North 2003 NO EVENT NO EVENT 2004-2011
References and external links
References
- ^ Queenstown shaping up for sevens fest The Southland Times, 9 January 2008
- ^ Pub Charity Sevens to kick off the 2008 rugby year Sky Sport
- ^ "NZ rugby sevens in Queenstown". One Sport. 13 January 2006. http://tvnz.co.nz/content/648951. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
External links
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