IRB Oceania Sevens Championship 2010 - The Oceania Sevens Championship featured 8 rugby teams from Samoa, Australia, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Tahiti. The competition was held at Austar Park in Darwin, Australia 1 - 2 October.

1. STATISTICAL REVIEW AND MATCH ANALYSIS
OCEANIA SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIP
DARWIN 2010

2. IRB GAME ANALYSIS – OCEANIA SEVENS 2010
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Background
IRB Oceania Sevens Championship 2010 - The Oceania Sevens Championship
featured 8 rugby teams from Samoa, Australia, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Cook
Islands, Vanuatu and Tahiti. The competition was held at Austar Park in Darwin,
Australia 1 - 2 October.
Final Standings and Results
Final Australia 34 Samoa 12
3rd
/4th
Playoff Tonga 12 Papua New Guinea 7
5th
/6th
Playoff Cook Islands 15 Niue 5
7th
/8th
Playoff Tahiti 19 Vanuatu 7

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Teams and Tries
This section summarises the number of tries scored and conceded by each during the
competition.
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AUS SAM TON PNG COOK NIUE TAH VAN
N
U
M
B
E
R
O
F
E
V
E
N
T
S
TRIES SCORED
TRIES CONCEDED
Tries Scored Tries Conceded
Australia 1 try / 1.6 mins 1 try / 9.2 mins
Samoa 1 try / 1.8 mins 1 try / 5.5 mins
Tonga 1 try / 2 mins 1 try / 4.2 mins
Papua New Guinea 1 try / 2.3 mins 1 try / 3 mins
Cook Islands 1 try / 2. 5 mins 1 try / 3 mins
Niue 1 try / 3 mins 1 try / 2.5 mins
Tahiti 1 try / 10.5 mins 1 try / 1.2 mins
Vanuatu 1 try / 8.4 mins 1 try / 1.1 mins

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Origin of Tries
This section examines the origin of the phase of attack that resulted in a try.
The width and length were coded along with how the phase of attack started and how
ties were scored for teams ranked 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8.
DEFENCE DEFENCE ATTACK ATTACK
(22-0m) (22-50m) (22-50m) (22-0m)
LH
(SIDE-15M)
LH
(15M-POST)
BETWEEN
POSTS
RH
(15M-POST
RH
(SIDE-15M)
Defence Attack
How the attack started:
• Turnover
• Kick
• Scrum
• Lineout
• Breakdown (ruck / maul)
• Penalty / tap-kick

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How tries were scored: describes primary try scoring method
• Kick-chase (try scorer received the ball from a kick)
• Overlap (attack created an overlap and passed the ball to unmarked player)
• Outrun (attacking ball carrier received the ball in space and outran defence)
• Offload in tackle (attack offloaded the ball in tackle to try scorer)
• Evasive skills (try scorer used evasive skills to outmanoeuvre the defence)
• Contact skills (try scorer broke free from attempted tackle)
Team Ranking
1. Australia (AUS)
2. Samoa (SAM)
3. Tonga (TON)
4. Papua New Gunea (PNG)
5. Cook Islands (COOK)
6. Niue (NIUE)
7. Tahitii (TAH)
8. Vanuatu (VAN)
Game analysis grouped team ranking:
• Team 1-2 (Australia and Samoa)
• Team 3-4 (Tonga and Papua New Guinea)
• Team 5-6 (Cook Islands and Niue)
• Team 7-8 (Tahiti and Vanuatu)

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Tries Scored: start of phase
• Breakdown most common start of phase play resulting in a try
• Team 7-8 tended to score tries from a turnover
• Even distribution of width for the start phase resulting in a try
• Teams 1-2 displayed highest percentage of tries scored from attacking 22m
• Teams 7-8 scored the highest percentage of tries from attacking 22 – 50m
How the phase started that resulted in a try scored
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TURNOVER KICK SCRUM LINEOUT BREAKDOWN PENALTY/TAP-KICK
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - HOW THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Field position: width of starting phase resulting in a try scored
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5
10
15
20
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30
35
40
45
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: length of starting phase resulting in a try scored
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10
20
30
40
50
60
ATTACK(22-0M) ATTACK(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-0M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - FILED POSITION (LENGTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Tries Conceded: start of phase
• Team 1-2 concede few tries from set piece (scrums / lineouts)
• Teams 1-2 and 3-4 concede larger percentage of tries from turnovers
• Team 1-2 concede most tries through left side of field
• Team 5-6 and 7-8 concede most tries through right hand wing
• Team 1-2 concede a high percentage of tries from within the opposing
team’s own half (long-range tries)
• Team 7-8 concede a large number of tries from within the attacking team’s
50 – 22m zone.
How the phase started that resulted in a try conceded
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30
40
50
60
70
TURNOVER KICK SCRUM LINEOUT BREAKDOWN PENALTY/TAP-KICK
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - HOW THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Field position: width of starting phase resulting in a try conceded
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: length of starting phase resulting in a try conceded
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
ATTACK(22-0M) ATTACK(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-0M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - FIELD POSITION (LENGTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) STARTED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Tries Scored
• Team 1-2 have a consistent try scoring pattern
• Team 7-8 score a large number of tries during the 1st
quarter and few tries
during the 4th
quarter of the game
• Team 1-2 rely on evasive skills and overlaps to score tries
• Team 7-8 display a high number of kick-chase tries
• All teams except 1-2 tend to rely on tries scored through the attacking player
outrunning the defence
• All teams attempt to score tries between the posts (easier conversion)
When tries were scored
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50
1ST QUARTER 2ND QUARTER 3RD QUARTER 4TH QUARTER
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - TIME OF TRY SCORING
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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How tries were scored
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KICK-CHASE OVERLAP OUTRUN OFFLOAD IN TACKLE EVASION SKILLS CONTACT SKILLS
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - MEANS OF TRY SCORING
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: width of tries scored
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) WAS SCORED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Tries Conceded
• Team 1-2 concede tries commonly in the 1st
and 4th
quarters
• Team 3-4 concede tries commonly in the 2nd
quarter
• Team 5-6 concede tries commonly in the 1st
and 4th
quarters
• Even distribution of how team 1-2 concede tries (kick-chase, overlap, outrun
and offload)
• Team 3-4 and 5-6 high percent tries conceded through outrunning
• Team 5-6 and 7-8 high percent tries conceded through evasive skills
When tries were conceded
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1ST QUARTER 2ND QUARTER 3RD QUARTER 4TH QUARTER
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - TIME OF TRY SCORING
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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How tries were conceded
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KICK-CHASE OVERLAP OUTRUN OFFLOAD IN TACKLE EVASION SKILLS CONTACT SKILLS
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - MEANS OF TRY SCORING
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: width of tries conceded
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE TRY (PHASE) WAS SCORED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Critical moment that resulted in tries scored: Critical moment describes an instance
occurring during the attacking phase of play that determined a try would be scored.
• Team 1-2 high percent critical moments in attacking 22m
• Team 7-8 high percent critical moment in attacking 22-50m
Field position: width of critical moment resulting in a try scored
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5
10
15
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25
30
35
40
45
50
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE CRITICAL MOMENT OF THE TRY (PHASE) OCCURED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: length of critical moment resulting in a try scored
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
ATTACK(22-0M) ATTACK(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-0M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES SCORED - FIELD POSITION (LENGTH) WHERE THE CRITICAL MOMENT OF THE TRY (PHASE) OCCURED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Tries Conceded
• Most critical moments on left-hand side of the field
• Team 1-2 high percent of critical moments on left-hand midfield (15m-post)
Field position: width of critical moment resulting in a try scored
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
RH(SIDELINE-15M) RH (15M-POST) BETWEEN POSTS LH(15M-POST) LH(SIDELINE-15M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - FIELD POSITION (WIDTH) WHERE THE CRITICAL MOMENT OF THE TRY (PHASE) OCCURED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8
Field position: length of critical moment resulting in a try scored
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
ATTACK(22-0M) ATTACK(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-50M) DEFENCE(22-0M)
PERCENTOCCURENCE
TRIES CONCEDED - FIELD POSITION (LENGTH) WHERE THE CRITICAL MOMENT OF THE TRY (PHASE) OCCURED
TEAM 1-2
TEAM 3-4
TEAM 5-6
TEAM 7-8

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Instances coded for each try scored
TEAM RANK PHASE START TRY SCORED CRITICAL MOMENT
SCORE CONCEDE WIDTH LENGTH HOW WIDTH HOW TIME (QTR) WIDTH LENGTH
1 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 1
1 2 5 2 4 1 3 4 1 1
1 2 4 2 4 1 1 3 2 2
1 2 4 2 4 5 1 3 4 2
1 2 4 3 2 5 0 3 4 3
1 3 4 1 0 4 5 1 4 1
1 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 2 1
1 3 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 1
1 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 2 1
1 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 5 2
1 3 4 3 0 3 2 2 4 3
1 3 1 3 4 5 0 2 5 3
1 5 1 1 5 1 5 3 1 1
1 5 3 1 4 4 1 4 4 1
1 5 1 3 4 3 4 2 3 3
1 7 1 1 3 4 3 1 4 1
1 7 1 1 3 4 2 1 3 1
1 7 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 2
1 7 1 2 1 3 5 2 4 2
1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 2
1 7 4 2 0 5 3 3 5 2
1 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 2
1 7 1 2 4 5 1 4 4 2
1 7 2 1 2 4 0 4 4 2
1 8 1 2 4 2 5 1 2 1
1 8 1 1 4 5 1 2 4 1
1 8 3 2 4 2 4 3 1 1
1 8 5 2 4 4 3 3 5 1
1 8 5 1 5 1 1 4 2 1
1 8 5 3 4 3 2 1 1 2
1 8 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 2
1 8 2 3 4 3 5 2 5 3
1 8 3 4 4 5 5 3 3 4
2 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 1
2 1 2 2 0 3 4 4 5 1
2 4 5 2 4 2 1 1 1 1
2 4 2 2 4 1 1 2 4 1

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2 4 5 1 4 3 4 3 3 1
2 4 5 1 0 5 2 4 5 1
2 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 2
2 4 4 2 0 4 2 4 4 2
2 4 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 3
2 6 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1
2 6 1 2 4 3 3 2 4 1
2 6 1 1 4 4 5 4 3 1
2 6 2 2 4 4 0 4 2 2
2 6 1 4 4 3 3 1 4 3
2 7 5 2 0 5 4 1 5 1
2 7 3 1 2 5 2 2 4 1
2 7 4 1 2 3 1 3 2 1
2 7 3 3 2 5 2 1 5 2
2 7 5 3 4 3 1 3 4 2
2 7 1 2 4 3 4 3 3 2
2 7 1 2 3 1 5 3 1 2
2 7 4 3 0 5 1 4 4 3
2 8 2 1 4 2 4 1 1 1
2 8 1 1 5 3 1 2 3 1
2 8 2 2 4 5 3 4 5 1
2 8 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 2
2 8 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 2
2 8 5 3 5 5 4 3 5 2
2 8 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2
2 8 1 3 1 3 3 3 1 3
2 8 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
3 1 4 1 4 3 5 1 3 1
3 1 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3
3 1 5 3 1 2 5 1 5 3
3 4 3 1 2 2 5 2 2 1
3 4 1 1 2 1 5 4 1 1
3 5 1 2 4 5 2 1 5 1
3 5 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 2
3 5 5 2 4 1 2 4 2 2
3 5 2 3 2 4 2 3 5 3
3 6 4 1 5 4 5 1 4 1
3 6 3 1 4 2 1 2 2 1
3 6 2 2 4 1 2 3 3 2
3 6 1 4 0 1 2 4 1 4
3 8 2 2 2 4 3 1 5 1

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3 8 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 1
3 8 5 1 5 4 5 2 4 1
3 8 2 2 5 3 3 4 4 1
3 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1
3 8 1 2 3 3 2 1 5 2
3 8 5 2 2 1 2 3 2 2
3 8 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 2
4 2 1 2 0 5 1 4 2 2
4 2 1 4 5 3 0 2 4 3
4 2 5 4 5 3 2 2 1 4
4 3 5 3 0 4 2 3 5 3
4 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 5 2
4 5 5 4 1 3 2 1 5 3
4 5 5 3 3 3 0 1 5 3
4 6 2 1 4 2 3 2 2 1
4 6 4 2 5 3 4 1 1 2
4 6 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 2
4 6 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 2
4 6 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 3
4 7 5 1 3 2 4 4 1 1
4 7 3 3 4 1 2 1 1 2
4 7 1 2 2 3 4 2 4 2
4 7 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 2
4 7 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 2
4 7 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 3
5 1 4 4 5 4 0 1 4 3
5 3 1 3 2 3 0 2 3 2
5 3 5 3 4 3 0 2 3 2
5 4 5 1 4 1 1 1 5 1
5 4 1 2 2 5 4 4 3 1
5 4 1 2 4 2 4 2 2 2
5 6 5 2 4 2 2 2 3 1
5 6 5 2 3 1 3 3 1 1
5 6 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 1
5 8 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 1
5 8 5 1 0 5 5 3 5 1
5 8 1 2 3 3 5 2 5 2
5 8 5 1 4 3 4 1 3 2
5 8 1 3 5 3 2 3 5 2
5 8 5 3 4 3 4 3 5 3
5 8 1 4 0 3 1 2 5 3

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5 8 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 3
6 2 3 3 2 5 2 2 3 4
6 4 5 1 3 4 2 4 5 1
6 4 1 4 1 2 2 4 2 3
6 5 1 3 4 5 0 1 4 3
6 7 2 2 5 4 4 3 2 1
6 7 4 1 4 4 3 1 3 1
6 7 5 2 2 1 3 2 1 1
6 7 5 2 4 1 2 1 4 2
6 7 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
6 7 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 2
6 7 5 3 2 5 2 1 4 2
6 7 1 2 0 1 2 4 4 2
6 7 5 3 0 3 4 3 5 3
6 7 2 3 1 5 2 4 5 3
7 6 5 2 4 4 0 3 4 2
7 8 4 1 4 3 5 2 3 1
7 8 1 2 3 3 5 1 3 2
7 8 3 2 4 1 5 3 1 2
8 2 4 3 0 3 2 1 4 3
8 5 5 2 0 4 2 1 5 2
8 5 1 2 4 4 0 4 4 2
8 5 1 3 0 4 2 2 4 2
8 7 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 3