All tourn
naments sho
ould follow W
World Rugby Sevens Lawss Tier 1 co
ompetition 1.2 World Rugbyy Laws of thee Game, as modified All matchess will be playyed in accorddance with W
ugby. to goverrn 7‐a‐side ru
1.3 All matches will be of 15
5 minutes’ duuration, thatt is, seven miinutes each w
way with one minute for half‐time. 1.4 Teams will be b allocated into pools by means of a random draw, althouugh Event Managers M
may seeed teams if th
here is sufficcient informaation on whicch to base th
he seedings. Teams will p
play each other teeam within their pool an
nd, dependinng on the nu
umber of tea
ams within t he tournament, may mber of mattches. also playy teams from
m other pools in order to provide eacch team with an even num
1.5 Each team w
will be award
ded points w ithin their po
ool as follow
ws: a. 4 points for a win b. 2 points for a draw c. 1 bonus poin
nt for scoringg four tries oor more d. 1 bonus poin
nt for a losin
ng margin of 7 points or less 1.6 If on compleetion of the pool matchees two or more teams h
have the sam
me number o
of points, precedeence shall be determined on the folloowing basis: a. e the higher standing; The team orr teams with the most wiins shall have
b. If still unresolved, the team or teeams with the t
highest points diffeerence (that is, the difference between points score
ed and pointss conceded) shall have th
he higher staanding; c. If still unressolved, the team t
or teaams which scored s
the most m
tries shhall have th
he higher standingg; d. olved, then h
head‐to‐headd results willl determine tthe higher sttanding; If still unreso
e. If still unreso
olved, the to
oss of a coin w
will determine the highe
er standing. 1.7 If scores aree equal at th
he end of a qquarter‐finall or semi‐final, the winnner shall be tthe team which sccored the most tries. If sstill unresolvved, the winner shall be the team w
which scored the first try. If no
o tries have b
been scored,, the winner shall be dete
ermined by tthe toss of a coin. 1.8 If scores aree equal at th
he end of thhe final, extra‐time shall be played cconsisting in the first instancee of two halvves of five minutes m
eachh. The first team t
to score a point inn extra‐time shall be deemed
d the winner. In the even
nt that neith er team has scored with
hin this first pperiod of exxtra‐time, an addittional period
d shall be played and sha ll continue u
until one team
m scores. 1.9 A team mayy replace a player for the purposes off injury or substitution onn a rolling ba
asis. 1.10 A team whicch is unable to field seveen players and five reserves in any ggiven match because of injuryy or illness m
may “borrow”” players from
m another te
eam, on cond
dition that: a. The other teeam has already been eli minated from the tourna
ament; b. The permisssion of the Evvent Manageer has been ssecured; c. A team’s reegistered players must bbe selected to t play ahea
ad of any “bborrowed” player, p
as long as tthey are fit to do so; Any player w
d. who has bee
en replaced by a “borrow
wed” player may take nno further pa
art in the tournam
ment; Once a playeer has been “borrowed” by a team, h
e. he may not b
be “borrowedd” by anothe
er team; f. Only players who have been registered to play in the tournament as part of a team may be “borrowed” by another team. 1.11 A yellow‐card offence will result in a player spending two minutes in the sin bin.