The Macquarie Uni Rays have claimed their first Uni 7s title in Canberra after a win over Griffith Uni in the final.
This is the first time that a side other than UQ has won a Uni 7s title since the competition's inception in 2017.
Macquarie Uni is now on top of the leader board, ahead of UQ and Griffith Uni.
Here’s how the day unfolded.
See how day one unfolded here.
For full scores and live ladder, click here.
3:10 pm - Macquarie take out their maiden title
Macquarie Uni has taken out the Canberra Uni 7s leg with a shutout 26-0 win over Griffith University in the gold medal match.
The Sydneysiders fell just short in Hobart but they took their opportunity second time around and became the first team outside of UQ to walk away with a Uni 7s gold medal since the competition began.
The Rays were given an opportunity to pile on the points when Wallaroo and key Griffith player Samantha Treherne landed herself in the sin bin and they made the most of it.
Montana Walters scored the first two tries in the gold medal match, helping her Rays side to 12 - 0 at half time.
The Rays had to knock out UQ in the semi-final and have proven they will continue to be a team to beat going into the third leg of the Aon Uni 7s at the Uni of Queensland in two weeks’ time.
RESULT
Macquarie Uni 26 vs Griffith University 0
2:35 pm - Minor placings
Bond Uni may have upended UQ’s undefeated streak in round five this morning, but it was the Brisbane uni that had the last laugh in the bronze medal match on Sunday.
The bronze game was the first that UQ had featured in after winning every other tournament on offer and they made sure they still took a medal in a 29 – 5 win.
UNE and UC were stuck in a 10 -10 stalemate from half time that continued throughout the second half of the fifth-place playoff before UC clinched a nailbiting victory after full-time.
Kasey Dragisic sealed the fifth-place win for the home side when she scored a runaway try in extra time against UNE.
A hat trick from Uni of Adelaide’s Alice Gregory wasn’t enough to edge out UTas, who took out seventh place by two points 22-20, in a near carbon copy of their pool match that Tasmania took out 24-22.
It was a battle of the newcomers as Sydney Uni took on Melbourne Uni for ninth place and it was Sydney who finished on a high.
Sydney Uni had a 21-point lead by half time and continued to pile on the points taking ninth-place 31-0.
Results
Bronze medal match
University of Queensland 29 vs Bond University 5
Fifth place playoff
UNE 10 vs University of Canberra 15
Seventh place playoff
University of Adelaide 20 vs University of Tasmania 22
Ninth place playoff
University of Sydney 31 vs University of Melbourne 0
12:30 pm - Semi-finals
For the first time in Uni 7s history, UQ will not be in the Grand Final after the Macquarie Rays caused a massive upset in their semi-final match up.
The two sides last met up in the Tasmanian gold medal match, where the UQ left the Rays tryless but the Rays were straight off the bat to score with the defending champions immediately answering back a minute later.
The two sides wrestled for dominance in a thrilling neck in neck battle, but Emily Chancellor’s double for Macquarie Uni sealed her team’s path to the gold medal playoff.
Griffith have been undefeated in their Canberra campaign going into their semi-final against fellow Queenslanders Bond Uni.
Samantha Treherne scored a hat trick for Griffith which pushed her team into the gold medal match against Macquarie Uni.
Bond Uni caused an unexpected upset in round five when they beat UQ, and now the two sides will meet up for a second time in the bronze medal playoff.
Uni of Adelaide and UNE were evenly matched headed into the 5th place qualifying final, the two teams in a 12 -12 stalemate at half time.
Maya Stewart and Tahlia Goldsmith scored doubles for UNE making their way into the fifth place final against home side University of Canberra.
Home side UC played their first match of day two and quickly set the tone for UTas when Yasmine Meakes gave UC a convincing lead after she scored a runaway try straight up the middle and under the post.
UTas were left try less by UC 31 - 0 and will come up against the Uni of Adelaide for seventh place playoff.
Results
RESULTS
UNE 24 vs Uni of Adelaide 12
UTas 0 vs UC 31
Major semis
UQ 19 vs Macquarie Uni 26
Griffith 19 vs Bond 5
10:30 am - Round five
Sunday morning's final pool matches were characterised by surprises with a host of upsets to end the regular rounds.
Bond Uni caught the undefeated UQ off guard when they unexpectedly crept ahead by one point to inflict just their second loss in Uni 7s history.
The win wasn't enough to push UQ off the top of Pool A but it certainly injected a heap of confidence into the Gold Coast side as they prepare to take on fellow Queenslanders Griffith in the playoffs.
Sydney Uni fell short of UNE in a 27-5 loss in their match, putting UNE in the major semis.
UNE dominated in their matchup leading 12 - 0 at half time against Sydney Uni and ran away with it into the end.
Uni of Adelaide went into their last Pool B match against undefeated Griffith, having only won one match on day one in Canberra but they came out fighting against the heavywieghts.
Uni of Adelaide’s Alice Gregory scored an incredible runaway try but Griffith proved exactly why they’re on top, piling 29 points on the South Australians.
UTas and Macquarie Uni both went into round five vying for the second spot in Pool B and it was the Rays who came out on top 44-5.
Macquarie Rays’ Emily Chancellor, Sariah Pakii and Maddison Ashby all scored doubles for their side and rocketed them towards the playoffs.
Results
Pool A
Bond Uni 15 - UQ 14
Sydney Uni 5 - UNE 27
Pool B
Griffith Uni 36 - Uni of Adelaide 7
Macquarie 44 - UTas 5
LADDER
Pool A
1. UQ
2. Bond Uni
3. UNE
4. UC
5. Sydney Uni
Pool B
1. Griffith
2. Macquarie Uni
3.UTas
4. Uni of Adelaide
5. Melbourne Uni
FIXTURES
Sunday September 9
Place playoffs
Ninth place playoff
1pm - University of Sydney vs University of Melbourne
Seventh place playoff
1:25pm - University of Adelaide vs University of Tasmania
Fifth place playoff
1:50pm - UNE vs University of Canberra
Bronze medal match
2:15pm - University of Queensland vs Bond University
Gold medal match
2:40pm - Macquarie Uni vs Griffith University
SQUADS
University of Canberra
IN: Georgia O’Neill, Tayla Stanford, Kasey Dragisic
OUT: Bree Toze, Darcy Read, Regan Hart
Sammie Wood
Michaela Leonard
Abby Gustaitis
Jane Garraway
Yasmin Meakes
Paremo Marsh
Ngawai Eyles
Georgia O’Neill
Tania Afamasaga
Tayla Stanford
Claudia Obst
Kasey Dragisic
Griffith University
IN: Kiri Lingman, Samantha Treherne, Eliza Flynn, Yolanda Gittins
OUT: Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea, Ellen Field, Katie Curtis, Kahli Henwood
Lilly Dick
Charlotte Kennington
Kiri Lingman
Samantha Treherne
Laura Waldie
Georgie Friedrichs
Ivania Wong
Kirby Sefo
Eliza Flynn
Sophie Bell
Sophie Quirk
Yolanda Gittins
UQ
IN: Gemma Hauck
OUT: Erica Fowler
Marioulla Belessis (vc)
Shenae Ciesiolka
Gemma Hauck
Georgia Hannaway
Samantha Hopkins
Jannicke lJdens (c)
Grace Kaihau
Pleuni Kievit
Hagiga (Haj) Mosby
Mackenzie Sadler (vc)
Bodil Van Wijnbergen
Sarafina Vosuqa
Terri-Anne Egan (13th)
University of Sydney
IN: Kirrily Laws, Claudia McLaren, Anneliese Hughes
OUT: Kobe Dymock, Claudia Bell
Olivia White
Chantelle Miell
Matilda Vaughan Fowler
Sydney Gregson
Ashleigh Quinlan
Jakiya Whitfeld
Emma Wade
Jordan Parsonage
Barbara Waddell
Kirrily Laws
Freya Clayhills
Claudia McLaren
Anneliese Hughes
Uni of Melbourne
IN: Emma Wunsch, Jessica Roberts, Amy Williams
OUT: Danielle Crosswell, Emily Wellings, Tamara Whiteside
Jordan Holloway Clarke
Casey Homewood
Jessica Anderson
Lydia Quedley Turua
Tangata Tupou
Ryan Carlyle
Sophia Power
Emma Wunsch
Sophie McDonald
Jessica Roberts
Annie Buntine
Amy Williams
Macquarie Uni
IN: Emily Chancellor
OUT: Katalina Amosa
Sariah Pakii
Kennedy Cherrington
Bella McKenzie
Maddi Anderson ©
Emily Chancellor ©
Layne Morgan
Page McGregor
Madison Ashby
Olivia Brooks
Katie Harrison
Montana Walters
Mia Wood
Bond Uni
IN: Mille Boyle, Madi Schuck, Tarni Peep
OUT: Lauren Brown (leg), Katie Grimmett, Bailey Marshall
Jess Elliston ©
Millie Boyle
Georgia Page
Sophie Holyman
Gabby Senft
Kathy Baker
Madi Schuck
Trinity Mamoe
Eve Higgins
Taylor Fenton
Tarni Peep
Stephanie Rutherford
Uni of Adelaide
IN: Joanna Hawke, Cindy Chang
OUT: Zakiya Kereopa, Maddy Smith, Rebekah Jones
Ellie Konopka ©
Maddy Smith
Alice Gregory
Olivia Bernadel-Huey
Kelly Rowe
Joanna Hawke
Lauren Kildare
Taj Heald
Lauren Potter ©
Gemma Monaghan
Cindy Chang
Zahn Anthony
UNE
IN: Emily Adams Tenayah Woodward, Lauren Wilson
OUT: Cassie Staples, Ashleigh Walker, Ella Goldsmith
Ashlee Knight
Isabella Tisch-Lienert
Lily Mason-Spice
Maya Stewart
Bobbi Law
Tahlia Goldsmith
Rhiannon Byers
Shana Povey-Hyatt
Emily Adams
Tenayah Woodward
Lauren Nott
Leah Wilson
University of Tasmania
IN: Sydnee Watanabe
OUT: Alice Robinson
Molly Baxter
Eilidh Sinclair
Caitlin Ryan
Lauryn Cooper
Emma Sykes
Kiki Morgan
Georgia Stewart
Sydnee Watanabe
Meesa Albert
Michaelyne Arumbi
Vivvi Kokkinen
Wyonnay Conway
