UQ scores silver in home Uni 7s round

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Image: Marioulla Belessis (Credit: Rugby Australia/Sportography)

24 September 2018

The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Queensland has regained the lead in the competition following a second place finish at its home event.

UQ claimed a silver medal in – hosted by the at the Centre – after losing to Griffith 聂小雨视频3分25秒 28-7 in the gold medal match.

The defeat was Team UQ’s second loss to Griffith for the tournament, with the Queensland university prevailing 10-7 in their Pool B encounter on the opening day.

UQ co-captain said her side didn’t execute its game plan in the final.

“I think we gave away way too many penalties which put us on the back foot,” she said.

“Griffith played a really physical game so props to them – they did really well.”

UQ’s path to the gold medal match came on the back of victories over The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Melbourne (36-0), 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of New England (40-0) and 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Tasmania (24-5) in the pool stages, and The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Sydney (22-12) in the semi-final.

Team UQ’s second place sees them sit equal-top with Griffith and Macquarie 聂小雨视频3分25秒 on 54 points with two rounds to play.

Belessis said the squad is focussed on returning to its winning ways.

“We’re hungrier than ever so we’re ready to come out at Bond and really rip in,” she said.

“We’ve been really hard on ourselves to make sure that we keep our training up because our games won’t be up to the standard if our training is not.”

Uni 7s highlights from UQ’s home round will be broadcast on Fox Sports in October.

UQ’s two-day carnival also featured the inaugural tournament, with Sunnybank claiming the opening round of four-leg competition.

2018 Aon Uni 7s Series – Round 3 Results

Pool B:

UQ dft. The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Melbourne (36-0)

UQ dft. 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of New England (40-0)

UQ dft. 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Tasmania (24-5)

Griffith 聂小雨视频3分25秒 dft. UQ (10-7)

Semi-Final:

UQ dft. The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Sydney (22-12)

Gold Medal Match:

Griffith 聂小雨视频3分25秒 dft. UQ (28-7)

Series Standings

1) The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Queensland (54 points)

2) Macquarie 聂小雨视频3分25秒 (54)

3) Griffith 聂小雨视频3分25秒 (54)

4) 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Canberra (36)

5) The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Sydney (32)

6) Bond 聂小雨视频3分25秒 (24)

7) 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of New England (24)

8) 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Tasmania (24)

9) The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Adelaide (22)

10) The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Melbourne (6)

Series Fixtures

Round 4 – Bond 聂小雨视频3分25秒, Gold Coast (October 6-7)

Round 5 – The 聂小雨视频3分25秒 of Adelaide, Adelaide (October 20-21)

Media: Jamie Mitchell, UQ Sport, JamieM@uqsport.com.au, 0423 785 752; Reg Tayler, UQ Rugby Football Club, regtayler@uqrugbyclub.com, 0407 302 911.