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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has continued its dominance, claiming the opening round of the 2018 season in Hobart.

Team Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ beat Macquarie University to maintain its streak of winning every Uni 7s tournament since the competition’s inception in 2017.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s Grand Final victory followed a 21-7 loss to Macquarie in the pool stages.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ coach Reg Tayler praised his side for its resilience following its first Uni 7s defeat.

“We went down to Macquarie in our pool round, but we learnt a lot from that and it was great to come back in the final and really step it up,” Tayler said.

“We just looked at a few things defensively – we weren’t happy with a few things we did wrong.

“We’ve got some high standards in the program so we fixed that.”

Team Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s path to the gold medal match followed a Semi Final win over Griffith University (29-0), and Pool A victories over University of Tasmania (39-5), Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Melbourne (46-0) and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Adelaide (31-5).

Haj Mosby crossed for five tries across the two-day tournament, while Shenae Ciesiolka scored four five-pointers for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.

Tayler said he expected an improved showing when the competition resumes in Canberra.

“We’ve had the loss and got that monkey off our back, but we were just happy to get the job done and we’ll be looking forward to Canberra and trying to do the same thing.”

“We’ll look at our preparation, we’ll look at how our combinations work together so that we can be more effective in those pool rounds.”

Round 2 of the Uni 7s Series will be hosted by the University of Canberra from 8-9 September.

2018 Aon Uni 7s Series – Round 1 Results

Pool A:

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ dft. University of Tasmania (39-5)

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ dft. University of Tasmania (39-5)

Macquarie University dft. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (21-7)

Macquarie University dft. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (21-7)

Semi Final:

Macquarie University dft. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (21-7)

Grand Final:

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ dft. Macquarie University (19-5)

Series Standings

1. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland (20 points)
2. Macquarie University (18)
3. Griffith University (16)
4. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Sydney (14)
5. University of Canberra (12)
6. University of Tasmania (10)
7. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Adelaide (8)
8. Bond University (6)
9. University of New England (4)
10. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Melbourne (2)

Series Fixtures

Round 2 – University of Canberra, Canberra (September 8-9)

Round 3 – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Sport Athletics Centre (September 22-23)

Round 4 – Bond University, Gold Coast (October 6-7)

Round 5 – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Adelaide, Adelaide (October 20-21)

Image above left: Karen Watson/Rugby Australia

Media: Jamie Mitchell, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Sport, JamieM@uqsport.com.au, 0423 785 752; Reg Tayler, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Rugby Football Club, regtayler@uqrugbyclub.com, 0407 302 911.