The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.
The participating teams were:
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Teams
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
+/−
Pts
Fiji
3
3
0
0
83
26
+57
9
New Zealand
3
2
0
1
109
12
+97
7
France
3
1
0
2
26
88
–62
5
Spain
3
0
0
3
29
121
−92
3
Teams
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
+/−
Pts
Australia
3
3
0
0
72
17
+55
9
Samoa
3
2
0
1
67
34
+33
7
Kenya
3
1
0
2
52
55
−3
5
Tonga
3
0
0
3
19
104
−85
3
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