2013 Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations

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| name = Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations

| sport = Wheelchair rugby

| year = 2013

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| location = St Mary’s Cathedral Square, Sydney

| start_date = 18 September

| end_date = 20 September 2013

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| champions = {{flagicon|USA}} United States

| runners-up1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

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The Be the Influence Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations is a wheelchair rugby tournament that took place on 18–20 September 2013 at St Mary’s Cathedral Square, Sydney. Three nations competed in the tournament, they were the United States of America, New Zealand and Australia. The USA won the tournament by defeating Australia in the final.{{cite web|title=USA crowned Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations champions|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/usa-crowned-wheelchair-rugby-tri-nations-champions|accessdate=7 October 2013}}

Tournament

=Preliminary round=

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|date = 18 September 2013

|time= 10:45

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|USA|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|score = 56 – 43{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/usa-too-strong-australia-tri-nations-opener|title=USA too strong for Australia in Tri-Nations opener|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115165617/https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/usa-too-strong-australia-tri-nations-opener|archive-date=15 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

|goals1 = Chuck Aoki 16
Joe Delagrave 14
Derrick Helton 10
Josh Wheeler 7
Chuck Melton 3
Eric Newby 3
Ernie Churn 1
Andy Cohn 1
Eric Chase 1

|goals2 =Ryley Batt 22
Chris Bond 13
Curtis Palmer 3
Cameron Carr 1
Josh Hose 1
Andrew Harrison 1
Jason Lees 1
Andrew Harrison 1

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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|date = 18 September 2013

|time= 17:30

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|NZL|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|USA|2012 Summer}}

|score = 40 – 58

|goals2 = Chuck Aoki 10
Eric Newby 10
Joe Delagrave 9
Derrick Helton 8
Ernie Chun 6
Chuck Melton 5
Andy Cohn 5
Josh Wheeler 4
Eric Chase 1

|goals1 = Barney Konerferisi 15
Dan Buckingham 12
Cameron Leslie 7
Clayton Utia 2
Rob Hewitt 2
Sholto Taylor 2

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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|date = 18 September 2013

|time= 19:30

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|NZL|2012 Summer}}

|score = 62 – 48{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/aussie-steelers-earn-their-first-win-tri-nations|title=Aussie Steelers earn their first win of Tri-Nations|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921021428/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/aussie-steelers-earn-their-first-win-tri-nations|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

|goals1 = Ryley Batt 28
Chris Bond 16
Andrew Harrison 4
Cameron Carr 3
Jason Lees 2
Josh Hose 2
Curtis Palmer 1

|goals2 = Barney Konerferisi 24
Dan Buckingham 10
Cameron Leslie 8
Sholto Taylor 3
Rob Hewitt 3

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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|date = 19 September 2013

|time= 12:30

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|NZL|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|score = 41 – 57{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-down-nz-day-two-tri-nations|title=Australia down NZ on day two of the Tri-Nations|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115165542/https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-down-nz-day-two-tri-nations|archive-date=15 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

|goals2 = Ryley Batt 30
Chris Bond 14
Curtis Palmer 6

|goals1 = Cameron Leslie 15
Dan Buckingham 10
Barney Konerferisi 9

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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|date = 19 September 2013

|time= 17:30

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|USA|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|NZL|2012 Summer}}

|score = 62 – 36

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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|date = 19 September 2013

|time= 19:30

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|USA|2012 Summer}}

|score = 64 – 53{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/steelers-back-track-tri-nations-glory|title=Steelers back on track for Tri-Nations glory|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115082545/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/steelers-back-track-tri-nations-glory|archive-date=15 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

|goals1 = Ryley Batt 39
Chris Bond 25

|goals2 = Chuck Aoki 27
Derrick Helton 12
Joe Delagrave 9
Chuck Melton 3
Josh Wheeler 2

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

}}

=Semifinal=

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|date = 20 September 2013

|time= 12:00

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|NZL|2012 Summer}}

|score = 62 – 45

|goals1 = Ryley Batt 22
Chris Bond 22
Palmer 5
Josh Hose 4
Andrew Harrison 4
Cameron Carr 4
Jason Lees 1

|goals2 = Sholto Taylor 11
Dan Buckingham 11
Barney Konerferisi 11
Cameron Leslie 8
Adam Wakeford 1
Rob Hewitt 1
Chris Lay 1

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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=Final=

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|date = 20 September 2013

|time= 17:00

|team1 = {{flagIPC-rt|AUS|2012 Summer}}

|team2 = {{flagIPC|USA|2012 Summer}}

|score = 54 – 58

|goals1 = Ryley Batt 40
Chris Bond 14

|goals2 = Chuck Aoki 26
Joe Delagrave 21
Derrick Helton 5
Chuck Melton 3
Josh Wheeler 3

|stadium = St Mary's Cathedral Square

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