It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane over the weekend of the 2 and 3 March 2002.

[1] The tournament was the second completed edition of the Australian Sevens, and was won by Australia who defeated New Zealand 28-0 in the Cup final.

The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets.

[2] The participating teams were:[1] Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis.

[1][3] Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions.