It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 2–3 April 2011 at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.

[1] The competition was won by New Zealand who defeated South Africa 28–20 in the Cup final.

The Gold Coast tournament was moved to the start of the calendar for the IRB series, opening the season in November 2011.

The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals.

[2][7] Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions.