The 2003 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the fifth year that the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament was held and was the first year that teams from Africa (Kenya, Morocco and the Arabian Gulf) and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and the Cook Islands) participated. Kenya defeated Portugal 16 points to 12 in the Cup final, with Arabian Gulf winning the Bowl and host nation, Sri Lanka, winning the Plate.

First round Key to colours in group tablesTeams advanced to the Cup quarter-finalTeams advanced to the Plate semi-finalTeams advanced to the Bowl semi-final

Pool A

12–0 Arabian Gulf 31–7 Arabian Gulf 40–0 Centurions 21–12 Centurions 42–0 Arabian Gulf Centurions 47–0

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| Centurions |3||3||0||0||110||12||+98||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||83||28||+55||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||12||87||−75||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| Arabian Gulf |3||0||0||3||7||85||−78||3

Pool B

38–7 62–0 33–5 31–19 38–7 52–0

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||121||26||+95||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||114||36||+78||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||50||78||−28||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||7||152||−145||3

Pool C

54–0 59–0 35–0 28–14 45–0 12–10

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||85||24||+61||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||108||28||+80||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||64||47||+17||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||0||158||−158||3

Pool D

31–5 Potoroos 19–7 Potoroos 21–14 35–7 26–19 Potoroos 12–7

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||73||33||+40||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| Potoroos |3||2||0||1||59||47||+12||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||45||59||−14||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||26||64||−38||3

Second round Bowl

Plate

Cup

References