2018 New Zealand Sevens

The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton. It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2017 at FMG Stadium Waikato.

2018 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation New Zealand
Date3–4 February 2018
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up South Africa
Third Australia
Challenge Cup
Winner United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored255 (average 5.667 per match)
Top point scorer Perry Baker (40)
Luke Morgan (40)
Seabelo Senatla (40)
Top try scorer Perry Baker (8)
Luke Morgan (8)
Seabelo Senatla (8)
2017
2019

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:[1]

Pool stage

All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33007827+519
 Australia 32016238+247
 Wales 31023675–395
 Spain 30033874–363

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010212+909
 England 32018128+537
 Papua New Guinea 31023870–325
 Russia 30037118–1113

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33009327+699
 Scotland 31024557–125
 Argentina 31024559–145
 France 31024992–435

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32105747+108
 Samoa 32015043+77
 United States 31115747+106
 Canada 30034269–273

[2]

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
4 February 2018 – 14:19 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Wales33
 
4 February 2018 – 18:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Russia7
 
 Wales17
 
4 February 2018 – 14:41 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 France19
 
 Spain14
 
 
 France19
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
4 February 2018 – 11:00 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Wales14
 
4 February 2018 – 15:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada12
 
4 February 2018 – 11:22 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Argentina14
 
 Argentina21
 
4 February 2018 – 18:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Russia12
 
 Argentina12
 
4 February 2018 – 11:44 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 United States31
 
 United States29
 
4 February 2018 – 15:25 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Spain12
 
 United States42
 
4 February 2018 – 12:06 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
 Papua New Guinea35
 
 
 France0
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
4 February 2018 – 16:05 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Samoa22
 
4 February 2018 – 19:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 England17
 
 Samoa19
 
4 February 2018 – 16:27 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Kenya15
 
 Kenya33
 
 
 Scotland19
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 February 2018 – 12:36 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Fiji12
 
4 February 2018 – 16:49 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Samoa10
 
 Fiji14
 
4 February 2018 – 12:58 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 New Zealand12
 
 New Zealand19
 
4 February 2018 – 20:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 England12
 
 Fiji24
 
4 February 2018 – 13:20 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 South Africa17
 
 Kenya12
 
4 February 2018 – 17:11 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Australia33
 
 Australia5
 
4 February 2018 – 13:42 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 South Africa24 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa22
 
4 February 2018 – 19:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Scotland0
 
 New Zealand7
 
 
 Australia8
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 Fiji22
 South Africa19
 Australia17
4  New Zealand15
5  Samoa13
6  Kenya12
7  England10
 Scotland10
Place  Team Points
9  United States8
10  Argentina7
11  Canada5
 Papua New Guinea5
13  France3
14  Wales2
15  Russia1
 Spain1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Luke Morgan8
Perry Baker8
Seabelo Senatla8
4 Eroni Sau5
Gairo Kapana5
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Luke Morgan40
Perry Baker40
Seabelo Senatla40
Vilimoni Koroi40
5 Folau Niua35

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

ForwardsBacks
Scott Curry
Kalione Nasoko
Lachie Anderson
Jerry Tuwai
Vilimoni Koroi
Werner Kok
Eroni Sau

References

  1. "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "Hamilton Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Dream Team: New Zealand Sevens superstars". World Rugby. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2018 Sydney Sevens
2018 New Zealand Sevens Succeeded by
2018 USA Sevens
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Wellington Sevens
2018 New Zealand Sevens Succeeded by
2019 NewZealandSevens
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