2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series Explained

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens
Series:Series XVII
Countries:
    Date:4 Dec 2015 – 22 May 2016
    Prevseason:2014–15
    Nextseason:2016–17

    The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This season, the series expanded from nine to ten events.[1]

    Core teams

    Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season. A fifteenth team, Russia, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. The core teams were:

    Russia replaced Japan, which lost core team status having finished last of the fifteen core teams in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

    Tour venues

    The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:[2]

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    4–5 December 2015
    12–13 December 2015
    30–31 January 2016
    6–7 February 2016
    4–6 March 2016
    12–13 March 2016
    8–10 April 2016
    16–17 April 2016
    13–15 May 2016
    21–22 May 2016

    Changes

    There were three new tournaments in the series, with two events being discontinued:

    Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

    Standings

    Final standings after completion of the ten tournaments in the series:

    2015–16 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVII

    Pos.
    Dubai
    Cape Town
    Wellington
    Sydney
    Las Vegas
    Vancouver
    Hong Kong
    Singapore
    Paris
    London    		Points
    total
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    1 2213 17 172215 2219 19 15 181
    2 13 2219 1517 19 17 17 13 19 171
    3 15 10 222213 2219 12 10 13 158
    4 12 10 13 19 19 17 15 10 12 7 134
    5 10 19 12 13 10 5 8 15 15 12 119
    6 17 12 10 10 15 12 12 7 5 17 117
    7 5 15 10 12 10 1102210 3 98
    8 19 7 15 10 1 5 13 5 7 10 92
    9 10 3 8 7 3 13 5 13225 89
    10 7 8 7 5 5 10 7 8 82287
    11 8 17 3 1 7 7 5 10 17 10 85
    12 5 5 1 3 8 10 10 2 2 8 54
    13 3 5 5 8 2 8 2 1 1 5 40
    14 1 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 5 2 28
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    bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc align=left1 1 1 5 1 2 1 5 3 1 21
    bgcolor=#ffc17 bgcolor=#ffc align=left– – – – – 1 – – 1 1 3
    bgcolor=#ffc18 bgcolor=#ffc align=left– 1 – – – – – – – – 1
    bgcolor=#ffc19 bgcolor=#ffc align=left– – – – – – 1 – – – 1

    Source: World Rugby. Archived [5]

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    No colourCore team in 2015–16 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
    bgcolor=#fccPinkRelegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2015–16 season
    bgcolor=#ffcYellowNot a core team

    Tournaments

    Dubai

    See main article: 2015 Dubai Sevens. The opening event of the season saw Fiji starting their defense of the title by taking out the opening event of the season in Dubai. On the opening day of competition, Fiji, South Africa and England each recorded three straight wins to finish on top. New Zealand finished on top in their group but not before losing to the United States in Pool C.[6]

    South Africa got knocked out in the quarter-finals by the United States but would still end up taking home the plate after they defeated Australia in the final. While for Fiji, they would take the Dubai Sevens after they initially came from behind to win against England and taking the early lead.[7]

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup28–17 (third place)
    Plate19–14
    Bowl24–14
    Shield19–17

    South Africa

    See main article: 2015 South Africa Sevens. After Dubai, the teams had a back to back with Cape Town being the next stop in the series.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup29–14 (third place)
    Plate29–19
    Bowl19–0
    Shield40–5

    New Zealand

    See main article: 2016 Wellington Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup24–21 (third place)
    Plate21–5
    Bowl19–7
    Shield14–7

    Australia

    See main article: 2016 Sydney Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup27–24 (third place)
    Plate24–0
    Bowl17–12
    Shield26–19

    United States

    See main article: 2016 USA Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup21–15 (third place)
    Plate27–7
    Bowl21–7
    Shield24–12

    Canada

    See main article: 2016 Canada Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup19–14 (third place)
    Plate31–19
    Bowl19–17
    Shield17–10

    Hong Kong

    See main article: 2016 Hong Kong Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup21-7 (third place)
    Plate19–0
    Bowl26–0
    Shield19–14

    Singapore

    See main article: 2016 Singapore Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup30–7 (third place)
    Plate26–21
    Bowl14–10
    Shield24–7

    France

    See main article: 2016 Paris Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup29 –26 (third place)
    Plate17 – 7
    Bowl28 – 10
    Shield24 – 19

    England

    See main article: 2016 London Sevens.

    EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
    Cup27 –26 (third place)
    Plate29 –14
    Bowl24 –19
    Shield31 –7

    Team statistics

    Rank
    		TeamMatchesPointsØ-PointsTriesØ-Tries
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    align=right 2align=left 48119924.981873.90
    align=right 3align=left 4697121.111533.33
    align=right 4align=left 4796420.511563.32
    align=right 5align=left 4696220.911523.30
    align=right 6align=left 4687719.071403.04
    align=right 7align=left 4586419.201403.11
    align=right 8align=left 4582918.421312.91
    align=right 9align=left 4476017.271182.68
    align=right 10align=left 4375117.471202.79
    align=right 11align=left 4574516.561192.64
    align=right 12align=left 4574016.441162.58
    align=right 13align=left 4373817.161162.70
    align=right 14align=left 4654611.87922.00
    align=right 15align=left 2744216.37702.59
    align=right 16align=left 413328.10541.32
    align=right 17align=left 5357.0051.00
    align=right 18align=left 5193.8030.60
    align=right 19align=left 5173.4030.60

    Players

    Scoring leaders

    +Tries scored
    Rank Player Tries
    align=center 1 align=center 66
    align=center 2 align=center 48
    align=center 3 align=center 37
    align=center 4 align=center 35
    align=center 5 align=center 32
    +Points scored
    Rank Player Points
    align=center 1 align=center 331
    align=center 2 align=center 330
    align=center 3 align=center 295
    align=center 4 align=center 287
    align=center 5 align=center 240
    Updated: 24 May 2016

    Dream Team

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Gosper: Monumental 12 months for rugby sevens ahead. 31 March 2015. WorldRugby.org. 31 March 2015.
    2. Web site: 30 June 2015 . HSBC partners with World Rugby for record-breaking sevens properties . Australian Rugby . 30 June 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114352/http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/15623/HSBC-partners-with-World-Rugby-for-record-breaking-sevens-properties.aspx . 24 September 2015.
    3. News: Australian leg of rugby Sevens World Series set to move to Sydney from Gold Coast in 2016. . 29 March 2015.
    4. Web site: Cape Town confirmed as Sevens host. Sport24 . 29 March 2015.
    5. Web site: HSBC Sevens World Series Standings . World Rugby . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160622094924/http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings . 22 June 2016 .
    6. Web site: Top two reign supreme, while USA create drama in sizzling Dubai . World Rugby . 4 December 2015 . 6 October 2016.
    7. Web site: Supreme Fiji lift Dubai title . World Rugby . 5 December 2015 . 6 October 2016.
    8. http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/161491 "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series awards: As it happened!"

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