2015 London Sevens Explained

Series:Sevens World Series XVI
Countries: England
Date:16–17 May 2015
Matches:45
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 London Sevens was the ninth and final tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 16–17 May 2015 at Twickenham in London.

The most notable headline from this event was the first-ever overall tournament victory by the United States.[1] The USA's Madison Hughes was named player of the tournament, with Hughes and Danny Barrett the two Americans selected for the tournament Dream Team.

The overall series crown was secured by Fiji when they defeated South Africa in the Cup quarter-finals.[2]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The pools and schedule were announced on 10 April 2015.

Pool Stage

Pool A

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30033469-353

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Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
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32017038+327
31023878-405
30033591-563

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Pool C

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320111529+867
31023180-495
30033594-593

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Pool D

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32015928+317
31025271-195
30033173-423

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Knockout stage

Cup

Scoring

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Source: WR website

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: USA make history at Twickenham with first World Rugby Series tournament win . Tom . Hamilton . . 17 May 2015 . 17 May 2015.
  2. News: Fiji secure second World Series title after victory over South Africa . . 17 May 2015 . 17 May 2015.