2018 Sydney Sevens Explained
The 2018 Sydney Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the fifteenth edition of the Australia Sevens, of which the third to be held in Sydney. It was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
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 Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Pool A
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 19 | +90 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 74 | –43 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 111 | –99 | 3 | |
Pool B
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 85 | –40 | 3 | |
Pool C
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 12 | +109 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 102 | –76 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 81 | –54 | 3 | |
Pool D
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 119 | –92 | 3 | |
[2]
Knockout stage
Cup
Tournament placings
Place | Team | Points |
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| | 22 |
| | 19 |
| | 17 |
4 | | 15 |
5 | | 13 |
6 | | 12 |
7 | | 10 |
| 10 | |
Place | Team | Points |
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9 | | 8 |
10 | | 7 |
11 | | 5 |
| 5 |
13 | | 3 |
14 | | 2 |
15 | | 1 |
| 1 | |
Source: World RugbyPlayers
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored |
Rank | Player | Tries |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 9 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 8 |
align=center | 3 | | align=center | 7 |
align=center | | | align=center | 7 |
align=center | 5 | | align=center | 6 |
|
+Points scored |
Rank | Player | Points |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 56 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 45 |
align=center | | | align=center | 45 |
align=center | | | align=center | 45 |
align=center | 5 | | align=center | 40 |
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Source:
World RugbyDream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]
See also
External links
Tournament Page
Notes and References
- Web site: Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens. 11 November 2017. 24 January 2018.
- Web site: Match schedules announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens 2018. World Rugby. 21 December 2017. 24 January 2018.
- Web site: Dream team: Seven stars who shone in Sydney. World Rugby. 29 January 2018. 13 March 2018.