2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series Explained

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens
Series:Series XXIII
Countries:
Date:26 November 2021 – 28 August 2022
Top Point Scorer: Dietrich Roache (343)
Top Try Scorer: Terry Kennedy (50)
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 23rd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

The series was won by, claiming their first World Series title. Second-placed South Africa opened the competition by winning the first four tournaments, with a 36-match winning streak that lasted until the 2022 Singapore Sevens where they were beaten by the United States in pool play,[1] but they did not make the semifinals in any of the remaining events.

There was no relegation required at the end of the season as the number of core teams was reduced when England, Scotland and Wales were combined to play as Great Britain for the 2022–23 series.[2]

Core teams

The core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which curtailed the last two seasons. The sixteen core teams qualified to participate in all 2021–22 tournaments were:

Notes

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:

2021–22 Itinerary
LegStadiumCityDatesWinner
DubaiDubai26–27 November 2021
3–4 December 2021
SpainMálaga21–23 January 2022
Seville28–30 January 2022
SingaporeSingapore9–10 April 2022
CanadaVancouver16–17 April 2022
FranceStade Ernest-Wallon[3] Toulouse20–22 May 2022
EnglandLondon28–29 May 2022
United StatesLos Angeles27–28 August 2022
Notes

Standings

Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season. This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. An obelisk (†) is recorded in the event column where a low-scoring round is excluded from a core team's ranking points. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens – Series XXIII

Pos
Dubai I
Dubai II
Málaga
Seville
Singapore
Vancouver
Toulouse
London
Los Angeles		Total
points		Ranking
points
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22222222210135†133†132124
3158—†2219221719123122
41717191713†22138†13139118
51110†1015158†19121011092
619111213123†107†109787
78†151310810175†89481
8—†—†——1912819228080
9—†—†——110151515157171
10—4†—517123†10121057871
11778772†5101†5451
1210121†851†11125149
13—4†—55101†57574944
14651021†71†31†3634
15—4—573552†1†53734
1656352†1†3222926
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bgcolor=#ffc18——55—————1010
bgcolor=#ffc19——21—————33

Source: World Rugby

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Notes

Placings summary

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2021–22 series, by team:

Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal <--1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -->
4 — — — 4
2 2 1 1 6
1 2 3 1 7
1 2 — — 3
1 1 3 — 5
— 1 — 2 3
— 1 — — 1
— — 1 1 2
— — 1 — 1
— — — 4 4

Player statistics

Dream Team

Reference:[4]

Scoring

+Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Terry Kennedy50
2 Corey Toole43
3 Marcos Moneta38
Nelson Épée38
5 Kevon Williams33
6 Luciano González30
Siviwe Soyizwapi30
8 Jordan Sepho29
928
10 Joachim Trouabal27
+Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Dietrich Roache343
2 Terry Kennedy250
3 Stephen Tomasin234
4 Waisea Nacuqu230
5 Corey Toole215
6 Paulin Riva202
7 Ronald Brown194
8 Marcos Moneta190
Nelson Épée190
10 Kevon Williams167
Updated: 29 August 2022

Performance

+Impact Player winner
Tour LegPlayerPointsRef
Dubai I Terry Kennedy64[5]
Dubai II Waisea Nacuqu60[6]
Málaga Corey Toole62[7]
Seville Corey Toole69[8]
Singapore Corey Toole69[9]
Vancouver Kaminieli Rasaku75[10]
Toulouse Terry Kennedy66[11]
London Apelu Maliko67
Los Angeles Paul Scanlan70
+Total Impact Player pointsRankPlayerTotal
1 Corey Toole75 45 48 161 467
2 Terry Kennedy52 38 38 220 462
3 Dietrich Roache80 22 41 164 392
4 Kaminieli Rasaku73 32 37 129 372
5 Jordan Sepho50 31 44 117 348
6 Luciano Gonzalez39 32 10 173 328
7 Billy Odhiambo59 17 27 156 320
8 Henry Hutchison106 15 17 134 319
9 Josh Turner103 19 20 113 313
10 Kevon Williams 43 34 16 126 303
Key: T = Tackles (1 pt), B = Line breaks (3 pts), O = Offloads (2 pts), C = Carries (1 pt)Updated: 29 August 2022

Tournaments

Dubai I

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup42–7 (Bronze)
5th Place35–21 (7th)
9th Place28–26 (11th)

Dubai II

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup10–7 (Bronze)
5th Place10–5 (7th)
9th Place31–7 (11th)

Malaga

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup24–17 (Bronze)
5th Place28–12
9th Place34–5
13th Place29–24

Seville

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup33–7 (Bronze)
5th Place22–17
9th Place24–19
13th Place19–14

Singapore

See main article: 2022 Singapore Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup28–17 (Bronze)
5th Place42–24
9th Place24–19
13th Place28–14

Vancouver

See main article: 2022 Canada Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup29–10 (Bronze)
5th Place17–15
9th Place17–7
13th Place33–24

Toulouse

See main article: 2022 France Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup29–17 (Bronze)
5th Place21–12
9th Place42–7
13th Place28–14

London

See main article: 2022 London Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup19–14 (Bronze)
5th Place14–5
9th Place31–5
13th Place26–19

Los Angeles

See main article: 2022 USA Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup28–21 (Bronze)
5th Place29–7
9th Place33–0
13th Place26–0

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Singapore set for thrilling finals day as South Africa's sevens winning streak ends. Org. Worldrugby.
  2. Web site: Great Britain Sevens to compete in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series . 20 July 2022 . World Rugby .
  3. Web site: Toulouse to host World Rugby Sevens date . Barrons . 12 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Moneta and González Rizzoni named to 7s Series Dream Team . americas rugby news . 29 August 2022 . 22 March 2024.
  5. Web site: DHL Impact Player . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128122612/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/dhl . 28 November 2021 .
  6. WorldRugby7s . 1467175867256295429 . What a list of Sevens talent! @DHLRugby .
  7. Web site: DHL Impact Player . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20220124115733/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/dhl . 24 January 2022 . live.
  8. Web site: DHL Impact Player . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201134237/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/dhl . 1 February 2022 . live.
  9. WorldRugby7s . 1513135643869732870 . An integral day two performance from @Aussie7s' Corey Toole, gave him the edge to lead the #ImpactPlayer standings in Singapore @DHLRugby.
  10. Web site: DHL Impact Player . 18 April 2022 . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20220418040935/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/dhl . 18 April 2022 . live.
  11. Web site: Kenya 7s duo ranked among top impact players in Toulouse 7s . Scrummage . 22 May 2022 . 22 March 2024.

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