2022 Singapore Sevens Explained

Series:Sevens World Series XXIII
Countries: Singapore
Date:9–10 April 2022
Matches:45
Tries:275
Top Point Scorer: Dietrich Roache (52 points)
Top Try Scorer: Vuiviawa Naduvalo (10 tries)
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Singapore Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament played on 9–10 April 2022 at the National Stadium in Singapore. It was the ninth edition of the Singapore Sevens and the fifth tournament of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series. This was the first event in the series for which no invited teams featured in tournament, and all core teams were available.[1]

In the cup final, it was Fiji who took out their record third Singapore title after they defeated New Zealand by 28–17. Australia narrowly defeated Ireland by 21–19 to finish in third place.[2] The defending tournament champions from 2019, South Africa,[3] finished in equal-seventh place, and also lost their thirty-six match win streak in the pool stage against the United States by 7–12.[4] [5] Following South Africa's loss in the pool stage, they lost back-to-back in the knockout stage to Fiji (19–14) and Argentina (22–15), respectively.[6]

Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team played the three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket, with the losers of the quarter-finals vying for a fifth place finish. The remaining eight teams that finished between either third or fourth in their pool played off for 9th place, with the losers of the 9th-place quarter-finals competing for 13th place.

Teams

The sixteen national teams competing in Singapore were:[1]

Fiji returned from their absence since playing at the Dubai II event in November 2021.[1] New Zealand returned to the Sevens Series for the first time since the 2020 Vancouver event on 8 March 2020.[7]

Samoa also played their first tournament of the series in Singapore,[1] returning after a similar hiatus to the New Zealand team.

Pool stage

Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals

Pool A

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33005729+289
32016422+427
31023945–65
30032488–643

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Pool B

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33009429+659
32017445+297
31022485–615
30034073–333

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Pool C

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33007422+529
32016333+307
31024772–255
30033693–573

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Pool D

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
320110040+607
32016431+337
32016745+227
300321136–1153
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Knockout stage

Placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
10
PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
5
133
142
151
1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa return to action at HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens . 6 April 2022 . world.rugby . World Rugby.
  2. News: McKendry . Patrick . Fiji worthy Singapore sevens champs as young NZers show promise . 10 April 2022 . 1 News.
  3. News: 15 April 2019 . Singapore Sevens: South Africa stages remarkable comeback to win final . .
  4. Web site: USA end South Africa's winning streak and New Zealand return to action with a bang . 9 April 2022 . world.rugby . .
  5. WorldRugby7s . 1512763688813531146 . @USARugby have done it! A brilliant Perry Baker try with the last play of the game sees the Eagles end South Africa's remarkable 36-match winning streak #HSBC7s .
  6. Web site: 10-try Naduvalo the star man as Fiji claim Singapore title . 10 April 2022 . world.rugby . World Rugby .
  7. News: 4 March 2022 . All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens set for World Series return in April . .