2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens
2017–18 World Rugby Sevens
Series XIX
Hosts	United Arab Emirates; South Africa; Australia; New Zealand; United States; Canada; Hong Kong; ; England; France;
Date	1 Dec 2017 – 10 Jun 2018
Nations	21
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runners-up	Fiji
Third	New Zealand
Series details
Top try scorer	Carlin Isles (49)
Top point scorer	Nathan Hirayama (334)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.

Core teams

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:^[2]

2017–18 Venues
Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	1–2 December 2017	South Africa
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	9–10 December 2017	New Zealand
Australia	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	26–28 January 2018	Australia
New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton	3–4 February 2018	Fiji
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	2–4 March 2018	United States
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	10–11 March 2018	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	6–8 April 2018	Fiji
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	28–29 April 2018	Fiji
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	2–3 June 2018	Fiji
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	8–10 June 2018	South Africa

There were several significant changes to the schedule:

The New Zealand event moved from Wellington, which had hosted an event in every previous season of the series, to Hamilton.
The Australia and New Zealand events will swap places in the tournament order.
The schedule includes a break for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will hold its sevens tournament on 14–15 April at Gold Coast.
The Paris and London Sevens, which swapped places in the season order, will take place several weeks later than usual in order to provide more rest for players, many of whom will have been involved in the Commonwealth Games.

Standings

Official standings for the 2017–18 series:

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens – Series XIX
Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Sydney	Hamilton	Las Vegas	Vancouver	Hong Kong	Singapore	London	Paris	Points total

1	South Africa	22	17	19	19	15	17	17	15	19	22	182
2	Fiji	15	13	12	22	17	22	22	22	22	13	180
3	New Zealand	19	22	13	15	13	10	15	13	13	17	150
4	Australia	13	8	22	17	12	12	5	19	10	5	123
5	England	17	10	10	10	10	13	1	17	15	19	122
6	United States	1	12	15	8	22	15	12	8	12	12	117
7	Argentina	5	19	17	7	19	10	13	2	5	8	105
8	Kenya	10	3	10	12	10	19	19	10	8	3	104
9	Canada	5	15	3	5	7	2	7	7	10	15	76
10	Samoa	12	5	5	13	3	3	2	12	3	1	59
11	Spain	7	7	1	1	2	7	10	10	1	10	56
12	Scotland	10	1	2	10	5	8	10	5	2	2	55
13	France	8	10	8	3	8	1	8	1	1	5	53
14	Wales	3	5	7	2	5	5	3	5	7	7	49
15	Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	10	27
16	Russia	1	1	5	1	1	5	5	1	5	1	26
17	Papua New Guinea	–	–	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
18	Uganda	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
19	Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3
20	Uruguay	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2
21	South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1

Source: World Rugby. Archived ^[3]

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2017–18 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2017–18 season
Yellow	Not a core team

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
Fiji	5	–	1	1	7
South Africa	2	3	3	2	10
New Zealand	1	1	1	2	5
Australia	1	1	1	–	3
United States	1	–	–	2	3
Argentina	–	2	1	–	3
Kenya	–	2	–	–	2
England	–	1	2	1	4
Ireland	–	–	1	–	1
Canada	–	–	–	2	2
Totals	10	10	10	10	40

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
No.	Player	Tries
1	Carlin Isles	49
2	Luke Morgan	44
3	Dan Norton	38
4	Eroni Sau	37
4	Perry Baker	37
6	Justin Douglas	35
6	Seabelo Senatla	35
8	Ben O'Donnell	32
9	Willy Ambaka	31
10	Joe Ravouvou	28
10	John Porch	28

Updated: 10 June 2018

Points scored
No.	Player	Points
1	Nathan Hirayama	334
2	Amenoni Nasilasila	316
3	Tom Mitchell	263
4	Carlin Isles	247
5	Luke Morgan	220
6	Jean-Pascal Barraque	211
7	James Stannard	197
8	Dan Norton	190
8	Vatemo Ravouvou	190
10	Perry Baker	187

Updated: 10 June 2018

Awards

Impact player by tournament
Tour Leg	Player	Points	Ref.
Dubai	Alamanda Motuga Seabelo Senatla	50	^[4]
Cape Town	Amenoni Nasilasila	60	^[5]
Sydney	Ben O'Donnell	58	^[6]
Hamilton	Seabelo Senatla	49	^[7]
Las Vegas	Ben O'Donnell	52	^[8]
Vancouver	Glenn Bryce	61	^[9]
Hong Kong	Eroni Sau	53	^[10]
Singapore	Ben O'Donnell	54	^[11]
London	Martin Iosefo Owen Jenkins Billy Odhiambo Vladimir Ostroushko	46	^[12]
Paris	Robbie Fergusson	50

Total impact player points
Pos	Player	T	B	O	C	Total
1	Justin Douglas	105	47	29	173	386
2	Ben O'Donnell	191	47	26	184	348
3	Amenoni Nasilasila	132	45	33	120	330
4	Eroni Sau	126	54	29	119	328
5	Harry Jones	101	25	14	171	311
6	Ben Pinkelman	113	30	17	132	292
7	Martin Iosefo	76	35	43	137	291
8	Nathan Hirayama	79	37	28	135	279
9	Jerry Tuwai	65	47	33	118	263
10	John Porch	85	33	21	122	261

Updated: 5 June 2018

Player of the final award
Tour Leg	Winner	Ref.
Dubai	Kwagga Smith	^[13]
Cape Town	Joe Ravouvou	^[14]
Sydney	Lachlan Anderson	^[15]
Hamilton	Alasio Naduva	^[16]
Las Vegas	Danny Barrett	^[17]
Vancouver	Sevuloni Mocenacagi	^[18]
Hong Kong	Amenoni Nasilasila	^[19]
Singapore	Waisea Nacuqu	^[20]
London	Semi Radradra	^[21]
Paris	Dewald Human

Updated: 5 June 2018

Tournaments

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	South Africa	24–12	New Zealand	England (Bronze) Fiji
5th Place	Australia	22–17	Samoa	Kenya Scotland
Challenge Trophy	France	21–12	Spain	Argentina Canada
13th Place	Wales	26–7	Uganda	Russia United States

Cape Town

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	38–14	Argentina	South Africa (Bronze) Canada
5th Place	Fiji	26–12	United States	England France
Challenge Trophy	Australia	26–7	Spain	Samoa Wales
13th Place	Kenya	24–14	Uganda	Russia Scotland

Sydney

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Australia	29–0	South Africa	Argentina (Bronze) United States
5th Place	New Zealand	31–7	Fiji	England Kenya
Challenge Trophy	France	29–12	Wales	Russia Samoa
13th Place	Canada	14–12	Scotland	Papua New Guinea Spain

Hamilton

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–17	South Africa	Australia (Bronze) New Zealand
5th Place	Samoa	19–15	Kenya	Scotland England
Challenge Trophy	United States	31–12	Argentina	Canada Papua New Guinea
13th Place	France	19–17	Wales	Russia Spain

Las Vegas

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	United States	28–0	Argentina	Fiji (Bronze) South Africa
5th Place	New Zealand	17–12 (a.e.t.)	Australia	England Kenya
Challenge Trophy	France	26–19	Canada	Scotland Wales
13th Place	Samoa	28–7	Spain	Russia Uruguay

Vancouver

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	31–12	Kenya	South Africa (Bronze) United States
5th Place	England	31–14	Australia	Argentina New Zealand
Challenge Trophy	Scotland	29–5	Spain	Russia Wales
13th Place	Samoa	21–10	Canada	France Uruguay

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–12	Kenya	South Africa (Bronze) New Zealand
5th Place	Argentina	14–12	United States	Spain Scotland
Challenge Trophy	France	33–7	Canada	Australia Russia
13th Place	Wales	33–5	Samoa	England South Korea
World Series Qualifier	Japan	19–14	Germany	Chile Ireland

Singapore

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	28–22	Australia	England (Bronze) South Africa
5th Place	New Zealand	36–17	Samoa	Kenya Spain
Challenge Trophy	United States	26–12	Canada	Scotland Wales
13th Place	Japan	31–24	Argentina	France Russia

London

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	21-17	South Africa	Ireland (Bronze) England
5th Place	New Zealand	26-5	United States	Australia Canada
Challenge Trophy	Kenya	33-19	Wales	Argentina Russia
13th Place	Samoa	34-10	Scotland	France Spain

Paris

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	South Africa	24–14	England	New Zealand (Bronze) Canada
5th Place	Fiji	28–7	United States	Ireland Spain
Challenge Trophy	Argentina	33–26	Wales	Australia France
13th Place	Kenya	21–20	Scotland	Russia Samoa