2016–17 United States national rugby sevens team season

United States
2016–17 season

The United States national rugby sevens team began the 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series slowly, sitting in 11th place after the first three rounds. The U.S. was missing certain key players from the previous season. The U.S. turned things around mid-season. In the second half of the season, the team for the first time reached four consecutive semifinals: first at the USA Sevens where the U.S. finished third; then at the Canada Sevens where Perry Baker scored 9 tries including his 100th career try;[1] followed by Hong Kong and Singapore. The U.S. finished the season in fifth place overall, a record high for the team.[2]

Perry Baker and Danny Barrett were both selected to the 2016-17 Dream Team.

Tournament results

Leg Date Finish Record
(W-L-D)		 Leading Try Scorer Leading Points Scorer Dream Team
selection
DubaiDecember 20169th4–2Perry Baker (5)Madison Hughes (39)—
South AfricaDecember 2016T–7th2–3Perry Baker (5)Perry Baker (25)—
New ZealandJanuary 2017T–11th2–2–1Baker & Barrett (3)Madison Hughes (23)—
AustraliaFebruary 20176th3–3Carlin Isles (5)Madison Hughes (24)Danny Barrett
United StatesMarch 20173rd4–2Danny Barrett (5)Danny Barrett (25)Danny Barrett
CanadaMarch 20174th4–2Perry Baker (9)Perry Baker (45)Perry Baker
Hong KongApril 20174th4–2Perry Baker (9)Perry Baker (45)Baker & Pinkelman
SingaporeApril 20172nd4–2Baker & Tomasin (8)Baker & Tomasin (40)Baker, Barrett & Tomasin
FranceMay 20175th4–2Perry Baker (8)Perry Baker (40)-
EnglandMay 20174th3–3Perry Baker (8)Perry Baker (40)Perry Baker
Totals5thPerry Baker (57)Perry Baker (285)Baker (4), Barrett (3)

Player statistics

Perry Baker was the season's leading try scorer (57) and points scorer (285) on the Series.[3] Madison Hughes ranked third in points (279).

The following table shows the players who appeared in at least 12 matches for the U.S. during the 2016–17 Sevens Series season.

Leading U.S. players (2016–17 WS season)
PlayerMatchesTacklesTriesPoints
Stephen Tomasin5715627171
Madison Hughes4914313279
Folau Niua57911058
Perry Baker538257285
Ben Pinkelman35731155
Martin Iosefo55661995
Andrew Durutalo54641367
Maka Unufe47601470
Danny Barrett424422110
Matai Leuta4027315
Mike Te'o1322529
Don Pati1811315

References

  1. ↑ "Baker scores 100th Sevens Series try", Americas Rugby News, March 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "U.S. rugby concludes best-ever season", NBC Sports, Seth Rubinroit, May 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "U.S. rugby concludes best-ever season", NBC Sports, Seth Rubinroit, May 21, 2017.
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