2018 Sydney Women's Sevens

2018 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 26–28 January 2018
Cup
Champion  Australia
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third  Canada
Challenge Cup
Winner  England
Tournament details
Matches played 34
Tries scored 199 (average 5.853 per match)
Top point scorer New Zealand Portia Woodman (65)
Top try scorer New Zealand Portia Woodman (13)
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The 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the second edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.

Performances at this tournament helped determine the first ten seedings for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens together with the previous year's series and the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens.[1]

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:[2]

Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33001220+1229
 France 32017243+297
 Spain 31022951–225
 Papua New Guinea 30030129–1293

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330010419+859
 United States 31026259+35
 England 31025074–245
 Japan 31022496–415

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 33006224+389
 Russia 32014843+57
 Ireland 31023657–215
 Fiji 30033860–223

[3]

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
27 January 2018 – 9:00 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 [[England women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|England]]52
 
27 January 2018 – 12:06 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 [[England women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|England]]29
 
27 January 2018 – 9:22 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Fiji10
 
 Japan10
 
 
 [[Fiji women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Fiji]]19
 
11th Place
 
 
27 January 2018 – 11:44 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 
 
 [[Japan women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Japan]]41

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
27 January 2018 – 12:33 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 [[Spain women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Spain]]24
 
28 January 2018 – 13:48 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 United States19
 
 Spain5
 
27 January 2018 – 13:15 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 [[France women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|France]]19
 
 Ireland7
 
 
 [[France women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|France]]17
 
7th Place
 
 
28 January 2018 – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 United States10
 
 
 [[Ireland women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Ireland]]19

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
27 January 2018 – 9:44 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]29
 
27 January 2018 – 13:37 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Spain0
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]31
 
27 January 2018 – 10:06 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Russia0
 
 United States14
 
28 January 2018 – 14:37 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 [[Russia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Russia]]19
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]31
 
27 January 2018 – 10:28 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 New Zealand0
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]36
 
27 January 2018 – 13:59 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Ireland0
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]26
 
27 January 2018 – 10:50 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 Canada0 Bronze Medal Match
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]28
 
28 January 2018 – 14:10 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
 
 France12
 
 Russia12
 
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]40
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Australia20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada16
4  Russia14
5  France12
6  Spain10
Place  Team Points
7  Ireland8
8  United States6
9  England4
10  Fiji3
11  Japan2
12  Papua New Guinea1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1New Zealand Portia Woodman13
2England Jess Breach9
3Australia Charlotte Caslick8
New Zealand Michaela Blyde8
5Australia Ellia Green6
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1New Zealand Portia Woodman65
2Australia Emma Sykes45
England Jess Breach45
4Australia Charlotte Caslick40
New Zealand Michaela Blyde40

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

ForwardsBacks
New Zealand Portia Woodman
Russia Baizat Khamidova
Canada Brittany Benn
Australia Charlotte Caslick
New Zealand Michaela Blyde
Australia Emilee Cherry
England Jess Breach

See also

References

  1. "Rugby World Cup Sevens: Qualified teams and seeding process". World Rugby. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "Match schedules announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. "Women's Dream team: Sydney". World Rugby. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

Tournament Page

World Women's Sevens Series VI
Preceded by
2017 Dubai Women's Sevens
2018 Sydney Sevens Succeeded by
2018 Japan Women's Sevens
Sydney Women's Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Sydney Women's Sevens
2018 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Sydney Women's Sevens
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