2018 Paris Sevens

The 2018 Paris Sevens was the final event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eleventh edition of the France Sevens. The tournament was held between 9–10 June 2018 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris.[1]

2018 Paris Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation France
Date9–10 June 2018
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up England
Third New Zealand
Challenge Trophy
Winner Argentina
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored264 (average 5.867 per match)
Top point scorer Nathan Hirayama (4)
Top try scorer Carlin Isles (6)
2017
2019

Teams

The fifteen core teams will be participating in the tournament, along with one invited team, Ireland.

Pool stages

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[2]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 32018051+297
 New Zealand 32016348+157
 Kenya 32015153–27
 Samoa 30033981–423

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 32016133+287
 Canada 32015949+107
 Scotland 32014552–77
 Russia 30034071–313

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 32105737+208
 Spain 32014337+77
 Australia 31025351+25
 Wales 30124372–294

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 32107340+338
 England 32107761+168
 France 31026180–195
 Argentina 30035282–303

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
10 June 2018 – 11:51 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Kenya26
 
10 June 2018 – 14:57 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Russia14
 
 Kenya21
 
10 June 2018 – 12:13 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Scotland20
 
 Samoa19
 
 
 Scotland24
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
10 June 2018 – 8:45 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Kenya12
 
10 June 2018 – 12:35 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Argentina19
 
 Argentina24
 
10 June 2018 – 9:07 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia14
 
10 June 2018 – 15:19 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Russia5
 
 Argentina33
 
10 June 2018 – 9:29 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales26
 
 France19
 
10 June 2018 – 12:57 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Samoa7
 
 France26
 
10 June 2018 – 9:51 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales28
 
 Scotland5
 
 
 Wales28
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
10 June 2018 – 13:19 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Fiji38
 
10 June 2018 – 18:07 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Ireland5
 
 Fiji28
 
10 June 2018 – 13:41 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 United States7
 
 United States28
 
 
 Spain7
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
10 June 2018 – 10:13 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Fiji17
 
10 June 2018 – 14:03 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 England19
 
 England26
 
10 June 2018 – 10:35 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Canada12
 
 Ireland5
 
10 June 2018 – 18:54 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Canada19
 
 England14
 
10 June 2018 – 10:57 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 South Africa24
 
 United States7
 
10 June 2018 – 14:25 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 New Zealand33
 
 New Zealand12
 
10 June 2018 – 11:19 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 South Africa24 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa15 (a.e.t.)
 
10 June 2018 – 18:29 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Spain10
 
 Canada5
 
 
 New Zealand38
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 South Africa22
 England19
 New Zealand17
4  Canada15
5  Fiji13
6  United States12
7  Ireland10
 Spain10
Place  Team Points
9  Argentina8
10  Wales7
11  Australia5
 France5
13  Kenya3
14  Scotland2
15  Russia1
 Samoa1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Carlin Isles6
2 Dewald Human5
Luke Morgan5
Oliver Lindsay-Hague5
5 Dan Norton4
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Nathan Hirayama40
2 Tom Mitchell38
3 Lautaro Bazan Velez36
4 Dewald Human35
5 Luke Treharne34

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

ForwardsBacks
Harry Glover
Scott Curry
Phil Burgess
Tom Mitchell
Dewald Human
Justin Douglas
Pol Pla

See also

References

  1. "Pools and schedule announced for HSBC Paris Sevens". World Rugby. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Paris Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "HSBC Men's Dream Team for Paris". World Rugby. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2018 London Sevens
2018 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
France Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Paris Sevens
2018 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Paris Sevens
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