2018 Singapore Sevens

The 2018 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28–29 April 2018 at the National Stadium in Singapore.

2018 Singapore Sevens
2017–18 World Series
Host nation Singapore
Date28–29 April 2018
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Australia
Third England
Challenge
Winner United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored277 (average 6.156 per match)
Top point scorer Kurt Baker (42)
Top try scorer Carlin Isles (8)
2017
2019

Format

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advance to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.

Teams

The teams for the 2018 Singapore Sevens were:[1]

Pool stage

All times in Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[2]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330010724+839
 Spain 32016540+257
 Japan 31025086–365
 Russia 30033193–623

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33008633+539
 Kenya 32018642+447
 United States 31026164–35
 France 300312106–943

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33007829+499
 Samoa 32015859–17
 Canada 31025762–55
 Argentina 30034083–433

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33008132+499
 New Zealand 32016638+287
 Scotland 31026560+55
 Wales 300321103–823

Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
29 April 2018 – 14:38 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 
 Japan29
 
29 April 2018 – 18:14 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 France14
 
 Japan31
 
29 April 2018 – 15:00 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Argentina24
 
 Russia7
 
 
 Argentina12
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
29 April 2018 – 11:00 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 
 Japan19
 
29 April 2018 – 15:22 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Wales28
 
 Wales10
 
29 April 2018 – 11:22 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Canada17
 
 Canada26
 
29 April 2018 – 18:36 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 France7
 
 Canada12
 
29 April 2018 – 11:44 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 United States26
 
 Scotland19
 
29 April 2018 – 15:44 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Russia14
 
 Scotland12
 
29 April 2018 – 12:06 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 United States33
 
 United States36
 
 
 Argentina12
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
29 April 2018 – 16:06 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 
 New Zealand17
 
29 April 2018 – 19:11 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Kenya7
 
 New Zealand36
 
29 April 2018 – 16:28 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Samoa17
 
 Spain7
 
 
 Samoa24
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
29 April 2018 – 12:30 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 
 Fiji24
 
29 April 2018 – 16:50 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 New Zealand19
 
 Fiji12
 
29 April 2018 – 12:52 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 South Africa10
 
 South Africa24
 
29 April 2018 – 20:00 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Kenya12
 
 Fiji28
 
29 April 2018 – 13:14 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Australia22
 
 Australia7
 
29 April 2018 – 17:12 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Spain5
 
 Australia15
 
29 April 2018 – 13:36 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 England7 Bronze Medal Match
 
 England12
 
29 April 2018 – 19:35 – National Stadium, Singapore
 
 Samoa5
 
 South Africa24
 
 
 England26
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 Fiji22
 Australia19
 England17
4  South Africa15
5  New Zealand13
6  Samoa12
7  Kenya10
 Spain10
Place  Team Points
9  United States8
10  Canada7
11  Scotland5
 Wales5
13  Japan3
14  Argentina2
15  France1
 Russia1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Carlin Isles8
2 Siviwe Soyizwapi7
3 Alasio Sovita Naduva6
Collins Injera6
Kurt Baker6
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Kurt Baker42
2 John Porch41
3 Carlin Isles40
Robbie Fergusson40
5 Katsuyuki Sakai39

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

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

ForwardsBacks
Alamanda Motuga
Oscar Ouma
Trael Joass
Eroni Sau
John Porch
Ben O'Donnell
Alasio Sovita Naduva

References

  1. "Pools and Fixtures". Singapore 7s. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Singapore Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. "Dream Team: Singapore". World Rugby. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

Tournament Page

World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2018 Hong Kong Sevens
2018 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by
2018 London Sevens
Singapore Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Singapore Sevens
2018 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Singapore Sevens
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