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2018 Sydney Sevens
The 2018 Sydney Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the fifteenth edition of the Australia Sevens, of which the third to be held in Sydney. It was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
2018 Sydney Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX Australia 26–28 January 2018 Australia South Africa Argentina France 45 252 (average 5.6 per match) Justin Geduld (56) Perry Baker (9) ← 2017 2019 →
The 2018 Sydney Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the fifteenth edition of the Australia Sevens , of which the third to be held in Sydney. It was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney , Australia .
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship , Papua New Guinea:
All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00 )
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Fiji 3 3 0 0 74 22 +52 9 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 109 19 +90 7 Samoa 3 1 0 2 31 74 –43 5 Russia 3 0 0 3 12 111 –99 3
19:28 Try: Nasilasila 1' Kunavula 7' Vakurunabili 10' Sau 11' Naduva 12'Con: Nasilasila (1/1) 1', 7' Nacuqu (1/3) 11' Try: Langkilde 4'Con: Tupou (0/1) Referee: James Doleman
19:50 Try: Ravouvou 2', 5' Dickson 4', 13' Ware 6' Curry 8' Knewstubb 10' Nanai-Seturo 12' MoliaCon: Koroi (3/4) 3', 4', 7' Knewstubb (5/5) 8', 10', 12', 13', 14' Referee: Jordan Way
16:09 Try: Nasilasila 5' Sau 7' Vakurunabili 11' Tuwai 14'Con: Nasilasila (2/2) 5', 7' Veremalua (0/1) Nacaqu (0/1) Referee: Damon Murphy
16:31 Try: Dickson 2', 11' Ravouvou 5' Baker 8' Nanai-Seturo 14'Con: Koroi (1/1) 3' Knewstubb (2/3) 9', 14' Baker (0/1)Cards: Koroi 8' to 10' Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
19:20 Try: Alosio 2' Perez 4' Afamasaga 8' Iosefo 12'Con: Paulo (2/3) 2', 4' Tupou 12' Try: Kapalin 7' Solomyannyy 14'Con: Roshchin 14' Ianiushkin (0/1) Referee: Sam Grove-White
19:42 Try: Knewstubb 1' Ware 6' Masirewa 10'Con: Knewstubb (1/3) 7' Try: Nasilasila 2', 4' Vakurunabili 14'Con: Nasilasila (2/2) 3', 4' Nacuqu (0/1) Referee: Craig Evans
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Argentina 3 3 0 0 54 38 +16 9 Kenya 3 2 0 1 48 33 +15 7 France 3 1 0 2 57 48 +9 5 Wales 3 0 0 3 45 85 –40 3
18:44 Try: Veredamu 1', 6', 14' Dall'igna 3' Barraque 4'Con: Barraque (2/3) 3', 6' Riva (1/1) 5' Popelin (0/1) Try: Morgan 9', 11'Con: McBryde (1/2) 9' Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
19:06 Try: Revol 4'Con: Revol (1/1) 5' Try: Amonde 9'Con: Agero (0/1) Referee: Richard Kelly
15:25 Try: Barraque 6' Riva 7'Con: Barraque (2/2) 6', 7' Try: Ambaka 1' Ouma 8' Sikuta 14'Con: Agero (1/1) 8' Oliech (0/1) Tanga (0/1) Referee: Jordan Way
15:47 Try: Luna 1' Sabato 2', 10' Moroni 8'Con: Revol (4/4) 1', 3', 8', 10'Cards: Sabato 4' to 6' Try: Jenkins 5' Morgan 6', 12'Con: Jones (3/3) 5', 7', 13'Cards: Jenkins 7' to 9' Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
18:36 Try: Lewis 1' Jenkins 12'Con: Jones (1/1) 1' Treharne (0/1) Try: Ambaka 2' Sikuta 4' Agero 6' Ochieng 10'Con: Agero (2/3) 2', 6' Oliech (1/1) 10' Referee: Damon Murphy
18:58 Try: Sabato 1', 10' Osadczuk 13'Con: Revol (2/3) 2', 13' Try: Dall'igna 3' Valleau 4'Con: Barraque (1/2) 3' Referee: Craig Joubert
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
South Africa 3 3 0 0 121 12 +109 9 England 3 2 0 1 69 48 +21 7 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 26 102 –76 5 Spain 3 0 0 3 27 81 –54 3
18:00 Try: Davis 1', 3' Mitchell 5' McConnochie 8'Con: Mitchell (1/4) 5' Try: Fontes 7' J Martin 13'Con: Genua (0/1) I Martin (0/1) Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
18:22 Try: Specman 2', 8', 11' Nel 3', 7' Senatla 8' Gans 10' Afrika 14'Con: Geduld (4/6) 2', 4', 7', 11' Afrika (1/2) 14' Referee: Matt Rodden
14:41 Try: Mitchell 2', 10' Bibby 3' de Carpentier 7' Norton 8'Con: Mitchell (5/5) 2', 4', 7', 8', 11'Cards: Lindsay-Hague 13' to 14' Try: Guise 14'Con: Tokavai (0/1)Cards: Tokavai 1' to 3' Referee: Craig Joubert
15:03 Try: Specman 1', 4' Nel 9' Geduld 11' Senatla 12' Sage 14'Con: Geduld (4/6) 2', 4', 11', 12' Referee: Craig Evans
17:52 Try: Sainz-Trapaga 2', 4' J Martin 10'Con: Hernandez (1/3) 2'Cards: Hernandez 13' to 14' Try: Kapana 6' Tirang 12', 14'Con: Guise (3/3) 7', 12', 14' Referee: James Doleman
18:14 Try: Senatla 2', 13' Afrika 4' Geduld 7', 8'Con: Geduld (4/5) 3', 5', 7', 8' Try: Lindsay-Hague 1' Bibby 11'Con: Bibby (1/1) 1' Mitchell (0/1) Referee: Sam Grove-White
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Australia 3 3 0 0 77 45 +32 9 United States 3 2 0 1 85 57 +28 7 Scotland 3 1 0 2 85 55 +30 5 Canada 3 0 0 3 27 119 –92 3
20:12 Try: Baker 8' Iosefo 8' Pinkleman 10'Con: Hughes (2/3) 8', 9'Cards: Iosefo 3' to 5' Try: Killingworth 1' O'Donnell 4' Porch 5' Anstee 12'Con: Stannard (3/4) 1', 4', 13' Referee: Sam Grove-White
20:36 Try: Hirayama 5'Con: Hirayama (0/1)Cards: Moonlight 8' to 10' Try: Farndale 1' McFarland 3', 9', 11' Lowe 7' Bryce 8' Coombes 13' Kennedy 14'Con: Lowe (5/6) 1', 3', 7', 9', 11' Fergusson (1/2) 14' Referee: Damon Murphy
16:53 Try: Baker 3', 6' Barrett 4' Tomasin 5'Con: Tomasin (3/4) 3', 4', 7' Try: Riddell 10' Fergusson 14'Con: Lowe (1/1) 10' Elms (0/1)Cards: Farndale 14' to 14' Referee: Matthew Rodden
17:15 Try: Douglas 1'Con: Hirayama (0/1) Try: Holland 3', 5' Anstee 9' Porch 10' Stannard 12'Con: Stannard (1/5) 9' Referee: Richard Kelly
20:04 Try: Parahi 1' Anderson 2' Porch 6' Lucas 13'Con: Stannard (1/3) 1' Lucas (1/1) 13'Cards: Connor 14' to 14' Try: Farndale 4' Riddell 8' McFarland 11'Con: Lowe (1/1) 4' Fergusson (2/2) 8', 11' Referee: James Doleman
20:26 Try: Jones 7' Moonlight 11' Thiel 14'Con: Hirayama (2/3) 7', 14' Try: Baker 1', 1', 5', 8' Pinkleman 2', 9'Con: Tomasin (5/6) 1', 2', 3', 5', 10' Referee: Jordan Way
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Semi-finals 13th Place Final 28 January 2018 – 15:24 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney Canada 31 28 January 2018 – 18:40 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney Papua New Guinea 14 Canada 14 28 January 2018 – 15:46 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney Scotland 12 Scotland 21 Spain 14
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Semi-finals 5th Place Final 28 January 2018 – 16:52 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney Fiji 24 28 January 2018 – 19:39 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney Kenya 5 Fiji 7 28 January 2018 – 17:14 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney New Zealand 31 New Zealand 10 England 5
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs
Josua Vakurunabili Tim Anstee Ben Pinkelman Franco Sábato Lewis Holland Ben O'Donnell Seabelo Senatla
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