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.

Format

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.

Teams

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:

Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

13th place

Matches

Semi-finals
13th Place Final

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final

5th place

Matches

Semi-finals
5th Place Final

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Perry Baker9
2 Seabelo Senatla8
3 Luke Morgan7
Max McFarland7
5 Ben O'Donnell6

RankPlayerPoints
1 Justin Geduld56
2 Amenoni Nasilasila45
Jean-Pascal Barraque45
Perry Baker45
5 Seabelo Senatla40

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
ForwardsBacks
Josua Vakurunabili
Tim Anstee
Ben Pinkelman
Franco Sábato
Lewis Holland
Ben O'Donnell
Seabelo Senatla