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 TimePool 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
Place | Team | Points |
22 | ||
19 | ||
17 | ||
4 | 15 | |
5 | 13 | |
6 | 12 | |
7 | 10 | |
7 | 10 |
Place | Team | Points |
9 | 8 | |
10 | 7 | |
11 | 5 | |
11 | 5 | |
13 | 3 | |
14 | 2 | |
15 | 1 | |
15 | 1 |
Source:
Players
Scoring leaders
Rank | Player | Tries |
1 | Perry Baker | 9 |
2 | Seabelo Senatla | 8 |
3 | Luke Morgan | 7 |
Max McFarland | 7 | |
5 | Ben O'Donnell | 6 |
Rank | Player | Points |
1 | Justin Geduld | 56 |
2 | Amenoni Nasilasila | 45 |
Jean-Pascal Barraque | 45 | |
Perry Baker | 45 | |
5 | Seabelo Senatla | 40 |
Source:
Dream Team
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 |