2019 Sydney Sevens
The 2019 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the women's tournament.
Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.Teams
Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship, Tonga:Pool stage
All times in Australian Eastern Daylight TimePool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
Thirteenth Place
Matches |
Semifinals Final |
Challenge Trophy
Matches |
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
5th Place
Matches |
Semifinals Final |
Cup
Matches |
Quarterfinals Semifinals Third Place 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 | Joe Perez | 6 |
1 | Siviwe Soyizwapi | 6 |
3 | Alasio Naduva | 5 |
3 | Carlin Isles | 5 |
3 | Mateo Carreras | 5 |
Rank | Player | Points |
1 | Katsuyuki Sakai | 47 |
2 | Madison Hughes | 35 |
3 | Vilimoni Koroi | 32 |
3 | Joe Perez | 30 |
3 | Selvyn Davids | 30 |
Source:
Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:Forwards | Backs |
Mesulame Kunavula Sam Dickson Stephen Tomasin | Alasio Naduva Madison Hughes Kurt Baker Dan Norton |