2018 New Zealand Sevens

2018 New Zealand Sevens
2018 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation	New Zealand New Zealand
Date	3–4 February 2018
Cup
Champion	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Runner-up	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Third	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Challenge Cup
Winner	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	255 (average 5.67 per match)
Most points	United States Perry Baker (40) ; Wales Luke Morgan (40) ; South Africa Seabelo Senatla (40)
Most tries	United States Perry Baker (8) ; Wales Luke Morgan (8) ; South Africa Seabelo Senatla (8)
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The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton. It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2018 at FMG Stadium Waikato.

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:^[1]

Pool stage

All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	3	3	0	78	25	+53	9
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	3	2	1	62	38	+24	7
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	3	1	2	36	75	–39	5
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3	0	3	38	74	–36	3

3 February 2018	Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg	28–0	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:36	Try: Sau 1' Dranisinukula 3' Veremalua 11' Nasoko 14' Con: Nasilasila (2/2) 1', 4' Ravouvou (2/2) 12', 14' Cards: Kunavula yellow card 6' to 8'			Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert

3 February 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	21–5	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:58	Try: O'Donnell 3' Connor 9' Anderson 13' Con: Stannard (2/2) 3', 9' Lucas (1/1) 14'		Try: Sainz 7' Con: Hernandez (0/1)	Referee: Wales Craig Evans

3 February 2018	Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg	24–10	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:02	Try: Sau 1' Tuwai 5' Naduva 12' Nasilasila 14' Con: Ravouvou (1/2) 5' Nasilasila 14' Cards: yellow card 7' to 9' Kunavula yellow card 7' to 9' Sau		Try: Pla 7' Sainz 9' Con: Hernandez (1/3) 10'	Referee: Australia Jordan Way

3 February 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	26–7	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:24	Try: O'Donnell 8', 14' Longbottom 11' Taylor 13' Con: Stannard (2/2) 9', 11' Lucas (1/2) 13'		Try: Millard 12' Con: Treharne (1/1) 12'	Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

3 February 2018	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	29–21	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
19:28	Try: Millard 2' Morgan 5', 8' Treharne 7' Roach 12' Con: Jones (2/5) 2', 5'		Try: Genua 6' Martin 10' Hernandez 14' Con: Hernandez (3/3) 7', 10', 14'	Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni

3 February 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	15–26	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
19:50	Try: Anstee 4', 5' Anderson 9' Con: Stannard (0/3)		Try: Sau 1', 14' Vakurunabili 7' Veremalua 10' Con: Nasilasila (2/3) 1', 11' Ravouvou (1/1) 14'	Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	3	3	0	102	12	+90	9
File:Flag of England.svg England	3	2	1	81	28	+53	7
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	38	70	–32	5
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	3	0	3	7	118	–111	3

3 February 2018	England File:Flag of England.svg	47–0	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:44	Try: McConnochie 1', 7' Waddleton 2' Norton 6' Olowowfela 8', 11' Bowen 14' Con: Mitchell (6/7) 1', 6', 7' 9', 12', 14'			Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni

3 February 2018	South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	36–5	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:06	Try: Sage 1' Specman 2', 14' Senatla 5', 7' Davids 10' Con: Geduld (2/4) 3', 6' Specman (0/1) Afrika (1/1) 14' Cards: Agaba yellow card 7' to 9'		Try: Tokavai 3' Con: Guise (0/1)	Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White

3 February 2018	England File:Flag of England.svg	27–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
15:10	Try: Bowen 1', 6', 7' Burgess '9 Norton 12' Con: Mitchell (1/4) '9 Bibby (0/1)			Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

3 February 2018	South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	38–0	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
15:32	Try: Specman 7', 8' Brown 10' Senatla 11', 14' Notshe 14' Con: Geduld (4/4) 7', 9', 10', 12' Afrika (0/2)			Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

3 February 2018	Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	7–33	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
18:44	Try: Lazarenko 4' Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 4' Cards: yellow card 11' to 13' Kapalin		Try: Tatut 1', 14' Kapana 5' 7' Guise 11' Con: Tokavai (2/3) 6', 7' Guise 12' Vali 14'	Referee: Australia Jordan Way

3 February 2018	South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	28–7	File:Flag of England.svg England	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
19:06	Try: Agaba 4' Senatla 5', 7' Specman 11' Con: Geduld (4/4) 4', 6', 7', 11'		Try: Norton 14' Con: Mitchell (1/1) 14' Cards: yellow card 11' to 13' Olowofela	Referee: Australia Damon Murphy

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	3	3	0	93	27	+69	9
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	3	1	2	45	57	–12	5
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3	1	2	45	59	–14	5
File:Flag of France.svg France	3	1	2	49	92	–43	5

3 February 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	52–7	File:Flag of France.svg France	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
13:20	Try: Ravouvou 1' Mikkelson 3' Curry 4', 8' Molia 6' Ware 12' Nanai-Seturo 14' Masirewa 14' Con: Koroi (5/5) 2', 4', 5', 7', 9' Webber (1/3) 12'		Try: Manevy 10' Con: Barraque (1/1) 10'	Referee: Australia Jordan Way

3 February 2018	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	19–14	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
13:42	Try: Sabato 9' del Mestre 11' Gonzalez 14' Con: Bazan Velez (0/1) del Mestre (2/2) 12', 14'		Try: McFarland 2' Riddell 6' Con: Lowe (2/2) 2', 6'	Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

3 February 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	24–5	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:46	Try: Mikkelson 3' Curry 7' Koroi 11' Dickson 14' Con: Koroi (2/3) 3', 7' Webber (0/1)		Try: Elms 14' Con: Lowe (0/1)	Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni

3 February 2018	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	14–28	File:Flag of France.svg France	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
17:08	Try: Barraque 2', 14' Lakafia 4' Riva 8' Con: Barraque (4/4) 2', 5', 8', 14'		Try: Sabato 7' Gonzalez 12' Con: Mare (1/1) 7' del Mestre (1/1) 12'	Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert

3 February 2018	France File:Flag of France.svg	14–26	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
20:12	Try: Lagarde 3' Berenguel 14' Con: Barraque (1/1) 3' Mazzoleni (1/1) 14'		Try: Riddell 2' McFarland 7', 11' Elms 13' Con: Lowe (1/1) 2' Fergusson (2/3) 7', 12'	Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden

3 February 2018	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	12–17	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
20:34	Try: Gonzalez 2' del Mestre 4' Con: del Mestre (1/2) 2', 4'		Try: Stanaway 1' Koroi 9' Ravouvou 13' Con: Koroi (0/2) Webber (1/1) 14'	Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	3	2	1	0	57	47	+10	8
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	3	2	0	1	50	43	+7	7
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3	1	1	1	57	47	+10	6
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	3	0	0	3	42	69	–27	3

3 February 2018	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	19–14	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:00	Try: Ouma 4' Oyoo 6' Oliech 8' Con: Oliech (2/3) 5', 9'		Try: Perez 1' Iosefo 11' Con: Mealoi (2/2) 1', 12'	Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

3 February 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	28–14	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:22	Try: Baker 6', 10' Unufe 7' Iosefo 13' Con: Barrett (1/1) 6' Niua (3/3) 8', 10', 14'		Try: Hirayama 1' Moonlight 4' Con: Hirayama (2/2) 1', 5' Cards: McCloskey yellow card 9' to 11'	Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

3 February 2018	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	19–14	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
14:26	Try: Ndayara 4' Ouma 6' Oluoch 11' Con: Oliech (2/3) 4', 11'		Try: Kaay 7', 10' Con: Hirayama (2/2) 8', 10'	Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden

3 February 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	10–14	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
14:48	Try: Pinkelman 8' Baker 10' Con: Niua (0/2)		Try: Paulo 7' Leilua 14' Con: Mealoi (2/2) 7', 14'	Referee: Australia Damon Murphy

3 February 2018	Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg	22–14	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
18:00	Try: Paulo 1' Fomai 4' Afamasaga 7' Mealoi 9' Con: Mealoi (1/4) 7'		Try: Cambell 11' Bradley 13' Con: Hirayama (2/2) 11', 14'	Referee: Wales Craig Evans

3 February 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	19–19	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
18:22	Try: Baker 7' Isles 8', 11' Con: Niua (2/3) 7', 8'		Try: Oyoo 1' Oluoch 4' Ndayara 5' Con: Oliech (1/2) 4, 6' Cards: yellow card 9' to 11' Agero	Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White

^[2]

Knockout stage

13th Place

Semi-finals		13th Place Final

4 February 2018 – 14:19 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	33
		4 February 2018 – 18:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	7
		File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	17
4 February 2018 – 14:41 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of France.svg France	19
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	14

File:Flag of France.svg France	19

Matches

Semi-finals

4 February 2018	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	33–7	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
14:19	Try: Morgan 2', 3', 8' Jenkins 6' Treharne 13' Con: Treharne (4/5) 3', 4', 8', 14'		Try: Roshchin 11' Con: Roshchin (1/1) 11'	Referee: Australia Damon Murphy

4 February 2018	Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	14–19	File:Flag of France.svg France	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
14:41	Try: Sainz-Trapaga 4' Levy 14' Con: Hernandez (1/1) 4', 14'		Try: Lakafia 6' Veredamu 7' Dall'igna 12' Con: Barraque (2/2) 7', 12'	Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White

13th Place Final

4 February 2018	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	17–19	File:Flag of France.svg France	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
18:03	Try: Morgan 6', 7', 10' Con: Treharne (1/3) 10'		Try: Lagarde 2' Parez 12', 13' Con: Barraque (2/3) 2', 12'	Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White

Challenge Trophy

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Challenge Trophy Final

4 February 2018 – 11:00 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	14
		4 February 2018 – 15:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	19
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	12
4 February 2018 – 11:22 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	14
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	21
				4 February 2018 – 18:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	12
				File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	12
4 February 2018 – 11:44 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
				File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	31
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	29
		4 February 2018 – 15:25 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	12
		File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	42
4 February 2018 – 12:06 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	12
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	35

File:Flag of France.svg France	0

Matches

Quarter-finals

4 February 2018	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	14–19 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:00	Try: Lewis 7' Treharne 9' Con: Treharne (2/2) 7', 10' Pen: Treharne (0/1) 15'		Try: Douglas 3', 14' Hirayama 19' Con: Hirayama (2/2) 3', 14'	Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

4 February 2018	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	21–12	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:22	Try: Roura 4' Escobio 7' Filizzola 10' Con: del Mestre (3/3) 5', 7', 10'		Try: Ianiushkin 3' Gostyuzhev 14' Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 3' Solomyannyy (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

4 February 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	29–12	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
11:44	Try: Iosefo 3' Baker 14', 9' Barrett 10' Isles 14' Con: Niua (2/5) 4', 10'		Try: Martin 6' Sainz 13' Con: Hernandez (1/1) 6' Genua (0/1)	Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden

4 February 2018	Papua New Guinea File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg	35–0	File:Flag of France.svg France	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:06	Try: Kapana 2', 9' Tokavai 7' Rova 8' Tirang 11' Con: Guise (4/4) 2', 8', 10', 12' Tokavai 7' Cards: Shalandra yellow card 13' to 14'			Referee: FijiTevita Rokovereni

Semi-finals

4 February 2018	Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	12–14	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
15:03	Try: Bradley 4' Douglas 14' Con: Hirayama (1/1) 14'		Try: Gonzalez 5' Provenzano 8' Con: del Mestre (1/1) 6', 8'	Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden

4 February 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	42–12	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
15:25	Try: Williams 3', 7' Baker 5' Leuta 8' Iosefo 9' Isles 13' Con: Niua (6/6) 4', 6', 7', 8', 10', 14'		Try: Kapana 12' Shalandra 14' Con: Tokavai (1/2) 12' Cards: Kapana yellow card 3' to 5'	Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni

Challenge Trophy Final

4 February 2018	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	12–31	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
18:33	Try: Roura 7' Moroni 12' Con: del Mestre (1/2) 12' Cards: del Mestre yellow card 4' to 6'		Try: Barrett 2', 3' Baker 8' Niua 10' Pinkelman 13' Con: Niua (3/5) 8', 10', 13'	Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

5th Place

Semi-finals		5th Place Final

4 February 2018 – 16:05 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	22
		4 February 2018 – 19:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of England.svg England	17
		File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	19
4 February 2018 – 16:27 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	15
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	33

File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	19

Matches

Semi-finals

4 February 2018	Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg	22–17 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of England.svg England	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:05	Try: Iosefo 3' Solia 5' Afamasaga 10' Leilual 15' Con: Mealoi (1/3) 3'		Try: Lindsay-Hague 1' Burgess 7' Bowen 13' Con: Bibby 13'	Referee: Australia Jordan Way

4 February 2018	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	33–19	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:27	Try: Ouma 3', 8' Ombasa 6' Oluoch 10' Ambaka 12' Con: Agero 4' Ligamy 6' Tanga 10' Oliech 13' Cards: Ochieng yellow card 10' to 12'		Try: Cuthbert 1' Riddell 2' McFarland 14' Con: Lowe (2/3) 1', 2'	Referee: Australia Damon Murphy

5th Place Final

4 February 2018	Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg	19–15	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
19:03	Try: Fomai 1', 7' Iosefo 3' Con: Mealoi (2/3) 3', 7' Cards: Whitaker yellow card 14' to !4'		Try: Agero 7' Ngethe 10' Owira 14' Con: Agero (0/1) Oliech (0/1)	Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Cup Final

4 February 2018 – 12:36 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	12
		4 February 2018 – 16:49 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	10
		File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	14
4 February 2018 – 12:58 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	12
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	19
				4 February 2018 – 20:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of England.svg England	12
				File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	24
4 February 2018 – 13:20 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
				File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	17
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	12
		4 February 2018 – 17:11 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	33
		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	5
4 February 2018 – 13:42 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
		File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	24	Bronze Medal Match
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	22
				4 February 2018 – 19:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	0
				File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	7

				File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	8

Matches

Quarter-finals

4 February 2018	Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg	12-10	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:36	Try: Mocenacagi 3' Nasoko 14' Con: Nasilasila (1/1) 4' Ravouvou (0/1)		Try: Langkilde 7' Iosefo 8' Con: Mealoi (0/2)	Referee: Wales Craig Evans

4 February 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	19–12	File:Flag of England.svg England	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
12:58	Try: Mikkelson 3' Koroi 6' Curry 13' Con: Koroi (2/3) 7', 13'		Try: McConnochie 1', 8' Con: Mitchell (1/2) 2' Cards: Burgess yellow card 12' to 14'	Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert

4 February 2018	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	12–33	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
13:20	Try: Sikuta 9' Ligamy 14' Con: Ligamy (1/1) 14' Oliech (0/1) Cards: Oluoch yellow card 5' to 7'		Try: Lucas 1' Porch 3' Anderson 4', 7' O'Donnell 6' Con: Stannard (4/5) 1', 5', 6', 7'	Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

4 February 2018	South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	17–0	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
13:42	Try: Geduld 4', 7' Senatla 11' Afrika 14' Con: Geduld (1/4) 7'			Referee: Australia Jordan Way

Semi-finals

4 February 2018	Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg	14–12	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
16:49	Try: Vakurunabili 1' Kunavula 9' Con: Nasilasila (2/2) 1', 10'		Try: Dickson 4' Koroi 8' Con: Koroi (1/2) 8'	Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

4 February 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	5–24	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
17:11	Try: Anstee 7' Con: (0/1)		Try: Afrika 1', 9' Senatla 5' Smith 14' Con: Du Preez 10' Afrika 14' Cards: Senatla yellow card 7' to 9'	Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

Bronze Medal Match

4 February 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	7–8	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
19:33	Try: Curry 4' Con: Webber (1/1) 4' Cards: Baker yellow card 7' to 9'		Try: Porch 8' Con: Stannard (0/1) Pen: Stannard (1/1) 14'	Referee: Wales Craig Evans

Cup Final

4 February 2018	Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg	24–17	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
20:03	Try: Naduva 4', 8', 11' Sau 14' Con: Nasilasila (2/4) 8', 12' Cards: Vakurunabili yellow card 1' to 3'		Try: Smith 2' Brown 6' Du Preez 7' Con: Afrika (1/2) 7' Du Preez (0/1) Cards: Du Preez yellow card 9' to 11'	Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	17
4	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	15
5	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	13
6	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	12
7	File:Flag of England.svg England	10
7	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	10

Place	Team	Points
9	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	8
10	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	7
11	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	5
11	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	5
13	File:Flag of France.svg France	3
14	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	2
15	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	1
15	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Wales Luke Morgan	8
	United States Perry Baker	8
	South Africa Seabelo Senatla	8
4	Wales Eroni Sau	5
	Papua New Guinea Gairo Kapana	5

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Wales Luke Morgan	40
	United States Perry Baker	40
	South Africa Seabelo Senatla	40
	New Zealand Vilimoni Koroi	40
5	United States Folau Niua	35

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

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

Forwards	Backs
New Zealand Scott Curry Fiji Kalione Nasoko Australia Lachie Anderson	Fiji Jerry Tuwai New Zealand Vilimoni Koroi South Africa Werner Kok Fiji Eroni Sau

References

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External links

Tournament Page

World Sevens Series XIX

Preceded by

2018 Sydney Sevens

2018 New Zealand Sevens

Succeeded by

2018 USA Sevens

New Zealand Sevens

Preceded by

2017 Wellington Sevens

2018 New Zealand Sevens

Succeeded by

2019 New Zealand Sevens

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v t e 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
Tournaments	Dubai South Africa Australia New Zealand USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore England France
Core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales
Invited teams	Ireland Japan Papua New Guinea South Korea Uganda Uruguay
World Rugby Sevens Series Squads

2018 New Zealand Sevens

Contents

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

13th Place

Challenge Trophy

5th Place

Cup

Tournament placings

Players

Scoring leaders

Dream Team

References

External links

Navigation menu

2018 New Zealand Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation	New Zealand New Zealand
Date	3–4 February 2018
Cup
Champion	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Runner-up	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Third	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Challenge Cup
Winner	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	255 (average 5.67 per match)
Most points	United States Perry Baker (40) Wales Luke Morgan (40) South Africa Seabelo Senatla (40)
Most tries	United States Perry Baker (8) Wales Luke Morgan (8) South Africa Seabelo Senatla (8)
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2018 New Zealand Sevens

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

13th Place

Challenge Trophy

5th Place

Cup

Tournament placings

Players

Scoring leaders

Dream Team

References

External links

Navigation menu

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