# 2019 France Women's Sevens

The 2019 France Women's Sevens is the final tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the France Women's Sevens. For the first time in the tournament's history, it is held over the weekend of 15–16 June 2019 at Parc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz. With New Zealand already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the United States only needing to field a team to become eligible, the remaining two slots shall be determined over the weekend based upon overall series ranking.

## Format

The teams are drawn into three 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 brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

## Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Scotland:
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Scotland
* Spain
* United States

## Pool stage

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 21 | +81 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 56 | –8 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 68 | –20 | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 99 | –53 | 4 |
* 15 June 2019 13:14
| England | 10–17 | Russia |
| Try: Fleming (2) 2'm, 3'm Con: Kildunne (0/2) | Report | Try: Zdrokova (2) 7'c, 13'm Shestakova 8'm Con: Lushina (1/1) 7' Kulkova (0/2) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
* 15 June 2019 13:36
| New Zealand | 44–7 | Scotland |
| Try: Tui 0'm Blyde (2) 3'c, 9'm Nathan-Wong 6'c Hirini 7'm Brazier 11'm Saili 13'm Baker 14'm Con: Nathan-Wong (2/5) 4', 7' Robins-Reti (0/3) | Report | Try: Lloyd 5'c Con: Nelson (1/1) 6' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
* 15 June 2019 15:58
| England | 24–24 | Scotland |
| Try: Kildunne 1'm Fleming (2) 5'c, 7'm Wilcock 13'c Con: Kildunne (1/2) 6' Mason (1/1) 14' Jones (0/1) | Report | Try: Lloyd (2) 0'c, 4'c Gaffney 7'm Evans 10'm Con: Nelson (2/4) 1', 4' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
* 15 June 2019 16:20
| New Zealand | 31–0 | Russia |
| Try: Faleafaga 3'c Tui 7'c Baker (2) 8'c, 13'm Saili 11'm Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 3', 7', 9' | Report | |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
* 15 June 2019 18:42
| Russia | 31–15 | Scotland |
| Try: Mikhaltsova (3) 0'm, 5'c, 13'c Khamidova 2'm Shestakova 11'c Con: Seredina (1/2) 5' Lushina (2/2) 11', 13' Kulkova (0/1) | Report | Try: Smith 4'm Lloyd 9'm Gaffney 14'm Con: Nelson (0/2) Rollie (0/1) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
* 15 June 2019 19:04
| New Zealand | 27–14 | England |
| Try: Saili (2) 2'm, 6'm Blyde 7'c Baker (2) 10'm, 12'm Con: Nathan-Wong (1/5) 8' | Report | Try: Fisher 4'c Kildunne 14'c Con: Kildunne (2/2) 4', 14' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 63 | –18 | 5 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 66 | –41 | 3 |
* 15 June 2019 12:30
| Canada | 22–19 | Spain |
| Try: Landry 1'm Benn 3'c Farella 6'm Nicholas 11'm Con: Landry (1/3) 4' Nicholas (0/1) | Report | Try: Fresneda 9'm Casado 13'c L. Erbina 14'c Con: Casado (2/2) 13', 14' García (0/1) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
* 15 June 2019 12:52
| Australia | 27–5 | Ireland |
| Try: Tonegato (2) 0'c, 7'm Pelite (2) 3'm, 13'm Green 11'm Con: Treherne (1/3) 1' Brown (0/2) | Report | Try: Flood 9'm Con: Higgins (0/1) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
* 15 June 2019 15:14
| Canada | 27–10 | Ireland |
| Try: Lukan (2) 4'm, 12'm Farella (2) 6'm, 7'm Benn 8'c Con: Landry (1/5) 9' | Report | Try: Higgins 1'm Murphy-Crowe 3'm Con: Higgins (0/2) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
* 15 June 2019 15:36
| Australia | 31–14 | Spain |
| Try: Paki 2'm Tonegato (2) 4'm, 9'c Treherne 6'c Caslick 13'c Con: Treherne (1/3) 6' Brown (2/2) 10', 13' | Report | Try: Losada 1'c Fernández de Corres 8'm Con: García (2/2) 1', 8' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
* 15 June 2019 17:58
| Spain | 12–10 | Ireland |
| Try: Losada 2'c Hurtado 11'm Con: García (1/1) 2' Casado (0/1) | Report | Try: Lane 0'm Murphy-Crowe 7'm Con: Higgins (0/2) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
* 15 June 2019 18:20
| Australia | 27–14 | Canada |
| Try: Caslick (3) 3'm, 7'c 8'm Green (2) 11'm, 13'm Con: Treherne (1/3) 7' Brown (0/2) | Report | Try: Farella 2'c Williams 12'c Con: Landry (2/2) 2', 13' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sara Cox (England)

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 19 | +53 | 7 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 86 | –66 | 5 |
| Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 58 | –32 | 3 |
* 15 June 2019 13:58
| United States | 36–5 | China |
| Try: Tapper 2'm Thomas (2) 4'c, 5'm Maher 7'm Doyle 8'c Rovetti 11'c Con: Heavirland (3/6) 4', 9', 12' | Report | Try: Chen K. 1'm Con: Chen K. (0/1) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
* 15 June 2019 14:20
| France | 29–0 | Fiji |
| Try: Grassineau 0'm Neisen (2) 3'c, 8'm Izar 6'c Horta 11'm Con: Izar (2/4) 4', 6' Le Pesq (0/1) | Report | |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sara Cox (England)
* 15 June 2019 16:42
| United States | 14–12 | Fiji |
| Try: Doyle 6'c Thomas 10'c Con: Heavirland (2/2) 10' | Report | Try: Solikoviti 2'm Daveua 8'c Con: Seniyasi (1/1) 9' Tisolo (0/1) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
* 15 June 2019 17:04
| France | 36–0 | China |
| | Report | |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
* 15 June 2019 19:26
| Fiji | 14–15 | China |
| Try: Naimasi 5'c Savu 11'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 5' Tinai (1/1) 12' | Report | Try: Chen K. 1'm Yan 4'm Lyu 13'm Con: Chen K. (0/3) |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
* 15 June 2019 19:48
| United States | 19–7 | France |
| Try: Emba 2'c Kirshe 7'm Doyle 10'c Con: Kelter (2/3) 3', 10' | Report | Try: Penalty try 13' |
* Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

## Knockout stage
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Cup final | Challenge Cup final |
| 16 June – 12:28 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 12:28 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| England | 24 |
| England | 24 | 16 June – 15:57 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 15:57 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Ireland | 17 | 16 June – 15:57 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 15:57 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Ireland | 17 | England | 10 |
| 16 June – 12:50 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 12:50 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | England | 10 |
| 16 June – 12:50 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 12:50 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | Fiji | 27 |
| Scotland | 10 | Fiji | 27 |
| Fiji | 31 | | |
| Fiji | 31 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 16 June – 15:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 15:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| | | Ireland | 14 |
| | | Scotland | 26 |
Matches :
Semifinals
16 June 2019 12:28England 24–17 IrelandTry: Fleming 1'c Wilcock 7'm Fisher 7'c Quansah 12'm Con: Kildunne (1/2) 1' Mason (1/2) 8'ReportTry: Higgins 2'm Boles 9'c Murphy-Crowe 14'm Con: Higgins (1/3) 10'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
16 June 2019 12:50Scotland 10–31 FijiTry: Evans 4'm Lloyd 8'm Con: Nelson (0/2)ReportTry: Solikoviti 1'm Daveua (2) 2'm, 12'c Sokoiwasa 5'c Naimasi 10'c Con: Riwai (1/3) 6' Tisolo (2/2) 11', 12'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Eleventh place
16 June 2019 15:35Ireland 14–26 ScotlandTry: Burns 4'c Murphy-Crowe 14'c Con: Higgins (1/1) 4' Tyrell (1/1) 14'ReportTry: Gaffney 0'c Thomson 7'm Lloyd 10'c Nelson 13'c Con: Nelson (3/4) 1', 10', 13'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
Challenge Cup final
16 June 2019 15:57England 10–27 FijiTry: Quansah (2) 1'm, 11'm Con: Kildunne (0/1) Mason (0/1)ReportTry: Sokoiwasa 3'c Roqica 5'm Riwai 6'm Daveua 8'm Naimasi 13'm Con: Riwai (1/4) 3' Tisolo (0/1)Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland) :

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 June – 14:07 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 14:07 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Australia | 31 |
| Australia | 31 | 16 June – 17:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 17:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Russia | 21 | 16 June – 17:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 17:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Russia | 21 | Australia | 24 |
| 16 June – 14:29 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 14:29 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | Australia | 24 |
| 16 June – 14:29 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 14:29 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | France | 10 |
| France | 21 | France | 10 |
| China | 14 | | |
| China | 14 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 16 June – 16:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 16:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| | | Russia | 12 |
| | | China | 26 |
Matches :
Semifinals
16 June 2019 14:07Australia 31–21 RussiaTry: Tonegato (2) 5', 11' Pelite (2) 6', 13' Green 10'c Con: Treherne (2/3) 5', 10' Brown (1/2) 11'ReportTry: Shestakova 2'c Mikhaltsova 7'c Khamidova 14'c Con: Kulkova (2/2) 3', 8' Seredina (1/1) 14'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
16 June 2019 14:29France 21–14 ChinaTry: Grassineau 5'c Pelle 9'c Bertrand 12'c Con: Izar (2/2) 5', 10' Drouin (1/1) 12'ReportTry: Chen K. 1'c Lyu 6'c Con: Chen K. (2/2) 2', 7'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
Seventh place
16 June 2019 16:51Russia 12–26 ChinaTry: Mikhaltsova 6'm Khamidova 10'c Con: Lushina (1/1) 11' Kulkova (0/1)ReportTry: Lyu 1'c Yang X. 3'm Chen K. 9'c Ruan 12'c Con: Chen K. (2/3) 1', 12' Yang X. (1/1) 9'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Fifth place
16 June 2019 17:13Australia 24–10 FranceTry: Caslick 0'm Williams 6'c Green (2) 10'c, 12'm Con: Treherne (1/2) 6' Brown (1/2) 11'ReportTry: Ciofani 4'm Le Pesq 7'm Con: Izar (0/1) Drouin (0/1)Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy) :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 June – 11:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 11:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | | |
| Australia | 14 | | | |
| Australia | 14 | 16 June – 14:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 14:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | |
| Spain | 15 | 16 June – 14:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 14:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | |
| Spain | 15 | Spain | 7 | |
| 16 June – 11:22 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 11:22 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | Spain | 7 | |
| 16 June – 11:22 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 11:22 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | United States | 24 | |
| United States | 27 | United States | 24 | |
| United States | 27 | | | | 16 June – 18:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 18:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Russia | 12 | | | | 16 June – 18:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 18:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| Russia | 12 | | | | United States | 26 |
| 16 June – 11:44 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 11:44 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | | | | United States | 26 |
| 16 June – 11:44 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 11:44 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | | | New Zealand | 10 |
| Canada | 12 | | | | New Zealand | 10 |
| Canada | 12 | 16 June – 15:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 15:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | | |
| France | 5 | 16 June – 15:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 15:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | | |
| France | 5 | Canada | 12 | | | |
| 16 June – 12:06 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 12:06 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | | Canada | 12 | | | |
| 16 June – 12:06 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 12:06 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | New Zealand | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 36 | New Zealand | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 36 | | | | 16 June – 17:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 17:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| China | 0 | | | | 16 June – 17:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 16 June – 17:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra |
| China | 0 | | | | Spain | 14 |
| | | | | | Canada | 19 |
Matches :
Quarterfinals
16 June 2019 11:00Australia 14–15 SpainTry: Green 6'c Caslick 8'c Con: Treherne (2/2) 6', 9'ReportTry: García 1'm L. Erbina 10'm Requena 11'm Con: García (0/3)Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
16 June 2019 11:22United States 27–12 RussiaTry: Maher 0'm Thomas (2) 3'm, 11'c Tapper 8'm Kirshe 13'm Con: Heavirland (1/5) 12'ReportTry: Seredina 7'm Zdrokova 9'c Con: Seredina (1/2) 10'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
16 June 2019 11:44Canada 12–5 FranceTry: Crossley 3'm Farella 5'c Con: Landry (1/2) 5'ReportTry: Grassineau 13'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sara Cox (England)
16 June 2019 12:06New Zealand 36–0 ChinaTry: Blyde (3) 0'c, 3'c, 8'c Saili 5'm Te Temaki 12'm Tui 13'm Con: Nathan-Wong (3/6) 1', 3', 8'ReportParc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
Semifinals
16 June 2019 14:51Spain 7–24 United StatesTry: Plà 0'c Con: García (1/1) 1'ReportTry: Tapper (2) 2'm, 12'c Doyle 6'c Kelter 7'm Con: Kelter (1/2) 7' Heavirland (1/1) 12' Canett (0/1)Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Sara Cox (England)
16 June 2019 15:13Canada 12–21 New ZealandTry: Paquin 6'c Williams 13'm Con: Landry (1/1) 6' Benn (0/1)ReportTry: Saili 1'c Nathan-Wong 3'c Tui 8'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/3) 1', 3', 9'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Third Place
16 June 2019 17:35Spain 14–19 CanadaTry: Losada 7'c Martínez 8'c Con: García (2/2) 7', 9'ReportTry: Farella 2'm Benn 4'c Williams 12'c Con: Nicholas (2/3) 5', 12'Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
Final
16 June 2019 18:00United States 26–10 New ZealandTry: Kelter (2) 0'm, 7'c Emba 3'c Doyle 11'c Con: Kelter (2/3) 4', 7' Heavirland (1/1) 11'ReportTry: Tui 5'm Baker 12'm Con: Nathan-Wong (0/2)Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | United States | 20 |
| | New Zealand | 18 |
| | Canada | 16 |
| 4 | Spain | 14 |
| 5 | Australia | 12 |
| 6 | France | 10 |
| 7 | China | 8 |
| 8 | Russia | 6 |
| 9 | Fiji | 4 |
| 10 | England | 3 |
| 11 | Scotland | 2 |
| 12 | Ireland | 1 |
Source: World Rugby

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Source: World Rugby