# 2018 USA Sevens

The 2018 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2018 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fifteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played between 2 and 4 March 2018 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The tournament was won by the United States who beat Argentina 28–0 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks.

## 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 participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Uruguay
* Wales

## Pool stage

All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 22 | +63 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 88 | –69 | 3 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 78 | –33 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 80 | –28 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 7 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 64 | –16 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 81 | –50 | 3 |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 38 | +40 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 61 | +15 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 99 | –78 | 3 |

## Knockout stage
### 13th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 13th Place Final | 13th Place Final |
| 4 March 2018 – 11:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 11:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Uruguay | 12 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 4 March 2018 – 13:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Samoa | 26 | 4 March 2018 – 13:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Samoa | 26 | Samoa | 28 |
| 4 March 2018 – 11:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 11:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Samoa | 28 |
| 4 March 2018 – 11:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 11:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Spain | 7 |
| Russia | 17 | Spain | 7 |
| Spain | 19 | | |
Matches :

### Challenge Trophy

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 3 March 2018 – 15:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 15:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| France | 40 | | | |
| France | 40 | 4 March 2018 – 11:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 11:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | |
| Uruguay | 7 | 4 March 2018 – 11:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 11:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | |
| Uruguay | 7 | France | 33 | |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | France | 33 | |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Wales | 7 | |
| Samoa | 19 | Wales | 7 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 15:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 15:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Wales | 21 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 15:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 15:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Wales | 21 | | | | France | 26 |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | | France | 26 |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Scotland | 24 | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Scotland | 24 | 4 March 2018 – 12:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 12:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 12 | 4 March 2018 – 12:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 12:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 12 | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 3 March 2018 – 16:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 16:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Canada | 15 | |
| Canada | 21 | Canada | 15 | |
| Spain | 14 | | | |
Matches :

### 5th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 4 March 2018 – 12:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 12:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| New Zealand | 19 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 4 March 2018 – 15:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 15:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| England | 14 | 4 March 2018 – 15:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 15:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| England | 14 | New Zealand | 17 (a.e.t.) |
| 4 March 2018 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | New Zealand | 17 (a.e.t.) |
| 4 March 2018 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Australia | 12 |
| Kenya | 21 | Australia | 12 |
| Australia | 26 (a.e.t.) | | |
Matches :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 3 March 2018 – 17:26 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 17:26 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | 4 March 2018 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | |
| New Zealand | 10 | 4 March 2018 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | |
| New Zealand | 10 | Fiji | 7 | |
| 3 March 2018 – 17:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 17:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Fiji | 7 | |
| 3 March 2018 – 17:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 17:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | United States | 19 | |
| United States | 17 | United States | 19 | |
| United States | 17 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| England | 12 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| England | 12 | | | | United States | 28 |
| 3 March 2018 – 18:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 18:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | | United States | 28 |
| 3 March 2018 – 18:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 18:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 17 | | | | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 17 | 4 March 2018 – 13:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | 4 March 2018 – 13:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 13:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | Argentina | 12 | | | |
| 3 March 2018 – 18:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 18:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Argentina | 12 | | | |
| 3 March 2018 – 18:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 3 March 2018 – 18:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | South Africa | 10 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| South Africa | 29 | South Africa | 10 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| South Africa | 29 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 16:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 16:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Australia | 17 | | | | 4 March 2018 – 16:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2018 – 16:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Australia | 17 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| | | | | | South Africa | 22 |
Matches :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | United States | 22 |
| | Argentina | 19 |
| | Fiji | 17 |
| 4 | South Africa | 15 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 13 |
| 6 | Australia | 12 |
| 7 | England | 10 |
| 7 | Kenya | 10 |
| 9 | France | 8 |
| 10 | Canada | 7 |
| 11 | Scotland | 5 |
| 11 | Wales | 5 |
| 13 | Samoa | 3 |
| 14 | Spain | 2 |
| 15 | Russia | 1 |
| 15 | Uruguay | 1 |
Source: World Rugby

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Source: World Rugby

### Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Forwards | Backs |
| Ben Pinkelman Danny Barrett Matias Osadczuk | Cecil Afrika Jerry Tuwai Luke Morgan Perry Baker |