# 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.

## Core teams

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

## Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:
2017–18 Venues :
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
| Dubai | The Sevens | Dubai | 1–2 December 2017 | South Africa |
| South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 9–10 December 2017 | New Zealand |
| Australia | Allianz Stadium | Sydney | 26–28 January 2018 | Australia |
| New Zealand | FMG Stadium Waikato | Hamilton | 3–4 February 2018 | Fiji |
| United States | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas | 2–4 March 2018 | United States |
| Canada | BC Place | Vancouver | 10–11 March 2018 | Fiji |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 6–8 April 2018 | Fiji |
| Singapore | National Stadium | Singapore | 28–29 April 2018 | Fiji |
| England | Twickenham Stadium | London | 2–3 June 2018 | Fiji |
| France | Stade Jean-Bouin | Paris | 8–10 June 2018 | South Africa |
There were several significant changes to the schedule:
* The New Zealand event moved from Wellington, which had hosted an event in every previous season of the series, to Hamilton.
* The Australia and New Zealand events will swap places in the tournament order.
* The schedule includes a break for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will hold its sevens tournament on 14–15 April at Gold Coast.
* The Paris and London Sevens, which swapped places in the season order, will take place several weeks later than usual in order to provide more rest for players, many of whom will have been involved in the Commonwealth Games.

## Standings

Official standings for the 2017–18 series:
2017–18 World Rugby Sevens – Series XIX :
| Pos. | Event Team | Dubai | Cape Town | Sydney | Hamil­ton | Las Vegas | Van­couver | Hong Kong | Singa­pore | London | Paris | Points total |
| 1 | South Africa | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 182 |
| 2 | Fiji | 15 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 180 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 19 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 150 |
| 4 | Australia | 13 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 123 |
| 5 | England | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 122 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 117 |
| 7 | Argentina | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 105 |
| 8 | Kenya | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 104 |
| 9 | Canada | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 76 |
| 10 | Samoa | 12 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 59 |
| 11 | Spain | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 56 |
| 12 | Scotland | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 13 | France | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 53 |
| 14 | Wales | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| 15 | Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 16 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 18 | Uganda | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 19 | Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 20 | Uruguay | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 21 | South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Source: World Rugby. Archived
    Legend No colour Core team in 2017–18 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2017–18 season Yellow Not a core team

## Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth | Total |
| Fiji | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| South Africa | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| United States | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Kenya | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| England | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ireland | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Canada | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 |

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Tries scored :
| No. | Player | Tries |
| 1 | Carlin Isles | 49 |
| 2 | Luke Morgan | 44 |
| 3 | Dan Norton | 38 |
| 4 | Eroni Sau | 37 |
| 4 | Perry Baker | 37 |
| 6 | Justin Douglas | 35 |
| 6 | Seabelo Senatla | 35 |
| 8 | Ben O'Donnell | 32 |
| 9 | Willy Ambaka | 31 |
| 10 | Joe Ravouvou | 28 |
| 10 | John Porch | 28 |
Points scored :
| No. | Player | Points |
| 1 | Nathan Hirayama | 334 |
| 2 | Amenoni Nasilasila | 316 |
| 3 | Tom Mitchell | 263 |
| 4 | Carlin Isles | 247 |
| 5 | Luke Morgan | 220 |
| 6 | Jean-Pascal Barraque | 211 |
| 7 | James Stannard | 197 |
| 8 | Dan Norton | 190 |
| 8 | Vatemo Ravouvou | 190 |
| 10 | Perry Baker | 187 |

### Awards

Updated: 5 June 2018
Updated: 5 June 2018

## Tournaments
### Dubai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 24–12 | New Zealand | England (Bronze) Fiji |
| 5th Place | Australia | 22–17 | Samoa | Kenya Scotland |
| Challenge Trophy | France | 21–12 | Spain | Argentina Canada |
| 13th Place | Wales | 26–7 | Uganda | Russia United States |

### Cape Town

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 38–14 | Argentina | South Africa (Bronze) Canada |
| 5th Place | Fiji | 26–12 | United States | England France |
| Challenge Trophy | Australia | 26–7 | Spain | Samoa Wales |
| 13th Place | Kenya | 24–14 | Uganda | Russia Scotland |

### Sydney

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Australia | 29–0 | South Africa | Argentina (Bronze) United States |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 31–7 | Fiji | England Kenya |
| Challenge Trophy | France | 29–12 | Wales | Russia Samoa |
| 13th Place | Canada | 14–12 | Scotland | Papua New Guinea Spain |

### Hamilton

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 24–17 | South Africa | Australia (Bronze) New Zealand |
| 5th Place | Samoa | 19–15 | Kenya | Scotland England |
| Challenge Trophy | United States | 31–12 | Argentina | Canada Papua New Guinea |
| 13th Place | France | 19–17 | Wales | Russia Spain |

### Las Vegas

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | United States | 28–0 | Argentina | Fiji (Bronze) South Africa |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 17–12 (a.e.t.) | Australia | England Kenya |
| Challenge Trophy | France | 26–19 | Canada | Scotland Wales |
| 13th Place | Samoa | 28–7 | Spain | Russia Uruguay |

### Vancouver

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 31–12 | Kenya | South Africa (Bronze) United States |
| 5th Place | England | 31–14 | Australia | Argentina New Zealand |
| Challenge Trophy | Scotland | 29–5 | Spain | Russia Wales |
| 13th Place | Samoa | 21–10 | Canada | France Uruguay |

### Hong Kong

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 24–12 | Kenya | South Africa (Bronze) New Zealand |
| 5th Place | Argentina | 14–12 | United States | Spain Scotland |
| Challenge Trophy | France | 33–7 | Canada | Australia Russia |
| 13th Place | Wales | 33–5 | Samoa | England South Korea |
| World Series Qualifier | Japan | 19–14 | Germany | Chile Ireland |

### Singapore

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 28–22 | Australia | England (Bronze) South Africa |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 36–17 | Samoa | Kenya Spain |
| Challenge Trophy | United States | 26–12 | Canada | Scotland Wales |
| 13th Place | Japan | 31–24 | Argentina | France Russia |

### London

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 21-17 | South Africa | Ireland (Bronze) England |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 26-5 | United States | Australia Canada |
| Challenge Trophy | Kenya | 33-19 | Wales | Argentina Russia |
| 13th Place | Samoa | 34-10 | Scotland | France Spain |

### Paris

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 24–14 | England | New Zealand (Bronze) Canada |
| 5th Place | Fiji | 28–7 | United States | Ireland Spain |
| Challenge Trophy | Argentina | 33–26 | Wales | Australia France |
| 13th Place | Kenya | 21–20 | Scotland | Russia Samoa |