2018 Sydney Women's Sevens

2018 Sydney Women's Sevens
2018 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation	Australia Australia
Date	26–28 January 2018
Cup
Champion	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Runner-up	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Third	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Challenge Cup
Winner	File:Flag of England.svg England
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	199 (average 5.85 per match)
Most points	New Zealand Portia Woodman (65)
Most tries	New Zealand Portia Woodman (13)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the second edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Performances at this tournament helped determine the first ten seedings for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens together with the previous year's series and the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens.^[1]

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, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:^[2]

Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	3	3	0	122	0	+122	9
File:Flag of France.svg France	3	2	1	72	43	+29	7
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3	1	2	29	51	–22	5
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	129	–129	3

26 January 2018	France File:Flag of France.svg	50–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
11:28	Try: Pelle 1' Neissen 5' Amedee 6' Grassineau 8', 13' Guerin 9' Coutouly 11', 14' Con: Amedee (3/3) 1', 6', 8' Biscarat (1/1) 7' Drouin (1/4) 14'		Cards: Rama yellow card 5' to 7'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

26 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	29–0	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
11:50	Try: Sykes 1', 10' Caslick 3' Green 5' Pelite 12' Con: Sykes (2/4) 1', 4' Williams (0/1)			Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

26 January 2018	France File:Flag of France.svg	22–0	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
14:12	Try: Okemba 5', 8' Guerin 11' Biscarat 14' Con: Amedee (1/4) 8'			Referee: Ireland Joy Neville

26 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	50–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
14:34	Try: Caslick 1', 6' Staples 3' Green 7' Friedrichs 8' Tonegato 13', 14' Con: Sykes (3/5) 6', 7', 8' Williams (2/3) 11', 14'			Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas

26 January 2018	Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	29–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
16:56	Try: Pla 1' Garcia 4' Martinez Garcia 6' Barrutieta 13' Echebarria 14' Con: Garcia (1/3) 2' Casado (1/2) 13'		Cards: Larry yellow card 1' to 3' Rama yellow card 10' to 12'	Referee: South Africa Ben Crouse

26 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	43–0	File:Flag of France.svg France	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
17:18	Try: Cherry 1', 10' Quirk 3' Caslick 5' Green 7', 8', 12' Con: Sykes (3/6) 1', 6', 8' Williams (1/1) 12'		Cards: Horta yellow card 7' to 9'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	3	3	0	112	19	+93	9
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3	1	2	62	59	+3	5
File:Flag of England.svg England	3	1	2	50	74	–24	5
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	3	1	2	24	96	–72	5

26 January 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	24–28	File:Flag of England.svg England	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:44	Try: Tapper 7', 9', 14' Kelter 12' Con: Kelter (2/3) 7', 9' Heavirland (0/1)		Try: Fisher 1' Aitchison 3' Breach 10', 14' Con: Aitchison (3/3) 1', 3', 11' Scott 14'	Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas

26 January 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	48–7	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
11:06	Try: Woodman 1', 8', 9', 11' Blyde 2', 7' Tui 4' Waaka 14' Con: Willison (1/4) 5' Nathan-Wong (3/4) 9', 11', 14' Cards: Tui yellow card 12' to 14'		Try: Tanaka 6' Con: Tanaka (1/1) 6'	Referee: Ireland Joy Neville

26 January 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	38–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:28	Try: Tapper 2', 8' Kelter 4', 7' Rogers 9', 13' Con: Kelter (3/4) 2', 7', 8' Heavirland (1/2) 9'			Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

26 January 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	33–12	File:Flag of England.svg England	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:50	Try: Blyde 1', 9' Woodman 5', 11', 12' Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 2', 5', 10' Willison (1/1) 13'		Try: Fleming 8' Breach 14' Con: Scott (1/1) 14' Aitchison (0/1)	Referee: South Africa Ben Crouse

26 January 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	0–31	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
16:12			Try: Woodman 1', 6', 11' Blyde 8' Broughton 14' Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 6', 11', 14'	Referee: Japan Saurako Kawaski

26 January 2018	England File:Flag of England.svg	10–17	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
16:34	Try: Wilson-Hardy 3' Thompson 11' Con: Scott (0/1) Aitchison (0/1)		Try: Tanaka 2' Nakamura 6' Suzuki 8' Con: Tanaka (1/2) 7' Hirano (0/1)	Referee: Italy Beatrice Benvenuti

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	3	3	0	67	29	+38	9
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	3	2	1	43	38	+5	7
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	3	1	2	36	57	–21	5
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	3	0	3	38	60	–22	3

26 January 2018	Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	19–7	File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:00	Try: Khamidova 1' Zdrokova 10' Mikhaltsova 12' Con: Mikhaltsova (2/3) 2', 10'		Try: Murphy Crowe 7' Con: Mulhall (1/1) 7'	Referee: South Africa Ben Crouse

26 January 2018	Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	24–12	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:22	Try: Crossley 1' Darling 3' Benn 9', 12' Con: Landry (2/4) 10', 13'		Try: Ravisa 7' Naiobasali 8' Con: Nagasau (1/2) 7'	Referee: England Sara Cox

26 January 2018	Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	19–12	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
12:44	Try: Mikhaltsova 1' Seredina 3' Zdrokova 14' Con: Mikhaltsova (1/2) 1' Lushina 14' Cards: Bobkova yellow card 6' to 8'		Try: Naimasi 8' Ravisa 11' Con: Nagasau (1/2) 8'	Referee: Italy Beatrice Benvenuti

26 January 2018	Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	24–12	File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:06	Try: Greenshields 2' Watcham-Roy 6' Benn 11' Darling 14' Con: Nicholas (2/2) 2', 7' Landry (0/2)		Try: Flood 4' Mulhall 9' Con: Mulhall (1/2) 9'	Referee: Japan Saurako Kawaski

26 January 2018	Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	5–19	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
15:28	Try: Bobkova 6' Cards: Kukina yellow card 8' to 10' Khamidova yellow card 11' to 13'		Try: Landry 1' Greenshields 8' Watcham=Roy 13' Con: Landry (2/3) 1', 13'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

26 January 2018	Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg	17–14	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
15:50	Try: Murphy Crowe 8' O'Flynn 10', 13' Con: Mulhall (1/3) 8'		Try: Naiobasali 2' Roqica 12' Con: Nagasau (1/1) 3' Savu (1/1) 12'	Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

^[3]

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Semi-finals		Challenge Trophy Final

27 January 2018 – 9:00 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney

File:Flag of England.svg England	52
		27 January 2018 – 12:06 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	0
		File:Flag of England.svg England	29
27 January 2018 – 9:22 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
		File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	10
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	10

File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	19
		11th Place

		27 January 2018 – 11:44 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney

		File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	5

		File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	41

Matches

Semi-finals

27 January 2018	England File:Flag of England.svg	52–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
9:00	Try: Thompson 1', 5', 8' Fisher 2' Breach 7', 9', 13' Fleming 11' Con: Aitchison (6/8) 1', 3', 6', 10', 11', 13'			Referee: Japan Saurako Kawaski

27 January 2018	Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	10–19	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
9:22	Try: Yoko 6' Hirano 13' Con: Tanaka (0/2)		Try: Savu 1' Naimasi 9' Naiqato 12' Con: Nagasau (2/3) 1', 10'	Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas

11th place

27 January 2018	Papua New Guinea File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg	5–41	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
11:44	Try: Kaore 2'		Try: Hirano 1' Nakamura 3' Koide 5' Otake 7' Suzuki 8', 14' Yoko 12' Con: Tanaka (3/7) 1', 4', 8'	Referee: South Africa Ben Crouse

Challenge Trophy Final

27 January 2018	England File:Flag of England.svg	29–10	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
12:06	Try: Breach 1', 13', 14' Aitchison 4' Fleming 8' Con: Aitchison (2/5) 4', 9'		Try: Tinai 6' Naiobasali 10'	Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

5th place

Semi-finals		5th Place Final

27 January 2018 – 12:33 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	24
		28 January 2018 – 13:48 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	19
		File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	5
27 January 2018 – 13:15 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
		File:Flag of France.svg France	19
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	7

File:Flag of France.svg France	17
		7th Place

		28 January 2018 – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney

		File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	10

		File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	19

Matches

Semi-finals

27 January 2018	Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	24–19	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
12:33	Try: Garcia 1', 5', 14' Echebarria 3' Con: Garcia (2/4) 1', 4'		Try: Carlyle 7', 12' Tapper 14' Con: Heavirland (2/3) 7', 12'	Referee: Japan Saurako Kawaski

27 January 2018	Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg	7–17	File:Flag of France.svg France	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:15	Try: Murphy-Crowe 6' Con: Mulhall (1/1) 7'		Try: Amedee 3' Okemba 8', 13' Con: Amedee (1/3) 8'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

7th Place

28 January 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	10–19	File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:26	Try: Galvin 1', 8' Murphy-Crowe 6' Con: Mulhall (2/3) 1', 6'		Try: Emba 10' Rogers 14' Con: Heavirland (0/1) Kelter (0/1)	Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas

5th Place Final

28 January 2018	Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	5–19	File:Flag of France.svg France	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:48	Try: Alger 14' Con: Casada (0/1)		Try: Okemba 3' Amedee 8' Biscarat Con: Amedee (2/2) 3', 8'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Cup Final

27 January 2018 – 9:44 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney

File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	29
		27 January 2018 – 13:37 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	0
		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	31
27 January 2018 – 10:06 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
		File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	0
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	14
				28 January 2018 – 14:37 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	19
				File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	31
27 January 2018 – 10:28 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
				File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	0
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	36
		27 January 2018 – 13:59 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	0
		File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	26
27 January 2018 – 10:50 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	0	Bronze Medal Match
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	28
				28 January 2018 – 14:10 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
File:Flag of France.svg France	12
				File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	12

				File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	40

Matches

Quarter-finals

27 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	29–0	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
9:44	Try: Caslick 1', 5' Cherry 3' Williams 8' Tonegato 11' Con: Sykes (2/5) 6', 11'			Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

27 January 2018	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	14–19	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:06	Try: Kelter 9' Emba 11' Con: Kelter (2/2) 9', 11'		Try: Mikhaltsova 1' Zdrokova 4' Khamidova 8' Con: Mikhaltsova (2/3) 4', 8'	Referee: South Africa Ben Crouse

27 January 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	36–0	File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:28	Try: Blyde 2', 7' Woodman 5', 9' Waaka 12' Broughton 14' Con: Nathan-Wong (3/6) 7', 10', 13'			Referee: Italy Beatrice Benvenuti

27 January 2018	Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	28–12	File:Flag of France.svg France	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
10:50	Try: Greenshields 5' Benn 6', 10' Nicholas 13' Con: Landry (4/4) 5', 7', 10', 14'		Try: Grassineau 3' Amedee 7' Con: Amedee (1/2) 3'	Referee: New Zealand Rebecca Mahoney

Semi-finals

27 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	31–0	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:37	Try: Cherry 3' Tonegato 5' Caslick 9' Staples 12' Quirk 14' Con: Sykes (2/4) 4', 10' Williams (1/1) 14'			Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas

27 January 2018	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	26–0	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
13:59	Try: Woodman 1' Broughton 3' Brazier 9' Blyde 12' Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 3', 9', 13'			Referee: Ireland Joy Neville

Bronze Medal Match

28 January 2018	Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	12–40	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
14:10	Try: Bystrova 4' Perestiak 7' Con: Seredina (1/1) 5' Kukina (0/1)		Try: Greenshields 1', 13' Crossley 3' Nicholas 6' Kish 11' Moleschi 14' Con: Landry (5/6) 1', 7', 11', 13', 14'	Referee: Scotland Hollie Davidson

Cup Final

28 January 2018	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	31–0	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
14:37	Try: Parry 1' Caslick 7' Green 8' Pelite 10' 12' Con: Sykes (3/5) 8', 10', 12' Cards: Sykes yellow card 14' to 14'		Cards: Nathan-Wong yellow card 7' to 9'

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	16
4	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	14
5	File:Flag of France.svg France	12
6	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	10

Place	Team	Points
7	File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	8
8	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	6
9	File:Flag of England.svg England	4
10	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	3
11	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	2
12	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	New Zealand Portia Woodman	13
2	England Jess Breach	9
3	Australia Charlotte Caslick	8
	New Zealand Michaela Blyde	8
5	Australia Ellia Green	6

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	New Zealand Portia Woodman	65
2	Australia Emma Sykes (rugby union)	45
	England Jess Breach	45
4	Australia Charlotte Caslick	40
	New Zealand Michaela Blyde	40

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:^[4]

Forwards	Backs
New Zealand Portia Woodman Russia Baizat Khamidova Canada Brittany Benn	Australia Charlotte Caslick New Zealand Michaela Blyde Australia Emilee Cherry England Jess Breach

References

↑ "Rugby World Cup Sevens: Qualified teams and seeding process". World Rugby. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
↑ "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
↑ "Match schedules announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
↑ "Women's Dream team: Sydney". World Rugby. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

External links

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World Women's Sevens Series VI
Preceded by 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens	2018 Sydney Sevens	Succeeded by 2018 Japan Women's Sevens
Sydney Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens	2018 Sydney Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens

[1] "Rugby World Cup Sevens: Qualified teams and seeding process". World Rugby. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[2] "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[3] "Match schedules announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[4] "Women's Dream team: Sydney". World Rugby. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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Core teams	Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Invited teams	Brazil China Papua New Guinea South Africa Wales
Related articles	2017–18 World Series core qualification 2018 Commonwealth Games Sevens 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

5th place

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2018 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation	Australia Australia
Date	26–28 January 2018
Cup
Champion	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Runner-up	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Third	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Challenge Cup
Winner	File:Flag of England.svg England
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	199 (average 5.85 per match)
Most points	New Zealand Portia Woodman (65)
Most tries	New Zealand Portia Woodman (13)
← 2017 2019 →