2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens
2015–16 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVII
Hosts	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate; Südafrika; Neuseeland; Australien; Vereinigte Staaten; Kanada; Hongkong; Singapur; Frankreich; England;
Date	4 Dec 2015 – 22 May 2016
Final positions
Champions	Fidschi
Runners-up	Südafrika
Third	Neuseeland
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This season, the series expanded from nine to ten events.^[1]

Core teams

Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season. A fifteenth team, Russia, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. The core teams were:

Russia replaced Japan, which lost core team status having finished last of the fifteen core teams in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:^[2]

2015–16 Venues
Leg	Stadium	City	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	4–5 December 2015	Fidschi
Südafrika	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	12–13 December 2015	Südafrika
Neuseeland	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	30–31 January 2016	Neuseeland
Australien	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	6–7 February 2016	Neuseeland
Vereinigte Staaten	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	4–6 March 2016	Fidschi
Kanada	BC Place	Vancouver	12–13 March 2016	Neuseeland
Hongkong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hongkong	8–10 April 2016	Fidschi
Singapur	National Stadium	Singapur	16–17 April 2016	Kenia
Frankreich	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	13–15 May 2016	Samoa
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	21–22 May 2016	Scotland

Changes

There were three new tournaments in the series, with two events being discontinued:

The Canada Sevens was a new stop at BC Place in Vancouver, paired with the USA Sevens.^[3]
The Singapore Sevens returned, replacing the Japan Sevens.
The France Sevens returned for the first time since 2006, replacing the Scotland Sevens.

Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

The Australian Sevens moved from Gold Coast to Sydney.^[4]
The South Africa Sevens moved from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town.^[5]

Standings

Final standings after completion of the ten tournaments in the series:

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVII
Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Wellington	Sydney	Las Vegas	Vancouver	Hongkong	Singapore	Paris	London	Points total

1	Fidschi	22	13	17	17	22	15	22	19	19	15	181
2	Südafrika	13	22	19	15	17	19	17	17	13	19	171
3	Neuseeland	15	10	22	22	13	22	19	12	10	13	158
4	Australien	12	10	13	19	19	17	15	10	12	7	134
5	Argentinien	10	19	12	13	10	5	8	15	15	12	119
6	Vereinigte Staaten	17	12	10	10	15	12	12	7	5	17	117
7	Kenia	5	15	10	12	10	1	10	22	10	3	98
8	England	19	7	15	10	1	5	13	5	7	10	92
9	Samoa	10	3	8	7	3	13	5	13	22	5	89
10	Scotland	7	8	7	5	5	10	7	8	8	22	87
11	Frankreich	8	17	3	1	7	7	5	10	17	10	85
12	Wales	5	5	1	3	8	10	10	2	2	8	54
13	Kanada	3	5	5	8	2	8	2	1	1	5	40
14	Russland	1	2	2	2	5	3	3	3	5	2	28
15	Japan	2	-	5	1	12	-	-	1	-	-	21
16	Portugal	1	1	1	5	1	2	1	5	3	1	21
17	Brasilien	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	3
18	Simbabwe	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
19	Südkorea	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Source: World Rugby. Archived ^[6]

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2015–16 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2015–16 season
Yellow	Not a core team

Tournaments

Dubai

The opening event of the season saw Fiji starting their defense of the title by taking out the opening event of the season in Dubai. On the opening day of competition, Fiji, South Africa and England each recorded three straight wins to finish on top. New Zealand finished on top in their group but not before losing to the United States in Pool C.^[7]

South Africa got knocked out in the quarter-finals by the United States but would still end up taking home the plate after they defeated Australia in the final. While for Fiji, they would take the Dubai Sevens after they initially came from behind to win against England and taking the early lead.^[8]

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	28–17	England	Vereinigte Staaten (third place) Neuseeland
Plate	Südafrika	19–14	Australien	Argentinien Samoa
Bowl	Frankreich	24–14	Scotland	Kenia Wales
Shield	Kanada	19–17	Japan	Portugal Russland

Südafrika

After Dubai, the teams had a back to back with Cape Town being the next stop in the series.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Südafrika	29–14	Argentinien	Frankreich (third place) Kenia
Plate	Fidschi	29–19	Vereinigte Staaten	Australien Neuseeland
Bowl	Scotland	19–0	England	Kanada Wales
Shield	Samoa	40–5	Russland	Portugal Simbabwe

Neuseeland

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Neuseeland	24–21	Südafrika	Fidschi (third place) England
Plate	Australien	21–5	Argentinien	Kenia Vereinigte Staaten
Bowl	Samoa	19–7	Scotland	Japan Kanada
Shield	Frankreich	14–7	Russland	Portugal Wales

Australien

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Neuseeland	27–24	Australien	Fidschi (third place) Südafrika
Plate	Argentinien	24–0	Kenia	Vereinigte Staaten England
Bowl	Kanada	17–12	Samoa	Scotland Portugal
Shield	Wales	26–19	Russland	Japan Frankreich

Vereinigte Staaten

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	21–15	Australien	Südafrika (third place) Vereinigte Staaten
Plate	Neuseeland	27–7	Japan	Kenia Argentinien
Bowl	Wales	21–7	Frankreich	Russland Scotland
Shield	Samoa	24–12	Kanada	England Portugal

Kanada

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Neuseeland	19–14	Südafrika	Australien (third place) Fidschi
Plate	Samoa	31–19	Vereinigte Staaten	Wales Scotland
Bowl	Kanada	19–17	Frankreich	Argentinien England
Shield	Russland	17–10	Portugal	Kenia Brasilien

Hongkong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	21-7	Neuseeland	Südafrika (third place) Australien
Plate	England	19–0	Vereinigte Staaten	Wales Kenia
Bowl	Argentinien	26–0	Scotland	Frankreich Samoa
Shield	Russland	19–14	Kanada	Südkorea Portugal

Singapur

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Kenia	30–7	Fidschi	Südafrika (third place) Argentinien
Plate	Samoa	26–21	Neuseeland	Australien Frankreich
Bowl	Scotland	14–10	Vereinigte Staaten	England Portugal
Shield	Russland	24–7	Wales	Japan Kanada

Frankreich

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Samoa	29 –26	Fidschi	Frankreich (third place) Argentinien
Plate	Südafrika	17 – 7	Australien	Neuseeland Kenia
Bowl	Scotland	28 – 10	England	Russland Vereinigte Staaten
Shield	Portugal	24 – 19	Wales	Kanada Brasilien

England

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Scotland	27 –26	Südafrika	Vereinigte Staaten (third place) Fidschi
Plate	Neuseeland	29 –14	Argentinien	Frankreich England
Bowl	Wales	24 –19	Australien	Kanada Samoa
Shield	Kenia	31 –7	Russland	Brasilien Portugal

Team statistics

Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Ø-Points	Tries	Ø-Tries
1	Fidschi	48	1368	28.50	213	4.44
2	Südafrika	48	1199	24.98	187	3.90
3	Australien	46	971	21.11	153	3.33
4	Neuseeland	47	964	20.51	156	3.32
5	Vereinigte Staaten	46	962	20.91	152	3.30
6	Samoa	46	877	19.07	140	3.04
7	Kanada	45	864	19.20	140	3.11
8	Frankreich	45	829	18.42	131	2.91
9	England	44	760	17.27	118	2.68
10	Kenia	43	751	17.47	120	2.79
11	Scotland	45	745	16.56	119	2.64
12	Argentinien	45	740	16.44	116	2.58
13	Wales	43	738	17.16	116	2.70
14	Russland	46	546	11.87	92	2.00
15	Japan	27	442	16.37	70	2.59
16	Portugal	41	332	8.10	54	1.32
17	Südkorea	5	35	7.00	5	1.00
18	Brasilien	5	19	3.80	3	0.60
19	Simbabwe	5	17	3.40	3	0.60

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Seabelo Senatla	66
2	Perry Baker	48
3	Samoa Toloa	37
4	Savenaca Rawaca	35
5	Collins Injera	32

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Madison Hughes	331
2	Seabelo Senatla	330
3	Nathan Hirayama	295
4	Vatemo Ravouvou	287
5	Perry Baker	240

Updated: 24 May 2016

Dream Team

References

^ "Gosper: Monumental 12 months for rugby sevens ahead". WorldRugby.org (Press release). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ "HSBC partners with World Rugby for record-breaking sevens properties". Australian Rugby. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ Kingston, Gary (23 February 2015). "BC Place to host World Rugby Sevens". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ "Australian leg of rugby Sevens World Series set to move to Sydney from Gold Coast in 2016". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ "Cape Town confirmed as Sevens host". Sport24. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016.
^ "Top two reign supreme, while USA create drama in sizzling Dubai". World Rugby. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Supreme Fiji lift Dubai title". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series awards: As it happened!", World Rugby. Accessed 23 May 2016.

External links

Official Site

[1] "Gosper: Monumental 12 months for rugby sevens ahead". WorldRugby.org (Press release). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

[7s-sched-2015-2] "HSBC partners with World Rugby for record-breaking sevens properties". Australian Rugby. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[vs-2015-3] Kingston, Gary (23 February 2015). "BC Place to host World Rugby Sevens". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[4] "Australian leg of rugby Sevens World Series set to move to Sydney from Gold Coast in 2016". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[5] "Cape Town confirmed as Sevens host". Sport24. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[2014Standings-6] "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016.

[Top_two_reign_supreme,_while_USA_create_drama_in_sizzling_Dubai-7] "Top two reign supreme, while USA create drama in sizzling Dubai". World Rugby. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

[Supreme_Fiji_lift_Dubai_title-8] "Supreme Fiji lift Dubai title". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

[9] "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series awards: As it happened!", World Rugby. Accessed 23 May 2016.

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