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2018 New Zealand Sevens

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The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton. It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2018 at FMG Stadium Waikato.

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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 are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:[1]

Pool stage

All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Pool A

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3 February 2018 Fiji  28–0  Wales FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
12:36 Try: Sau 1'
Dranisinukula 3'
Veremalua 11'
Nasoko 14'
Con: Nasilasila (2/2) 1', 4'
Ravouvou (2/2) 12', 14'
Cards: Kunavula yellow card 6' to 8'		 Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert
3 February 2018 Australia  21–5  Spain FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
12:58 Try: O'Donnell 3'
Connor 9'
Anderson 13'
Con: Stannard (2/2) 3', 9'
Lucas (1/1) 14'
 Try: Sainz 7'
Con: Hernandez (0/1)
 Referee: Wales Craig Evans
3 February 2018 Fiji  24–10  Spain FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
16:02 Try: Sau 1'
Tuwai 5'
Naduva 12'
Nasilasila 14'
Con: Ravouvou (1/2) 5'
Nasilasila 14'
Cards: yellow card 7' to 9' Kunavula
yellow card 7' to 9' Sau		 Try: Pla 7'
Sainz 9'
Con: Hernandez (1/3) 10'
 Referee: Australia Jordan Way
3 February 2018 Australia  26–7  Wales FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
16:24 Try: O'Donnell 8', 14'
Longbottom 11'
Taylor 13'
Con: Stannard (2/2) 9', 11'
Lucas (1/2) 13'
 Try: Millard 12'
Con: Treharne (1/1) 12'
 Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly
3 February 2018 Wales  29–21  Spain FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
19:28 Try: Millard 2'
Morgan 5', 8'
Treharne 7'
Roach 12'
Con: Jones (2/5) 2', 5'
 Try: Genua 6'
Martin 10'
Hernandez 14'
Con: Hernandez (3/3) 7', 10', 14'
 Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni
3 February 2018 Australia  15–26  Fiji FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
19:50 Try: Anstee 4', 5'
Anderson 9'
Con: Stannard (0/3)
 Try: Sau 1', 14'
Vakurunabili 7'
Veremalua 10'
Con: Nasilasila (2/3) 1', 11'
Ravouvou (1/1) 14'
 Referee: New Zealand James Doleman

Pool B

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3 February 2018 England  47–0  Russia FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
11:44 Try: McConnochie 1', 7'
Waddleton 2'
Norton 6'
Olowowfela 8', 11'
Bowen 14'
Con: Mitchell (6/7) 1', 6', 7' 9', 12', 14'
 Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni
3 February 2018 South Africa  36–5  Papua New Guinea FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
12:06 Try: Sage 1'
Specman 2', 14'
Senatla 5', 7'
Davids 10'
Con: Geduld (2/4) 3', 6'
Specman (0/1)
Afrika (1/1) 14'
Cards: Agaba yellow card 7' to 9'		 Try: Tokavai 3'
Con: Guise (0/1)
 Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White
3 February 2018 England  27–0  Papua New Guinea FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
15:10 Try: Bowen 1', 6', 7'
Burgess '9
Norton 12'
Con: Mitchell (1/4) '9
Bibby (0/1)
 Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge
3 February 2018 South Africa  38–0  Russia FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
15:32 Try: Specman 7', 8'
Brown 10'
Senatla 11', 14'
Notshe 14'
Con: Geduld (4/4) 7', 9', 10', 12'
Afrika (0/2)
 Referee: New Zealand James Doleman
3 February 2018 Russia  7–33  Papua New Guinea FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
18:44 Try: Lazarenko 4'
Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 4'
Cards: yellow card 11' to 13' Kapalin		 Try: Tatut 1', 14'
Kapana 5' 7'
Guise 11'
Con: Tokavai (2/3) 6', 7'
Guise 12'
Vali 14'
 Referee: Australia Jordan Way
3 February 2018 South Africa  28–7  England FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
19:06 Try: Agaba 4'
Senatla 5', 7'
Specman 11'
Con: Geduld (4/4) 4', 6', 7', 11'
 Try: Norton 14'
Con: Mitchell (1/1) 14'
Cards: yellow card 11' to 13' Olowofela		 Referee: Australia Damon Murphy

Pool C

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3 February 2018 New Zealand  52–7  France FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
13:20 Try: Ravouvou 1'
Mikkelson 3'
Curry 4', 8'
Molia 6'
Ware 12'
Nanai-Seturo 14'
Masirewa 14'
Con: Koroi (5/5) 2', 4', 5', 7', 9'
Webber (1/3) 12'
 Try: Manevy 10'
Con: Barraque (1/1) 10'
 Referee: Australia Jordan Way
3 February 2018 Argentina  19–14  Scotland FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
13:42 Try: Sabato 9'
del Mestre 11'
Gonzalez 14'
Con: Bazan Velez (0/1)
del Mestre (2/2) 12', 14'
 Try: McFarland 2'
Riddell 6'
Con: Lowe (2/2) 2', 6'
 Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly
3 February 2018 New Zealand  24–5  Scotland FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
16:46 Try: Mikkelson 3'
Curry 7'
Koroi 11'
Dickson 14'
Con: Koroi (2/3) 3', 7'
Webber (0/1)
 Try: Elms 14'
Con: Lowe (0/1)
 Referee: Fiji Tevita Rokovereni
3 February 2018 Argentina  14–28  France FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
17:08 Try: Barraque 2', 14'
Lakafia 4'
Riva 8'
Con: Barraque (4/4) 2', 5', 8', 14'
 Try: Sabato 7'
Gonzalez 12'
Con: Mare (1/1) 7'
del Mestre (1/1) 12'
 Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert
3 February 2018 France  14–26  Scotland FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
20:12 Try: Lagarde 3'
Berenguel 14'
Con: Barraque (1/1) 3'
Mazzoleni (1/1) 14'
 Try: Riddell 2'
McFarland 7', 11'
Elms 13'
Con: Lowe (1/1) 2'
Fergusson (2/3) 7', 12'
 Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden
3 February 2018 Argentina  12–17  New Zealand FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
20:34 Try: Gonzalez 2'
del Mestre 4'
Con: del Mestre (1/2) 2', 4'
 Try: Stanaway 1'
Koroi 9'
Ravouvou 13'
Con: Koroi (0/2)
Webber (1/1) 14'
 Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge

Pool D

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3 February 2018 Kenya  19–14  Samoa FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
11:00 Try: Ouma 4'
Oyoo 6'
Oliech 8'
Con: Oliech (2/3) 5', 9'
 Try: Perez 1'
Iosefo 11'
Con: Mealoi (2/2) 1', 12'
 Referee: South Africa Rasta Rasivhenge
3 February 2018 United States  28–14  Canada FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
11:22 Try: Baker 6', 10'
Unufe 7'
Iosefo 13'
Con: Barrett (1/1) 6'
Niua (3/3) 8', 10', 14'
 Try: Hirayama 1'
Moonlight 4'
Con: Hirayama (2/2) 1', 5'
Cards: McCloskey yellow card 9' to 11'		 Referee: New Zealand James Doleman
3 February 2018 Kenya  19–14  Canada FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
14:26 Try: Ndayara 4'
Ouma 6'
Oluoch 11'
Con: Oliech (2/3) 4', 11'
 Try: Kaay 7', 10'
Con: Hirayama (2/2) 8', 10'
 Referee: Hong Kong Matthew Rodden
3 February 2018 United States  10–14  Samoa FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
14:48 Try: Pinkelman 8'
Baker 10'
Con: Niua (0/2)
 Try: Paulo 7'
Leilua 14'
Con: Mealoi (2/2) 7', 14'
 Referee: Australia Damon Murphy
3 February 2018 Samoa  22–14  Canada FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
18:00 Try: Paulo 1'
Fomai 4'
Afamasaga 7'
Mealoi 9'
Con: Mealoi (1/4) 7'
 Try: Cambell 11'
Bradley 13'
Con: Hirayama (2/2) 11', 14'
 Referee: Wales Craig Evans
3 February 2018 United States  19–19  Kenya FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
18:22 Try: Baker 7'
Isles 8', 11'
Con: Niua (2/3) 7', 8'
 Try: Oyoo 1'
Oluoch 4'
Ndayara 5'
Con: Oliech (1/2) 4, 6'
Cards: yellow card 9' to 11' Agero		 Referee: Scotland Sam Grove-White

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Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
4 February 2018 – 14:19 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Wales33
 
4 February 2018 – 18:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Russia7
 
 Wales17
 
4 February 2018 – 14:41 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 France19
 
 Spain14
 
 
 France19
 
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Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
4 February 2018 – 11:00 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Wales14
 
4 February 2018 – 15:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada12
 
4 February 2018 – 11:22 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Argentina14
 
 Argentina21
 
4 February 2018 – 18:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Russia12
 
 Argentina12
 
4 February 2018 – 11:44 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 United States31
 
 United States29
 
4 February 2018 – 15:25 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Spain12
 
 United States42
 
4 February 2018 – 12:06 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
 Papua New Guinea35
 
 
 France0
 
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5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
4 February 2018 – 16:05 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Samoa22
 
4 February 2018 – 19:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 England17
 
 Samoa19
 
4 February 2018 – 16:27 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Kenya15
 
 Kenya33
 
 
 Scotland19
 
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Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 February 2018 – 12:36 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 
 Fiji12
 
4 February 2018 – 16:49 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Samoa10
 
 Fiji14
 
4 February 2018 – 12:58 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 New Zealand12
 
 New Zealand19
 
4 February 2018 – 20:03 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 England12
 
 Fiji24
 
4 February 2018 – 13:20 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 South Africa17
 
 Kenya12
 
4 February 2018 – 17:11 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Australia33
 
 Australia5
 
4 February 2018 – 13:42 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 South Africa24 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa22
 
4 February 2018 – 19:33 – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
 
 Scotland0
 
 New Zealand7
 
 
 Australia8
 
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Tournament placings

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Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

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Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Hamilton Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Dream Team: New Zealand Sevens superstars". World Rugby. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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