2015–16 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVII
Hosts
Date4 Dec 2015 – 22 May 2016
Final positions
Champions Fiji
Runners-up South Africa
Third New Zealand

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 is as follows:[2]

2015–16 Venues
Leg Stadium City Date Winner
DubaiThe SevensDubai4–5 December 2015 Fiji
South AfricaCape Town StadiumCape Town12–13 December 2015 South Africa
New ZealandWestpac StadiumWellington30–31 January 2016 New Zealand
AustraliaAllianz StadiumSydney6–7 February 2016 New Zealand
United StatesSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas4–6 March 2016 Fiji
CanadaBC PlaceVancouver12–13 March 2016 New Zealand
Hong KongHong Kong StadiumHong Kong8–10 April 2016 Fiji
SingaporeNational StadiumSingapore16–17 April 2016 Kenya
FranceStade Jean-BouinParis13–15 May 2016 Samoa
EnglandTwickenham StadiumLondon21–22 May 2016 Scotland

Changes

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

Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

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
Hong Kong
Singa­pore
Paris
London		 Points
total
   
1 Fiji22131717 221522191915181
2 South Africa13221915 171917171319171
3 New Zealand15102222 132219121013158
4 Australia 1210131919171510127134
5 Argentina 101912131058151512119
6 United States 171210101512127517117
7 Kenya 5151012101102210398
8 England 19715101513571092
9 Samoa 1038731351322589
10 Scotland 78755107882287
11 France 8173177510171085
12 Wales 55138101022854
13 Canada 355828211540
14 Russia 122253335228
15 Japan 2–5112––1––21
16 Portugal 111512153121
17 Brazil –––––1––113
18 Zimbabwe –1––––––––1
19 South Korea ––––––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  Fiji 28–17  England  United States (third place)
 New Zealand
Plate  South Africa 19–14  Australia  Argentina
 Samoa
Bowl  France 24–14  Scotland  Kenya
 Wales
Shield  Canada 19–17  Japan  Portugal
 Russia

South Africa

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  South Africa 29–14  Argentina  France (third place)
 Kenya
Plate  Fiji 29–19  United States  Australia
 New Zealand
Bowl  Scotland 19–0  England  Canada
 Wales
Shield  Samoa 40–5  Russia  Portugal
 Zimbabwe

New Zealand

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 24–21  South Africa  Fiji (third place)
 England
Plate  Australia 21–5  Argentina  Kenya
 United States
Bowl  Samoa 19–7  Scotland  Japan
 Canada
Shield  France 14–7  Russia  Portugal
 Wales

Australia

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 27–24  Australia  Fiji (third place)
 South Africa
Plate  Argentina 24–0  Kenya  United States
 England
Bowl  Canada 17–12  Samoa  Scotland
 Portugal
Shield  Wales 26–19  Russia  Japan
 France

United States

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 21–15  Australia  South Africa (third place)
 United States
Plate  New Zealand 27–7  Japan  Kenya
 Argentina
Bowl  Wales 21–7  France  Russia
 Scotland
Shield  Samoa 24–12  Canada  England
 Portugal

Canada

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–14  South Africa  Australia (third place)
 Fiji
Plate  Samoa 31–19  United States  Wales
 Scotland
Bowl  Canada 19–17  France  Argentina
 England
Shield  Russia 17–10  Portugal  Kenya
 Brazil

Hong Kong

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 21-7  New Zealand  South Africa (third place)
 Australia
Plate  England 19–0  United States  Wales
 Kenya
Bowl  Argentina 26–0  Scotland  France
 Samoa
Shield  Russia 19–14  Canada  South Korea
 Portugal

Singapore

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Kenya 30–7  Fiji  South Africa (third place)
 Argentina
Plate  Samoa 26–21  New Zealand  Australia
 France
Bowl  Scotland 14–10  United States  England
 Portugal
Shield  Russia 24–7  Wales  Japan
 Canada

France

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Samoa 29 –26  Fiji  France (third place)
 Argentina
Plate  South Africa 17 – 7  Australia  New Zealand
 Kenya
Bowl  Scotland 28 – 10  England  Russia
 United States
Shield  Portugal 24 – 19  Wales  Canada
 Brazil

England

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Scotland 27 –26  South Africa  United States (third place)
 Fiji
Plate  New Zealand 29 –14  Argentina  France
 England
Bowl  Wales 24 –19  Australia  Canada
 Samoa
Shield  Kenya 31 –7  Russia  Brazil
 Portugal

Team statistics

Rank
 Team Matches Points Ø-Points Tries Ø-Tries
1  Fiji 48 1368 28.50 213 4.44
2  South Africa 48 1199 24.98 187 3.90
3  Australia 46 971 21.11 153 3.33
4  New Zealand 47 964 20.51 156 3.32
5  United States 46 962 20.91 152 3.30
6  Samoa 46 877 19.07 140 3.04
7  Canada 45 864 19.20 140 3.11
8  France 45 829 18.42 131 2.91
9  England 44 760 17.27 118 2.68
10  Kenya 43 751 17.47 120 2.79
11  Scotland 45 745 16.56 119 2.64
12  Argentina 45 740 16.44 116 2.58
13  Wales 43 738 17.16 116 2.70
14  Russia 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  South Korea 5 35 7.00 5 1.00
18  Brazil 5 19 3.80 3 0.60
19  Zimbabwe 5 17 3.40 3 0.60

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1South Africa Seabelo Senatla66
2United States Perry Baker48
3Samoa Samoa Toloa37
4Fiji Savenaca Rawaca35
5Kenya Collins Injera32
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1United States Madison Hughes331
2South Africa Seabelo Senatla330
3Canada Nathan Hirayama295
4Fiji Vatemo Ravouvou287
5United States Perry Baker240

Updated: 24 May 2016

Dream Team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gosper: Monumental 12 months for rugby sevens ahead". WorldRugby.org (Press release). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 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.
  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.
  6. ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top two reign supreme, while USA create drama in sizzling Dubai". World Rugby. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  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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