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2018 Canada Sevens

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2018 Canada Sevens
2017–18 World Series
Host nationCanada Canada
Date10–11 March 2018
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Kenya
Third South Africa
Challenge
Winner Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored275 (average 6.11 per match)
Most pointsCanada Nathan Hirayama (57)
Most triesAustralia John Porch (9)
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The 2018 Canada Sevens was the third edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 10–11 March at BC Place in Vancouver.

Format

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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

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Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:[1]

Pool stage

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All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:[2]

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 2 1 0 100 57 +43 8
 United States 3 2 0 1 94 52 +42 7
 Canada 3 1 1 1 87 52 +35 6
 Uruguay 3 0 0 3 22 142 –120 3
10 March 2018 Australia  19–19  Canada BC Place, Vancouver  
11:42 Try: Porch 0' c
O'Donnell 8' c, 10' m
Con: Stannard (2/3) 0', 9'
 Try: Hirayama 3' c
Kaay 8' m
Moonlight 14' c
Con: Hirayama (2/3) 4', 14'
 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
10 March 2018 United States  45–0  Uruguay BC Place, Vancouver  
12:04 Try: Isles 3' m, 7' c
Iosefo 5' c
Leuta 6' c
Baker 8' c
M Al-Jiboori 12' m
Williams 13' c
Con: Niua (4/5) 5', 6', 7', 8'
Melphy (1/2) 13'
 Cards: Puig yellow card 12' to 14' Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
10 March 2018 Australia  50–17  Uruguay BC Place, Vancouver  
15:14 Try: Stannard 1' c
Holland 3' c, 7' m, 8' c, 9' c
O'Donnell 3' m
Anstee 10' m
Porch 11' c
Con: Stannard (3/6) 1', 3', 8'
Tom Lucas (2/2) 9', 12'
 Try: Ardao 5' c
Berchesi 13' m
Alonso 14' m
Con: Lijtenstein (1/1) 5'
 Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)
10 March 2018 United States  28–21  Canada BC Place, Vancouver  
15:36 Try: Baker 5' c, 7' c
Leuta 8' c
Williams 14' c
Con: Niua (3/3) 6', 7', 8'
Baker 14' (1/1)
 Try: Braid 1' c
Douglas 4' c
Moonlight 10' c
Con: Hirayama (3/3) 2', 5', 10'
 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
10 March 2018 Canada  47–5  Uruguay BC Place, Vancouver  
18:46 Try: Hirayama 4' c
Moonlight 6' m, 8' c
Jones 7' c
Braid 10' c
Douglas 13' c, 14' c
Con: Hirayama (6/7) 5', 7', 8', 10', 13', 14'
Cards: Braid yellow card 1' to 3' 		Try: Ardao 1' m
 Referee: Mike O'Brien (United States)
10 March 2018 United States  21–31  Australia BC Place, Vancouver  
19:08 Try: Isles 2' c
Baker 5' c, 7' c
Con: Niua (3/3) 2', 5', 7'
 Try: Parahi 4' c
Porch 8' c, 12' m, 14' m
Holland 10' c
Con: Stannard (3/5) 4', 8', 10'
Cards: Taylor yellow card 7' to 9' 		Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 2 0 1 62 33 +29 7
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 64 40 +24 7
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 56 37 +19 7
 Wales 3 0 0 3 27 99 –72 3
10 March 2018 England  36–5  Wales BC Place, Vancouver  
10:58 Try: Norton 1', 3', 7'
Lindsay-Hague 10', 14'
Rodwell 12'
Con: Mitchell (1/3) 2'
Bibby (2/3) 11', 14'
 Try: Roach 5'
Con: O'Brien (0/1)
 Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly
10 March 2018 Argentina  22–7  Samoa BC Place, Vancouver  
11:20 Try: Roura 3'
Gonzalez 11'
Moroni 14'
Con: Revol (2/3) 3', 12'
Pen: Revol (1/1) 13'
 Try: Fomai 4'
Con: Mealoi (1/1) 4'
 Referee: South Africa Craig Joubert
10 March 2018 England  5–21  Samoa BC Place, Vancouver  
14:30 Try: Burgess 10'
Con: Mitchell (0/1)
 Try: Afamasaga 2'
Alofipo 12'
Leilua 14'
Con: Tupou (2/2) 3', 13'
Paulo (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Wales Craig Evans
10 March 2018 Argentina  35–12  Wales BC Place, Vancouver  
14:52 Try: Gonzalez 1'
Mare 8'
Moroni 9'
Bazan Velez 10'
Passaro 13'
Con: Revol (3/3) 2', 10', 10'
Bazan Velez (2/2) 8', 13'
 Try: Morgan 3'
O'Brien 11'
Con: O'Brien (1/2) 12'
 Referee: France Jérémy Rozier
10 March 2018 Wales  10–28  Samoa BC Place, Vancouver  
18:02 Try: Evans 1'
Maynard 3'
Con: Maynard (0/1)
 Try: Ale 5'
Paulo 10', 13'
Leilua 12'
Con: Paulo (2/2) 6', 12'
Tupou (2/2) 10', 13'
 Referee: New Zealand James Doleman
10 March 2018 Argentina  7–21  England BC Place, Vancouver  
18:24 Try: Roura 4'
Con: Revol (1/1) 4'
 Try: Burgess 7'
McConnochie 8', 14'
Con: Mitchell (3/3) 7', 8', 14'
Cards: Mitchell yellow card 9' to 11' 		Referee: New Zealand Richard Kelly

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 107 33 +74 9
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 78 31 +47 7
 France 3 0 1 2 26 64 –38 4
 Spain 3 0 1 2 17 100 –83 4
10 March 2018 Kenya  14–7  France BC Place, Vancouver  
10:14 Try: Oliech 11'
Ouma 14'
Con: Oliech (2/2) 11', 14'
 Try: Riva 7'
Con: Barraque (1/1) 7'
 Referee: Australia Jordan Way
10 March 2018 Fiji  45–5  Spain BC Place, Vancouver  
10:36 Try: Tuwai 1'
Nasoko 2', 4'
Ravouvou 7'
Vakurunabili 9'
Batinisavu 13'
Sau 14'
Con: Ravouvou (3/4) 1', 4', 7'
Nasilasila (2/2) 9', 14'
Nacuqu (0/1)
 Try: Rodriguez-Guerra 6'
Con: Hernandez (0/1)
 Referee: United States Mike O'Brien
10 March 2018 Kenya  43–0  Spain BC Place, Vancouver  
13:46 Try: Odhiambo 2'
Ouma 3'
Ambaka 5', 7'
Oluoch 9'
Owira 11'
Oyoo 13'
Con: Oliech (1/4) 2', Agero (2/2) 9', 11', 13'
 Cards: Genua yellow card 12' to 14' Referee: Portugal Paulo Duarte
10 March 2018 Fiji  38–7  France BC Place, Vancouver  
14:08 Try: Naduva 2', 7'
Vakurunabili 5'
Tuwai 9'
Nacuqu 11'
Sau 14'
Con: Ravouvou (3/3) 2', 6', 7'
Nasilasila (1/3) 14'
 Try: Barraque 8'
Con: Barraque (1/1) 8'
 Referee: New Zealand James Doleman
10 March 2018 France  12–12  Spain BC Place, Vancouver  
17:18 Try: Villiere 12', 14'
Con: Riva (1/2) 12'
 Try: Carter 5'
Alonso 6'
Con: Hernandez (1/2) 6'
 Referee: Argentina Damian Schneider
10 March 2018 Fiji  24–21  Kenya BC Place, Vancouver  
17:40 Try: Nasoko 2'
Sau 6'
Nasilasila 9'
Kunavula 12'
Con: Nacuqu (1/1) 3'
Nasilasila (1/2) 10'
Ravouvou (0/1)
Cards: Nacuqu yellow card 7' to 9' 		Try: Injera 2'
Agero 8'
Oluoch 14'
Con: Agero (2/2) 2', 8'
(1/1) Oliech 14'
 Referee: France Jérémy Rozier

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 95 45 +50 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 73 40 +33 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 38 93 –55 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 50 78 –28 3
10 March 2018 New Zealand  31–26  Scotland BC Place, Vancouver  
9:30 Try: Joass 4'
Curry 6', 11'
RE Ware 7', 8'
Con: Knewstubb (3/5) 6', 7', 12'
 Try: Graham 1'
Riddell 2'
Farndale 9'
McLennan 14'
Con: Lowe (3/4) 1', 3', 10'
 Referee: France Jérémy Rozier
10 March 2018 South Africa  38–7  Russia BC Place, Vancouver  
9:52 Try: Afrika 2'
Sage 6'
Nel 8'
du Plessis 9'
Gans 11'
Davids 13'
Con: Du Preez (3/4) 7', 8', 10'
Davids (1/2) 14'
 Try: Ianiushkin 5'
Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 6'
 Referee: Portugal Paulo Duarte
10 March 2018 New Zealand  31–5  Russia BC Place, Vancouver  
13:02 Try: Ravouvou 2', 8', 13'
Dickson 3'
Masirewa 5'
Con: McGarvey-Black (2/4) 2', 4', 13'
 Try: Ianiushkin 7'
Con: Ianiushkin (0/1)
Cards: Sukhin yellow card 2' to 4' 		Referee: Argentina Damian Schneider
10 March 2018 South Africa  21–0  Scotland BC Place, Vancouver  
13:24 Try: Soyizwapi 5'
Brown 9'
Davids 13'
Con: Du Preez (3/3) 6', 9', 14'
 Referee: Australia Jordan Way
10 March 2018 Scotland  24–26  Russia BC Place, Vancouver  
16:34 Try: Graham 2'
Riddell 5'
McFarland 8'
Bryce 14'
Con: Fergusson (1/3) 5'
McLennan (1/1) 9'
 Try: Ovchinnikov 1', 6'
Sozonov 7'
Zhivatov 10'
Con: Ianiushkin (1/2) 7'
Sukhin (2/2) 7', 10'
Cards: Gostyuzhev yellow card 13' to 14' 		Referee: Portugal Paulo Duarte
10 March 2018 South Africa  14–33  New Zealand BC Place, Vancouver  
16:56 Try: Sage 9'
Brown 13'
Con: Du Preez (2/2) 9', 13'
 Try: Curry 2'
Collier 4', 10'
McGarvey-Black 6'
Masirewa 14'
Con: McGarvey-Black (4/5) 2', 4', 6', 14'
 Referee: Wales Craig Evans

Knockout stage

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13th Place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
11 March 2018 – 12:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Canada31
 
11 March 2018 – 16:12 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 France19
 
 Canada10
 
11 March 2018 – 13:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Samoa21
 
 Uruguay14
 
 
 Samoa45
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
11 March 2018 – 9:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Canada0
 
11 March 2018 – 13:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Scotland19
 
 Scotland26
 
11 March 2018 – 9:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Wales15
 
 France12
 
11 March 2018 – 16:37 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Wales19
 
 Scotland29
 
11 March 2018 – 10:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Spain5
 
 Russia14
 
11 March 2018 – 13:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Uruguay7
 
 Russia7
 
11 March 2018 – 10:36 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Spain14
 
 Samoa0
 
 
 Spain24
 

5th Place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
11 March 2018 – 14:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Australia28
 
11 March 2018 – 17:07 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Argentina24
 
 Australia14
 
11 March 2018 – 14:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 England31
 
 New Zealand17
 
 
 England21
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
11 March 2018 – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Australia19
 
11 March 2018 – 15:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 South Africa24
 
 South Africa12
 
11 March 2018 – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Fiji15
 
 Fiji43
 
11 March 2018 – 18:19 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Argentina7
 
 Fiji31
 
11 March 2018 – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Kenya12
 
 New Zealand0
 
11 March 2018 – 15:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 United States17
 
 United States19
 
11 March 2018 – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Kenya24 Bronze Medal Match
 
 England0
 
11 March 2018 – 17:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Kenya12
 
 South Africa29
 
 
 United States7
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Africa 17
4  United States 15
5  England 13
6  Australia 12
7  Argentina 10
 New Zealand 10
Place  Team Points
9  Scotland 8
10  Spain 7
11  Russia 5
 Wales 5
13  Samoa 3
14  Canada 2
15  France 1
 Uruguay 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

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Scoring leaders

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Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Australia John Porch 9
2 United States Perry Baker 7
3 Scotland Darcy Graham 6
Canada John Moonlight 6
5 Australia Ben O'Donnell 5
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Canada Nathan Hirayama 53
2 Australia John Porch 45
3 Australia James Stannard 37
United States Perry Baker 37
5 Scotland Darcy Graham 30

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

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

Forwards Backs
Kenya Oscar Ouma
South Africa Dylan Sage
Fiji Kalione Nasoko		 Kenya Collins Injera
Australia John Porch
Fiji Eroni Sau
United States Perry Baker

References

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  1. ^ "Uruguay and Chile qualify for RWC Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Pools announced for HSBC Canada Sevens". World Rugby. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Dream Team: Vancouver". World Rugby. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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