2017 South Africa Sevens

The 2017 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 9–10 December 2017 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

2017 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation South Africa
Date9–10 December 2017
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Argentina
Third South Africa
Challenge Cup
Winner Australia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored271 (average 6.022 per match)
Top point scorer Nathan Hirayama (44)
Top try scorer Seabelo Senatla (7)
2016
2018

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:[1]

Pool stage

All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33009717+809
 France 32014750–37
 Kenya 31025547+85
 Russia 30031095–853

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 33007919+609
 New Zealand 32018534+517
 Australia 31026278–165
 Spain 300317112–953

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33007214+589
 Argentina 32016945+247
 Scotland 31026631+355
 Uganda 30037124–1173

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 32017047+237
 Fiji 32018043+377
 Wales 31024571–265
 Samoa 31023872–345

Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
10 December 2017 – 13:57 – Cape Town
 
 
 Kenya33
 
10 December 2017 – 17:43 – Cape Town
 
 Scotland12
 
 Kenya24
 
10 December 2017 – 14:19 – Cape Town
 
 Uganda14
 
 Russia19
 
 
 Uganda28
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
10 December 2017 – 10:36 – Cape Town
 
 
 Kenya15
 
10 December 2017 – 14:41 – Cape Town
 
 Samoa19
 
 Samoa0
 
10 December 2017 – 10:58 – Cape Town
 
 Spain24
 
 Scotland7
 
10 December 2017 – 18:05 – Cape Town
 
 Spain22
 
 Spain7
 
10 December 2017 – 11:20 – Cape Town
 
 Australia26
 
 Wales21
 
10 December 2017 – 15:03 – Cape Town
 
 Russia12
 
 Wales5
 
10 December 2017 – 11:42 – Cape Town
 
 Australia42
 
 Australia47
 
 
 Uganda12
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
10 December 2017 – 15:50 – Cape Town
 
 
 Fiji19
 
10 December 2017 – 18:36 – Cape Town
 
 England12
 
 Fiji26
 
10 December 2017 – 16:12 – Cape Town
 
 United States12
 
 France12
 
 
 United States29
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
10 December 2017 – 12:04 – Cape Town
 
 
 South Africa31
 
10 December 2017 – 16:34 – Cape Town
 
 Fiji26
 
 South Africa12
 
10 December 2017 – 12:26 – Cape Town
 
 New Zealand19
 
 England12
 
10 December 2017 – 19:44 – Cape Town
 
 New Zealand17
 
 New Zealand38
 
10 December 2017 – 12:48 – Cape Town
 
 Argentina14
 
 Canada35
 
10 December 2017 – 16:56 – Cape Town
 
 France7
 
 Canada12
 
10 December 2017 – 13:10 – Cape Town
 
 Argentina14 Bronze Medal Match
 
 United States12
 
10 December 2017 – 19:18 – Cape Town
 
 Argentina28
 
 South Africa19
 
 
 Canada17
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 New Zealand22
 Argentina19
 South Africa17
4  Canada15
5  Fiji13
6  United States12
7  England10
 France10
Place  Team Points
9  Australia8
10  Spain7
11  Samoa5
 Wales5
13  Kenya3
14  Uganda2
15  Russia1
 Scotland1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Seabelo Senatla7
2 Ben O'Donnell6
Carlin Isles6
4 Eroni Sau5
Jerry Tuwai5
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Nathan Hirayama44
2 Amenoni Nasilasila41
3 Madison Hughes37
Vilimoni Koroi37
5 James Stannard36

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[2]

ForwardsBacks
Mike Fuailefau
Philip Snyman
Tim Mikkelson
Justin Douglas
Amenoni Nasilasila
Vilimoni Koroi
Rodrigo Etchart

References

  1. "Pools drawn for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "Dream Team Cape Town". World Rugby. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

Tournament Page

World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2017 Dubai Sevens
2017 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
2018 Sydney Sevens
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by
2016 South Africa Sevens
2017 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
2018 South Africa Sevens
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