2017 Sydney Women's Sevens

The 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2][3][4]

2017 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nation	Australia
Date	3–4 February 2017
Cup
Champion	Canada
Runner-up	United States
Third	New Zealand
Challenge
Winner	Brazil
Tournament details
Top point scorer	Joanne Lagona (49 points)
Top try scorer	Joanne Lagona (9 tries)
2018 →

The tournament was played on 3–4 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium and Kippax Field in Sydney, and won by Canada 21–17 over the United States in the final.[5]

Format

The teams were drawn into three 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, together with the two best third-placed teams. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

The participating teams were:[6]

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	79	27	+52	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	75	41	+34	7
France	3	1	0	2	48	50	–2	5
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	20	104	–84	3

3 February 2017
13:58

Canada	26–5	France

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
14:20

New Zealand	34–5	Papua New Guinea

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
16:40

Canada	39–5	Papua New Guinea

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
17:02

New Zealand	14–12	France

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
19:22

France	31–10	Papua New Guinea

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
19:44

New Zealand	31–10	Canada

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	79	24	+55	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	52	46	+6	7
Fiji	3	1	0	2	60	55	+5	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	22	88	–66	3

3 February 2017
13:14

Fiji	12–19	Ireland

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
13:36

Australia	24–7	Brazil

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
15:56

Fiji	31–10	Brazil

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
16:18

Australia	29–0	Ireland

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
18:38

Ireland	33–5	Brazil

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
19:00

Australia	26–17	Fiji

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	74	20	+54	9
United States	3	2	0	1	52	38	+14	7
England	3	1	0	2	38	63	–25	5
Spain	3	0	0	3	20	63	–43	3

3 February 2017
12:30

England	19–10	Spain

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
12:52

Russia	19–10	United States

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
15:12

England	14–22	United States

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
15:34

Russia	24–5	Spain

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
17:54

Spain	5–20	United States

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

3 February 2017
18:16

Russia	31–5	England

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final

	4 February – 10:28 – Kippax Field

	England	29
					4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field
	Papua New Guinea	17
					England	12
	4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field
					Brazil	17
	Spain	7

	Brazil	10
					11th Place

					4 February – 13:12 – Kippax Field

					Papua New Guinea	17

					Spain	31

5th place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final

	4 February – 12:28 – Kippax Field

	France	21
					4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium
	Ireland	19
					France	12
	4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field
					Fiji	31
	Fiji	33

	Russia	19
					7th Place

					4 February – 15:31 – Allianz Stadium

					Ireland	12

					Russia	17

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final

	4 February – 09:00 – Kippax Field

	New Zealand	24
					4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium
	France	5
					New Zealand	12
	4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field
					United States	19
	Ireland	5
									4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium
	United States	17
									United States	17
	4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field
									Canada	21
	Australia	17
					4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium
	Fiji	5
					Australia	7
	4 February – 10:06 – Kippax FIeld
					Canada	12			Bronze Medal Match
	Russia	5
									4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium
	Canada	26
									New Zealand	19

									Australia	0

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Canada	20
	United States	18
	New Zealand	16
4	Australia	14
5	Fiji	12
6	France	10

Place	Team	Points
7	Russia	8
8	Ireland	6
9	Brazil	4
10	England	3
11	Spain	2
12	Papua New Guinea	1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

References

"HSBC World Rugby Sevensd Series 3, 4 & 5 February 2017". Sydney 7s. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
"Australian women's sevens team to play in world series event at 2017 Sydney 7s". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
"Sydney added to become host of Women's World Sevens Series as schedule is announced". Ultimate Rugby Sevens. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
"Women's Dubai match schedule announced". World Rrugby. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
"Canadian women beat U.S. to capture Sydney 7s cup". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
"Pools (Sydney)". World rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.

2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
2016–17 events	Dubai Australia USA Japan Canada France
Core teams	Australia Brazil Canada England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Other teams	Argentina Japan Netherlands Papua New Guinea South Africa
Qualifiers	2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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