2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Five tournament events were scheduled on the 2017–18 circuit and twelve teams competed in each tournament.

Format Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.

Teams The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017–18 series were:

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:

Events There were five tournaments in 2017–18:

+ 2017–18 ItineraryLegStadiumCity DatesWinner Dubai The Sevens Dubai30 November – 1 December 2017 Australia Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 26–28 January 2018 Japan Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu 21–22 April 2018 Canada Westhills Stadium Langford 12–13 May 2018 France Stade Jean-Bouin Paris 8–10 June 2018

Standings

Final standings for the 2017–18 series: + 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens – Series VI Pos. Dubai Sydney Kitakyushu Langford Paris Pointstotal Pointsdifference120 20 16 18 18 924832 12 18 20 20 20 907503 10 12 18 14 14 682364 14 16 2 12 16 60166518 6 4 16 12 5614616 14 12 1 3 46–847 8 10 14 3 8 43–2568 6 4 8 8 6 32–879 2 3 10 6 10 31–12410 4 8 3 10 4 29–12211 1 2 1 4 2 10–35612 – – 6 – – 6–10413 3 – – – – 3–8214 – – – 2 – 2–10315 – – – – 1 1–11416 – 1 – – – 1–217 Source: World Rugby

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Event medalists |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- !colspan=2|Qualification for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens |- |No colour |Core team in 2017–18 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2018–19 |- |bgcolor=#fcc|Pink |Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series |- |bgcolor=#ffc|Yellow |Not a core team

Placings summary Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:

Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal 2 2 1 – 5 3 1 – – 4 – 1 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 3 – – 2 1 3 – – 1 1 2 – – – 1 1Totals 5 5 5 5

Tournaments

Dubai

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup34–0 (Bronze)5th Place24–0 (7th)Challenge Trophy24–7 (11th)

Sydney

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup31–0 (Bronze)5th Place19–5 (7th)Challenge Trophy29–10 (11th)

Kitakyushu

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup24–12 (Bronze)5th Place30–7 (7th)Challenge Trophy24–19(a.e.t.) (11th)

Langford

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup46–0 (Bronze)5th Place29–12 (7th)Challenge Trophy26–21 (11th)

Paris

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup33-7 (Bronze)5th Place28-7 (7th)Challenge Trophy10-5 (11th)

Players

Scoring leaders

+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Portia Woodman 43 2 Michaela Blyde 37 3 Emma Tonegato 26 Naya Tapper 5 Alena Mikhaltsova 24

+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Portia Woodman 215 2 Michaela Blyde 185 3 Emma Sykes (rugby union) 172 4 Alev Kelter 168 5 Tyla Nathan-Wong 159

Updated: 10 June 2018

Awards

+Player awardsTour LegImpact player PlayerPointsDubai 61 Sydney 52Kitakyushu 60 Langford 56 Paris 72

+Total impact player pointsPlayer Total1 5844201072292 6415411012213 115201471220 951117972205 583625942136 79261097212 6039121012128 6725131052109 802868319710 532116102192

Updated: 10 June 2018

See also

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)

References