The 2018 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2018 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fifteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played between 2 and 4 March 2018 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The tournament was won by the United States who beat Argentina 28–0 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks."Las Vegas Sevens: 'Gladiator' USA team win on home soil", CNN, George Ramsey, March 5, 2018.
Format 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 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:
Pool stage All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32018522+63732015045+5732015554+1730031988–693
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006952+17932019248+44731024578–33530035280–283
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008236+46932015535+20731024864–16530033181–503
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007838+40932017350+23731027661+15530032199–783
Knockout stage
13th Place
MatchesSemi-finals
13th Place Final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final
5th Place
MatchesSemi-finals
5th Place Final
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final
Note: *1st USA Sevens Title
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points2219174155136127101098107115 5 133142151 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Perry Baker 8 2 Luke Morgan 7 Siviwe Soyizwapi 7 4 German Davydov 5 James Stannard 5
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Nathan Hirayama 45 2 Tom Mitchell 41 3 Jean-Pascal Barraque 40 Perry Baker 40 5 Folau Niua 39
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:"Afrika cracks nod for Las Vegas Dream Team", Sport24, March 5, 2018.
Forwards Backs Ben Pinkelman Danny Barrett Matias Osadczuk Cecil Afrika Jerry Tuwai Luke Morgan Perry Baker
References
External links Tournament Page