The 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the second edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Performances at this tournament helped determine the first ten seedings for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens together with the previous year's series and the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens.
Format The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:
Pool stage All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33001220+122932017243+29731022951–22530030129–1293
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330011219+93931026259+3531025074–24531022496–725
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006729+38932014338+5731023657–21530033860–223
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
MatchesSemi-finals
11th place
Challenge Trophy Final
5th place
MatchesSemi-finals
7th Place
5th Place Final
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 10
PlaceTeam Points 7 8 8 6 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Portia Woodman 13 2 Jess Breach 9 3 Charlotte Caslick 8 Michaela Blyde 8 5 Ellia Green 6
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Portia Woodman 65 2 Emma Sykes (rugby union) 45 Jess Breach 45 4 Charlotte Caslick 40 Michaela Blyde 40
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Portia Woodman Baizat Khamidova Brittany Benn Charlotte Caslick Michaela Blyde Emilee Cherry Jess Breach
See also World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2018 Sydney Sevens (for men)
References
External links Tournament Page