The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton. It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2018 at FMG Stadium Waikato.
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 are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:
Pool stage All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007825+53932016238+24731023675–39530033874–363
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330010212+90932018128+53731023870–32530037118–1113
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009327+69931024557–12531024559–14531024992–435
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32105747+10832015043+7731115747+10630034269–273
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
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 5 13 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Luke Morgan 8 Perry Baker 8 Seabelo Senatla 8 4 Eroni Sau 5 Gairo Kapana 5
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Luke Morgan 40 Perry Baker 40 Seabelo Senatla 40 Vilimoni Koroi 40 5 Folau Niua 35
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Scott Curry Kalione Nasoko Lachie Anderson Jerry Tuwai Vilimoni Koroi Werner Kok Eroni Sau
References
External links Tournament Page