The 2018 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held on 8–9 December 2018 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Format The teams were drawn into four 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 where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.
Teams Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:
Pool stage All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32018638+48732017842+36732016651+157300312111−993
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33001233192932011045054731026173−12530037141−1343
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts3300109268393201744529731023188−57530033186−553
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts3300764333932016347167310257570530032877−493
Knockout stage
Thirteenth place
MatchesSemi-finals
Thirteenth place
Challenge Trophy
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final
Fifth place
MatchesSemi-finals
Fifth place
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Cup final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Franco Sábato 7 2 Alamanda Motuga 6 Alasio Naduva David Afamasaga Kalione Nasoko
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Francisco Hernández 45 2 John Porch 44 3 Stephen Tomasin 43 4 Justin Geduld 37 5 Franco Sábato 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 Kalione Nasoko Danny Barrett David Afamasaga Alasio Naduva Madison Hughes Sione Molia Rosko Specman
See also World Rugby Sevens Series 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series World Rugby
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info