The 2019 Singapore Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament played at the National Stadium in Singapore on 13–14 April 2019. It was the eighth edition of the Singapore Sevens and the eighth tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
In the cup final, it was South Africa who took out their second Singapore title after they defeated Fiji by a single point. Third was England after they defeated United States by 21 points. France won the challenge trophy after defeating Scotland in the final.
Background The Singapore Sevens is the eighth time that the Singapore event has been held with the seventh being in a World Series event. After winning the Hong Kong Sevens for the fifth consecutive time in the previous round, Fiji jumped past New Zealand to be in second place on the table. The United States still had the lead in the series but it was lowered down to only a seven-point gap between them and second place. For those two nations, depending on the results from the weekend they had a chance to book their spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Fourth place is South Africa with 99 points who hold a nine-point advantage over England.
Format Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advance to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.
Teams Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, runner-up of the 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Hong Kong:
Pool stage All times in Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008917+72931026948+21531023981–42531024596–515
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009329+64932016734+33731024550–55300312104–923
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007033+37931024341+2531023850–12531024067–275
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330012022+1009320111945+747310222105–815300319110–913
Knockout stage
Thirteenth place
MatchesSemifinals
13th place final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesQuarterfinals
Semifinals
Challenge Trophy final
5th place
MatchesSemifinals
5th place final
Cup
MatchesQuarterfinals
Semifinals
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 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Max McFarland 9 2 Daniel Taabu 7 3 Joe Ravouvou 6 Johnny Vaili Maurice Longbottom Remi Siega
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Daniel Taabu 57 2 Max McFarland 45 3 Gavin Lowe 39 4 Jean-Pascal Barraque 33 5 4 players 30
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Josua Vakurunabili Meli Derenalagi Vilimoni Botitu Werner Kok Aminiasi Tuimaba Justin Geduld Max McFarland
References
External links Tournament page World Rugby page