2015 London Sevens

2015 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nationEngland England
Date16–17 May 2015
Cup
Champion United States
Runner-up Australia
Third Fiji
Plate
Winner New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Bowl
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Argentina
Shield
Winner Japan
Runner-up France
Tournament details
Matches played45
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The 2015 London Sevens was the ninth and final tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 16–17 May 2015 at Twickenham in London.

The most notable headline from this event was the first-ever overall tournament victory by the United States.[1] The USA's Madison Hughes was named player of the tournament, with Hughes and Danny Barrett the two Americans selected for the tournament Dream Team.

The overall series crown was secured by Fiji when they defeated South Africa in the Cup quarter-finals.[2]

Format

The teams were 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/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The pools and schedule were announced on 10 April 2015.[3][4]

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 81 45 +36 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 57 50 +7 7
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 45 53 -8 5
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 34 69 -35 3
16 May 2015
09:44
Canada 17–14 Samoa
Twickenham
16 May 2015
10:06
Fiji 24–19 Argentina
Twickenham
16 May 2015
12:50
Canada 26–5 Argentina
Twickenham
16 May 2015
13:12
Fiji 26–12 Samoa
Twickenham
16 May 2015
15:56
Argentina 10–19 Samoa
Twickenham
16 May 2015
16:18
Fiji 31–14 Canada
Twickenham

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 24 +64 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 70 38 +32 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 38 78 -40 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 35 91 -56 3
16 May 2015
10:28
Australia 41–0 Japan
Twickenham
16 May 2015
10:50
New Zealand 38–0 Wales
Twickenham
16 May 2015
13:34
Australia 19–14 Wales
Twickenham
16 May 2015
13:56
New Zealand 26–14 Japan
Twickenham
16 May 2015
16:40
Wales 24–21 Japan
Twickenham
16 May 2015
17:02
New Zealand 24–10 Australia
Twickenham

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 67 45 +22 9
 England 3 2 0 1 115 29 +86 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 31 80 -49 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 35 94 -59 3
16 May 2015
11:12
Scotland 19–14 Brazil
Twickenham
16 May 2015
11:34
England 40–0 Kenya
Twickenham
16 May 2015
14:18
Scotland 26–12 Kenya
Twickenham
16 May 2015
14:40
England 56–7 Brazil
Twickenham
16 May 2015
17:24
Kenya 19–14 Brazil
Twickenham
16 May 2015
17:46
England 19–22 Scotland
Twickenham

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 73 43 +30 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 59 28 +31 7
 France 3 1 0 2 52 71 -19 5
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 31 73 -42 3
16 May 2015
09:00
South Africa 19–0 Portugal
Twickenham
16 May 2015
09:22
United States 24–19 France
Twickenham
16 May 2015
12:06
South Africa 28–7 France
Twickenham
16 May 2015
12:28
United States 28–12 Portugal
Twickenham
16 May 2015
15:12
France 26–19 Portugal
Twickenham
16 May 2015
15:34
United States 21–12 South Africa
Twickenham

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham
 
 
 Samoa33
 
17 May 2015 – 12:06 – Twickenham
 
 Portugal14
 
 Portugal21
 
17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham
 
 Japan26
 
 Kenya24
 
17 May 2015 – 15:22 – Twickenham
 
 Japan12
 
 Japan21
 
17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham
 
 France19
 
 France14
 
17 May 2015 – 12:28 – Twickenham
 
 Argentina17
 
 France35
 
17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham
 
 Brazil12
 
 Wales29
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham
 
 
 Samoa33
 
17 May 2015 – 12:50 – Twickenham
 
 Portugal14
 
 Samoa7
 
17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham
 
 Kenya38
 
 Kenya24
 
17 May 2015 – 15:47 – Twickenham
 
 Japan12
 
 Kenya26
 
17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham
 
 Argentina12
 
 France14
 
17 May 2015 – 13:12 – Twickenham
 
 Argentina17
 
 Argentina26
 
17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham
 
 Wales14
 
 Wales29
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham
 
 
 Fiji19
 
17 May 2015 – 13:34 – Twickenham
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa31
 
17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham
 
 Scotland7
 
 Scotland19
 
17 May 2015 – 16:12 – Twickenham
 
 Australia31
 
 South Africa14
 
17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham
 
 New Zealand26
 
 United States29
 
17 May 2015 – 13:56 – Twickenham
 
 Canada10
 
 Canada15
 
17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham
 
 New Zealand33
 
 New Zealand17
 
 
 England21
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham
 
 
 Fiji19
 
17 May 2015 – 14:18 – Twickenham
 
 South Africa7
 
 Fiji7
 
17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham
 
 Australia33
 
 Scotland19
 
17 May 2015 – 17:02 – Twickenham
 
 Australia31
 
 Australia22
 
17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham
 
 United States45
 
 United States29
 
17 May 2015 – 14:40 – Twickenham
 
 Canada10
 
 United States43
 
17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham
 
 England12 Third place
 
 New Zealand17
 
17 May 2015 – 16:37 – Twickenham
 
 England21
 
 Fiji26
 
 
 England12
 

Scoring

Rank Player Tries
1 Kenya Billy Odhiambo 7
1 New Zealand Rieko Ioane 7
1 United States Madison Hughes 7
4 United States Perry Baker 6
4 Australia Nicholas Malouf 6
4 New Zealand Sherwin Stowers 6

Source: WR website

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Tom (17 May 2015). "USA make history at Twickenham with first World Rugby Series tournament win". ESPN (US). Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Fiji secure second World Series title after victory over South Africa". ESPN (US). 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ "2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series - London: Fixtures". Fiji Live. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Leaders Fiji in tough London 7s pool". Fiji Live. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 10 May 2015.