2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

For the men's competition, see 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VI
Hosts	United Arab Emirates  Australia  Japan  Canada  France
Date	30 November 2017 – 10 June 2018
Nations	16 teams
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third	France
Series details
Top try scorer	Portia Woodman (215)
Top point scorer	Portia Woodman (43)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Five tournament events were scheduled on the 2017–18 circuit and twelve teams competed in each tournament.

Format

Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy.[1] The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.[2]

Teams

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017–18 series were:[3]

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France

•  Ireland
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Spain
•  United States

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:[4]

•  Japan

Events

There were five tournaments in 2017–18:[5]

2017–18 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	30 November – 1 December 2017	Australia
Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	26–28 January 2018 [6]	Australia
Japan	Mikuni World Stadium	Kitakyushu	21–22 April 2018	New Zealand
Canada	Westhills Stadium	Langford	12–13 May 2018	New Zealand
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	8–10 June 2018	New Zealand

Standings

For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Women's Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

Official standings for the 2017–18 series:

2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VI
Pos	Event  Team	Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris	Points total
1	Australia	20	20	16	18	18	92
2	New Zealand	12	18	20	20	20	90
3	France	10	12	18	14	14	68
4	Canada	14	16	2	12	16	60
5	United States	18	6	4	16	12	56
6	Russia	16	14	12	1	3	46
7	Spain	8	10	14	3	8	43
8	England	6	4	8	8	6	32
9	Fiji	2	3	10	6	10	31
10	Ireland	4	8	3	10	4	29
11	Japan	1	2	1	4	2	10
12	China	–	–	6	–	–	6
13	South Africa	3	–	–	–	–	3
14	Brazil	–	–	–	2	–	2
15	Wales	–	–	–	–	1	1
16	Papua New Guinea	–	1	–	–	–	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2017–18 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
Yellow	Not a core team

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
Australia	2	2	1	–	5
New Zealand	3	1	–	–	4
United States	–	1	1	–	2
France	–	1	–	2	3
Canada	–	–	2	1	3
Russia	–	–	1	1	2
Spain	–	–	–	1	1
Totals	5	5	5	5	20

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Australia	34–0	United States	Russia (Bronze)  Canada
5th Place	New Zealand	24–0	France	Spain (7th)  England
Challenge Trophy	Ireland	24–7	South Africa	Fiji (11th)  Japan

Sydney

Main article: 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Australia	31–0	New Zealand	Canada (Bronze)  Russia
5th Place	France	19–5	Spain	Ireland (7th)  United States
Challenge Trophy	England	29–10	Fiji	Japan (11th)  Papua New Guinea

Kitakyushu

Main article: 2018 Japan Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	24–12	France	Australia (Bronze)  Spain
5th Place	Russia	30–7	Fiji	England (7th)  China
Challenge Trophy	United States	24–19 (a.e.t.)	Ireland	Canada (11th)  Japan

Langford

Main article: 2018 Canada Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	46–0	Australia	United States (Bronze)  France
5th Place	Canada	29–12	Ireland	England (7th)  Fiji
Challenge Trophy	Japan	26–21	Spain	Brazil (11th)  Russia

Paris

Main article: 2018 France Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	33-7	Australia	Canada (Bronze)  France
5th Place	United States	28-7	Fiji	Spain (7th)  England
Challenge Trophy	Ireland	10-5	Russia	Japan (11th)  Wales

Players

Main article: 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads

Scoring leaders

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Portia Woodman	43
2	Michaela Blyde	37
3	Emma Tonegato	26
	Naya Tapper
5	Alena Mikhaltsova	24

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Portia Woodman	215
2	Michaela Blyde	185
3	Emma Sykes (rugby union)	172
4	Alev Kelter	168
5	Tyla Nathan-Wong	159

Updated: 10 June 2018

Awards

Player awards Tour Leg Impact player Ref. Player Points Dubai Alena Mikhaltsova 61 [7] Sydney Baizat Khamidova 52 [8] Kitakyushu Alena Mikhaltsova 60 [9] Langford Camille Grassineau 56 Paris Charlotte Caslick 72

Total impact player points Pos Player T B O C Total 1 Michaela Blyde 58 44 20 107 229 2 Chiharu Nakamura 64 15 41 101 221 3 Camille Grassineau 115 20 14 71 220 Lucy Mulhall 95 11 17 97 220 5 Alena Mikhaltsova 58 36 25 94 213 6 Alev Kelter 79 26 10 97 212 Emma Tonegato 60 39 12 101 212 8 Stacey Flood 67 25 13 105 210 9 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 80 28 6 83 197 10 Patricia García 53 21 16 102 192

Updated: 10 June 2018

See also

• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)

References

1. "Men's and women's sevens winners to strike gold". World Rugby.org. 3 October 2016.
2. "Women's Sevens Series tournament rules". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "Series Qualifying". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
4. "Japan secure core place on women's series". World Rugby. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
5. "Sevens Series 2018 to finish in Paris as women's dates confirmed". World Rugby. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
6. "Sydney 7s 2018: Men's and women's tournaments set to come together on Australia Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
7. "Mikhaltsova wins DHL Impact Player in Dubai". World Rugby. 4 December 2017.
8. "Khamidova named DHL Impact Player in Sydney". World Rugby. 31 January 2018.
9. "Mikhaltsova named DHL Impact Player in Kitakyushu". World Rugby. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.