2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series


The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.

Core teams

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series is:
LegStadiumCityDatesWinner
DubaiThe SevensDubai1–2 December 2017
South AfricaCape Town StadiumCape Town9–10 December 2017
AustraliaAllianz StadiumSydney26–28 January 2018
New ZealandFMG Stadium WaikatoHamilton3–4 February 2018
United StatesSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas2–4 March 2018
CanadaBC PlaceVancouver10–11 March 2018
Hong KongHong Kong StadiumHong Kong6–8 April 2018
SingaporeNational StadiumSingapore28–29 April 2018
EnglandTwickenham StadiumLondon2–3 June 2018
FranceStade Jean-BouinParis8–10 June 2018

There were several significant changes to the schedule:
Official standings for the 2017–18 series:
Source:

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:
TeamGoldSilverBronzeFourthTotal
5117
233210
11125
1113
123
213
22
1214
11
22
Totals10101010

Players

Scoring leaders

No.PlayerTries
1 49
2 44
3 38
4 37
4 37
6 35
6 35
8 32
9 31
10 28
10 28

Updated:
No.PlayerPoints
1 334
2 316
3 263
4 247
5 220
6 211
7 197
8 190
8 190
10 187

Updated:

Awards

Tour LegPlayerPoints
Dubai
50
Cape Town 60
Sydney 58
Hamilton 49
Las Vegas 52
Vancouver 61
Hong Kong 53
Singapore Ben O'Donnell54
London


46
Paris Robbie Fergusson50

PlayerTotal
1 1054729173386
2 1914726184348
3 1324533120330
4 1265429119328
5 1012514171311
6 1133017132292
7 763543137291
8 793728135279
9 654733118263
10 853321122261

Updated:
Tour LegWinner
Dubai
Cape Town
Sydney
Hamilton
Las Vegas
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Singapore
London
Paris

Updated:

Tournaments

Dubai

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'24–12
5th Place'22–17
Challenge Trophy'21–12
13th Place'26–7

Cape Town

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'38–14
5th Place'26–12
Challenge Trophy'26–7
13th Place'24–14

Sydney

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'29–0
5th Place'31–7
Challenge Trophy'29–12
13th Place'14–12

Hamilton

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'24–17
5th Place'19–15
Challenge Trophy'31–12
13th Place'19–17

Las Vegas

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'28–0
5th Place'17–12

Challenge Trophy'26–19
13th Place'28–7

Vancouver

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'31–12
5th Place'31–14
Challenge Trophy'29–5
13th Place'21–10

Hong Kong

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'24–12
5th Place'14–12
Challenge Trophy'33–7
13th Place'33–5
World Series Qualifier19–14

Singapore

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'28–22
5th Place'36–17
Challenge Trophy'26–12
13th Place'31–24

London

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'21-17
5th Place'26-5
Challenge Trophy'33-19
13th Place'34-10

Paris

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup'24–14

5th Place'28–7
Challenge Trophy'33–26
13th Place'21–20