2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series
Host nations	United Arab Emirates  South Africa  New Zealand  Australia  United States  Canada  Hong Kong  Singapore  France  England
Date	4 Dec 2015 – 22 May 2016
Final positions
Series details
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, is the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This season, the series is expanding from nine to ten events.^[1]

Core teams

Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  United States
•  Wales

A 15th team, Russia, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. They replaced Japan, which lost core team status, having finished last of the 15 core teams in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series is as follows:^[2]

2015–16 Venues

Leg	Stadium	City	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	4–5 December 2015	Fiji
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	12–13 December 2015	South Africa
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	30–31 January 2016	New Zealand
Australia	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	6–7 February 2016	New Zealand
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	4–6 March 2016	Fiji
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	12–13 March 2016	New Zealand
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	8–10 April 2016	Fiji
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	16–17 April 2016	Kenya
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	14–15 May 2016
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	20–22 May 2016

Changes

There will be three new tournaments in the series, with two events being discontinued:

• The Canada Sevens will be a new stop at BC Place in Vancouver, paired with the USA Sevens.^[3]
• The Singapore Sevens will return, replacing the Japan Sevens.
• The France Sevens will return for the first time since 2006, replacing the Scotland Sevens.

Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

• The Australian Sevens moved from Gold Coast to Sydney.^[4]
• The South Africa Sevens moved from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town.^[5]

Standings

Legend
Qualified as a 2016–17 core team
Relegation Zone: (Last place core team at end of Series is relegated).
Not a core team

2015–16 Standings[6]
Pos.	Country	UAE	South Africa	New Zealand	Australia	USA	Canada	Hong Kong	Singapore	France	England	Overall
	Fiji	22	13	17	17	22	15	22	19	-	-	147
	South Africa	13	22	19	15	17	19	17	17	-	-	139
	New Zealand	15	10	22	22	13	22	19	12	-	-	135
4	Australia	12	10	13	19	19	17	15	10	-	-	115
5	United States	17	12	10	10	15	12	12	7	-	-	95
6	Argentina	10	19	12	13	10	5	8	15	-	-	92
7	Kenya	5	15	10	12	10	1	10	22	-	-	85
8	England	19	7	15	10	1	5	13	5	-	-	75
9	Samoa	10	3	8	7	3	13	5	13	-	-	62
10	France	8	17	3	1	7	7	5	10	-	-	58
11	Scotland	7	8	7	5	5	10	7	8	-	-	57
12	Wales	5	5	1	3	8	10	10	2	-	-	44
13	Canada	3	5	5	8	2	8	2	1	-	-	34
14	Japan	2	-	5	1	12	-	-	1	-	-	21
14	Russia	1	2	2	2	5	3	3	3	-	-	21
16	Portugal	1	1	1	5	1	2	1	5	-	-	17
17	Zimbabwe	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
17	Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
17	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Tournaments

United Arab Emirates

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	28–17	England	United States (Third Place)  New Zealand
Plate	South Africa	19–14	Australia	Argentina  Samoa
Bowl	France	24–14	Scotland	Kenya  Wales
Shield	Canada	19–17	Japan	Portugal  Russia

South Africa

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	29–14	Argentina	France (Third Place)  Kenya
Plate	Fiji	29–19	United States	Australia  New Zealand
Bowl	Scotland	19–0	England	Canada  Wales
Shield	Samoa	40–5	Russia	Portugal  Zimbabwe

New Zealand

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	24–21	South Africa	Fiji (Third Place)  England
Plate	Australia	21–5	Argentina	Kenya  United States
Bowl	Samoa	19–7	Scotland	Japan  Canada
Shield	France	14–7	Russia	Portugal  Wales

Australia

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	27–24	Australia	Fiji (Third Place)  South Africa
Plate	Argentina	24–0	Kenya	United States  England
Bowl	Canada	17–12	Samoa	Scotland  Portugal
Shield	Wales	26–19	Russia	Japan  France

United States of America

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	21–15	Australia	South Africa (Third Place)  United States
Plate	New Zealand	27–7	Japan	Kenya  Argentina
Bowl	Wales	21–7	France	Russia  Scotland
Shield	Samoa	24–12	Canada	England  Portugal

Canada

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	19–14	South Africa	Australia (Third Place)  Fiji
Plate	Samoa	31–19	United States	Wales  Scotland
Bowl	Canada	19–17	France	Argentina  England
Shield	Russia	17–10	Portugal	Kenya  Brazil

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	21-7	New Zealand	South Africa (Third Place)  Australia
Plate	England	19–0	United States	Wales  Kenya
Bowl	Argentina	26–0	Scotland	France  Samoa
Shield	Russia	19–14	Canada	South Korea  Portugal

Singapore

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Kenya	30–7	Fiji	South Africa (Third Place)  Argentina
Plate	Samoa	26–21	New Zealand	Australia  France
Bowl	Scotland	14–10	United States	England  Portugal
Shield	Russia	24–7	Wales	Japan  Canada

Team statistics

Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Ø-Points	Tries	Ø-Tries
1	Fiji	12	388	32.33	59	4.92
2	United States	12	307	25.58	47	3.92
3	South Africa	12	291	24.25	47	3.92
4	France	12	289	24.09	45	3.75
5	England	12	253	21.08	42	3.50
6	Scotland	12	233	19.42	37	3.08
7	Australia	11	232	21.09	36	3.27
8	Canada	11	228	20.73	36	3.27
9	Samoa	11	214	19.45	36	3.27
10	New Zealand	11	204	18.55	34	3.09
11	Kenya	11	201	18.27	33	3.00
12	Argentina	11	174	15.82	27	2.42
13	Wales	10	163	16.30	25	2.30
14	Japan	6	107	17.83	17	2.83
15	Russia	11	107	9.73	18	1.64
16	Portugal	10	78	7.80	12	1.20
17	Zimbabwe	5	17	3.40	3	0.60

Player scoring

Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Seabelo Senatla 54 2 Perry Baker 39 3 Savenaca Rawaca 35 4 Samoa Toloa 33 5 Nathan Hirayama 26

Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Nathan Hirayama 288 2 Madison Hughes 271 3 Seabelo Senatla 270 4 Vatemo Ravouvou 262 5 Justin Geduld 238

Updated: 11 April 2016

See also

• 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

References

1. "Gosper: Monumental 12 months for rugby sevens ahead". WorldRugby.org. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. "HSBC partners with World Rugby for record-breaking sevens properties". Australian Rugby. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
3. Kingston, Gary (23 February 2015). "BC Place to host World Rugby Sevens". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
4. "Australian leg of rugby Sevens World Series set to move to Sydney from Gold Coast in 2016". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
5. "Cape Town confirmed as Sevens host". Sport24. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
6. "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

External links

• Official Site