2017 – 2018 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series

The 2017 – 2018 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series includes five stops with action kicking off in Dubai on November 30 – December 1, 2017. The second stop is in Sydney, Australia on January 26-28, 2018. Teams have a bit of a break but will gather in Kitakyushu, Japan on April 21-22, 2018. From there teams will return to Langford, Canada on May 12-13, 2018. The last event will be in Paris, France June 8-10, 2018.

With Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 looming large next July, teams will also be battling it out for their seeding at the prestigious tournament which takes place in San Francisco. Series points scored at the first two rounds in Dubai and Sydney will be added to the final standings points from 2016-17 to ascertain the final seedings at RWC Sevens 2018.

New Zealand enter Dubai as reigning series and tournament champions following an almost perfect 35 out of 36 match wins in 2016-17. Head coach Allan Bunting has named a strong side to defend their title, including the recently named World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year Michaela Blyde. Captain Sarah Goss is looking for consistency in performance across the two days in Dubai as the team begins an action-packed seven months.

Schedule & Results

Standings

POSTeamDubaiSydneyKitakyushuLangfordParisPoints
1Australia 7s20201618–74
2New Zealand 7s12182020–70
3France 7s10121814–54
4Canada 7s1416212–44
5USA 7s186416–44
6Russia 7s1614121–43
7Spain 7s810143–35
8England 7s6488–26
9Ireland 7s48310–25
10Fiji 7s23106–21
11Japan 7s1214–8
12China 7s––6––6
13South Africa 7s3––––3
14Brazil 7s–––2–2
15Papua New Guinea 7s–1–––1

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