2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series (original) (raw)

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17th annual international series in men's rugby sevens

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVII
Hosts 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
Champions Fiji
Runners-up South Africa
Third New Zealand
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season. A fifteenth team, Russia, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. The core teams were:

Russia replaced Japan, which lost core team status having finished last of the fifteen core teams in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series was 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 13–15 May 2016 Samoa
England Twickenham Stadium London 21–22 May 2016 Scotland

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

Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

Final standings after completion of the ten tournaments in the series:

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVII

Pos. Event Team Dubai Cape Town Well­ington Sydney Las Vegas Van­couver Hong Kong Singa­pore Paris London Pointstotal
1 Fiji 22 13 17 17 22 15 22 19 19 15 181
2 South Africa 13 22 19 15 17 19 17 17 13 19 171
3 New Zealand 15 10 22 22 13 22 19 12 10 13 158
4 Australia 12 10 13 19 19 17 15 10 12 7 134
5 Argentina 10 19 12 13 10 5 8 15 15 12 119
6 United States 17 12 10 10 15 12 12 7 5 17 117
7 Kenya 5 15 10 12 10 1 10 22 10 3 98
8 England 19 7 15 10 1 5 13 5 7 10 92
9 Samoa 10 3 8 7 3 13 5 13 22 5 89
10 Scotland 7 8 7 5 5 10 7 8 8 22 87
11 France 8 17 3 1 7 7 5 10 17 10 85
12 Wales 5 5 1 3 8 10 10 2 2 8 54
13 Canada 3 5 5 8 2 8 2 1 1 5 40
14 Russia 1 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 5 2 28
15 Japan 2 – 5 1 12 – – 1 – – 21
16 Portugal 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 5 3 1 21
17 Brazil – – – – – 1 – – 1 1 3
18 Zimbabwe – 1 – – – – – – – – 1
19 South Korea – – – – – – 1 – – – 1

Source: World Rugby. Archived [6]

Legend
No colour Core team in 2015–16 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2015–16 season
Yellow Not a core team

The opening event of the season saw Fiji starting their defense of the title by taking out the opening event of the season in Dubai. On the opening day of competition, Fiji, South Africa and England each recorded three straight wins to finish on top. New Zealand finished on top in their group but not before losing to the United States in Pool C.[7]

South Africa got knocked out in the quarter-finals by the United States but would still end up taking home the plate after they defeated Australia in the final. While for Fiji, they would take the Dubai Sevens after they initially came from behind to win against England and taking the early lead.[8]

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

After Dubai, the teams had a back to back with Cape Town being the next stop in the series.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Samoa 29 –26 Fiji France (third place) Argentina
Plate South Africa 17 – 7 Australia New Zealand Kenya
Bowl Scotland 28 – 10 England Russia United States
Shield Portugal 24 – 19 Wales Canada Brazil
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Scotland 27 –26 South Africa United States (third place) Fiji
Plate New Zealand 29 –14 Argentina France England
Bowl Wales 24 –19 Australia Canada Samoa
Shield Kenya 31 –7 Russia Brazil Portugal
Rank Team Matches Points Ø-Points Tries Ø-Tries
1 Fiji 48 1368 28.50 213 4.44
2 South Africa 48 1199 24.98 187 3.90
3 Australia 46 971 21.11 153 3.33
4 New Zealand 47 964 20.51 156 3.32
5 United States 46 962 20.91 152 3.30
6 Samoa 46 877 19.07 140 3.04
7 Canada 45 864 19.20 140 3.11
8 France 45 829 18.42 131 2.91
9 England 44 760 17.27 118 2.68
10 Kenya 43 751 17.47 120 2.79
11 Scotland 45 745 16.56 119 2.64
12 Argentina 45 740 16.44 116 2.58
13 Wales 43 738 17.16 116 2.70
14 Russia 46 546 11.87 92 2.00
15 Japan 27 442 16.37 70 2.59
16 Portugal 41 332 8.10 54 1.32
17 South Korea 5 35 7.00 5 1.00
18 Brazil 5 19 3.80 3 0.60
19 Zimbabwe 5 17 3.40 3 0.60

Updated: 24 May 2016

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