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The 2015 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2015 Las Vegas Sevens) is the twelfth edition of the
USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...
tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. The tournament is scheduled for February 13–15, 2015 at
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, Nevada.


Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


Teams

The following teams will participate in the tournament. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Match officials

The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows: * Mike Adamson (
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* Federico Anselmi (
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* Nick Briant (
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* Ben Crouse (
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* Richard Kelly (
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* Anthony Moyes ( Australia) *
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( Australia) * * Marius van der Westhuizen (
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Pool stage


Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage


Shield


Bowl


Plate


Cup


References


External links


USA Sevens official website
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USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...
USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...
USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...
2015 rugby sevens competitions