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
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...
since 1999–2000. This season, the series expanded from nine to ten events.
Core teams
Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season. A fifteenth team,
Russia
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, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the
2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. The core teams were:
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Russia replaced
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, which lost core team status having finished last of the fifteen core teams in the
2014–15 Sevens World Series
The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 16th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens World Series has been run by World Rugby since 19 ...
.
Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series is as follows:
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Changes
There were three new tournaments in the series, with two events being discontinued:
* The
Canada Sevens
The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the ten stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event ...
was a new stop at
BC Place
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The venue is currently ...
in
Vancouver
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, paired with 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. ...
.
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* The ]Singapore Sevens
The Singapore Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. It was first hosted as part of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2002. The Standard Chartered Bank was the original title sponsor. It was effectively replace ...
returned, replacing the Japan Sevens
The Japan Sevens, also known as the Tokyo Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. It was a part of the Sevens World Series from 2000 to 2001 and from 2012 to 2015.
History
The fi ...
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* The France Sevens
The France Sevens, also called the Paris Sevens, is an annual international rugby sevens tournament that is one of ten competitions on the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. The France Sevens is generally held in May or June on the weekend follo ...
returned for the first time since 2006, replacing the Scotland Sevens
The Scotland Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the Sevens World Series. In the 2014-15 season it was the penultimate event of the Sevens World Series circuit. It was first held in 2007 but has been removed from the series ...
.
Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:
* The Australian Sevens
The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...
moved from Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
to Sydney
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.
* The South Africa Sevens
The South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament that is held in South Africa. It is currently hosted in Cape Town and is part of the Sevens World Series run by World Rugby. A South African leg of the World series has been include ...
moved from Port Elizabeth
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to Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
.
Standings
Final standings after completion of the ten tournaments in the series:
Source
World Rugby. Archived
Tournaments
Dubai
The opening event of the season saw Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
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
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and England
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each recorded three straight wins to finish on top. New Zealand
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finished on top in their group but not before losing to the United States
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in Pool C.Australia
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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.
South Africa
After Dubai, the teams had a back to back with Cape Town being the next stop in the series.
New Zealand
Australia
United States
Canada
Hong Kong
Singapore
France
England
Team statistics
Players
Scoring leaders
Updated
24 May 2016
Dream Team
* Jasa Veremalua
Jasa Veremalua (born 29 May 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for the Tel Aviv Heat. He played for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the Fiji sevens team. Veremalua made his debut for at the 2013 Wel ...
* Osea Kolinisau
Osea Kolinisau, OF (born 17 November 1985) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR). He captained the Fiji Sevens side to their first olympic gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Early life and edu ...
* Kwagga Smith
Albertus Stephanus Smith (born 11 June 1993), known professionally as Kwagga Smith, is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in the Japanese Top League. His regular positi ...
* Seabelo Senatla
Seabelo Mohanoe Senatla (born 10 February 1993) is a South African rugby union player for the South African Sevens Side. He also plays for in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is winger.
Senatla was a member of the So ...
* Perry Baker
Perry Baker (born June 29, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. With over 230 tries, Baker currently ranks first among Americans and third among all players in career tries scored in the Worl ...
* Collins Injera
Collins Injera (born 18 October 1986) is a Kenyan rugby player. He holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team.
Career
In ...
* Fa’alemiga Selesele"HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series awards: As it happened!"
World Rugby. Accessed 23 May 2016.
See also
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2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the fourth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams i ...
References
External links
Official Site
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World Rugby Sevens Series