The 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, will be the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999-2000.
Video 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series
Core teams
Maps 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series
Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series will be as follows:
There were several significant changes to the schedule:
- The New Zealand event moved from Wellington, which had hosted an event in every previous season of the series, to Hamilton.
- The Australia and New Zealand events will swap places in the tournament order.
- The schedule includes a break for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will hold its sevens tournament on 14-15 April at Gold Coast.
- The Paris and London Sevens will take place several weeks later than usual in order to provide more rest for players, many of whom will have been involved in the Commonwealth Games.
Standings
Table:
Source: World Rugby
Player scoring
Updated: 11 December 2017
Squads
The list of squads as they appeared on individual legs in the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
Argentina
Coach: Santiago Gómez Cora
Australia
Coach: Andy Friend
Canada
Coach: Damian McGrath
England
Coach: Simon Amor
Fiji
Coach: Gareth Baber
France
Coach: Jérôme Daret
Kenya
Coach: Innocent Simiyu
New Zealand
Coach: Clark Laidlaw
Russia
Coach: Andrey Sorokin
Samoa
Coach: Gordon Tietjens
Scotland
Coach: John Dalziel
South Africa
Coach: Neil Powell
Spain
Coach: Pablo Feijoo
United States
Coach: Mike Friday
Wales
Coach: Gareth Williams
Invited Teams
Placings summary
Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017-18 series, by team:
See also
- 2017-18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links
- Official Site
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