2018 Canada Women's Sevens

Tournament in Canada
2018 Canada Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation Canada
Date12–13 May 2018
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third United States
Challenge Trophy
Winner Japan
Tournament details
Matches played34
Tries scored209 (average 6.15 per match)
Most points Alev Kelter (52)
Most tries Bianca Farella (8)
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 Canada Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Canada Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 May 2018 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Brazil:[1]

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 85 7 +78 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 78 40 +38 7
 England 3 1 0 2 45 63 –18 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 31 129 –98 3
12 May 2018 Fiji  24–14  England Westhills Stadium, Langford  
11:58 Try: Savu 3'm
Tisolo 5'm, 6'c
Siata 9'c
Con: Tisolo (2/2) 7', 10'
Riwai (0/2)
 Try: Fisher 0'c
Con: Scott (1/1) 1'
 Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
12 May 2018 New Zealand  51–0  Brazil Westhills Stadium, Langford  
12:20 Try: Woddman 0'
Blyde 2'c, 7'c
Williams 4'm, 6'c
Tui 7'm
Goss 9'm
Fitzpatrick 11'm
Brazier 13'm
Con: Willison (3/6) 3', 6', 8'
Nathan-Wong (0/2)
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
12 May 2018 Fiji  47–14  Brazil Westhills Stadium, Langford  
14:52 Try: Savu 1'c
Tisolo 3'c
Naiobasali 5'm, 7'c
Riwai 8'c
Ravisa 12'c
Cumu 14'c
Con: Tisolo (6/7) 2', 4', 7', 9', 12', 14'
 Try: B Silva 6'c
Cerullo 9'c
Con: Cerullo (1/1) 6'
Kochhan (1/1) 10'
 Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
12 May 2018 New Zealand  22–0  England Westhills Stadium, Langford  
15:14 Try: Blyde 2'c, 13'm
Nathan-Wong 5'm
Williams 9'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 2'
Willison (0/1)
 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
12 May 2018 England  31–17  Brazil Westhills Stadium, Langford  
17:44 Try: Fleming 3'm
Scott 6'c
Brown 12'm, 14'c
Fleming 13'c
Con: Scott (1/2) 6'
McKenna (2/3) 14', 14'
Cards: Jones yellow card 7' to 9' 		Try: Nicolau 1'c, 9'm
B Silva 8'm
Con: Kochhan (1/3) 2'
Cards: Kochhan yellow card 14' to 14'
Araujo yellow card 14' to 14' 		Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
12 May 2018 New Zealand  12–7  Fiji Westhills Stadium, Langford  
18:06 Try: Williams 3'm
Blyde 7'c
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/2) 7'
 Try: Tisolo 1'c
Con: Tisolo (1/1) 2'
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 100 26 +74 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 82 43 +39 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 38 68 –30 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 21 104 –83 3
12 May 2018 Russia  14–35  United States Westhills Stadium, Langford  
10:30 Try: Noritsina 10'c
Kazantseva 14'c
Con: Kulkova (2/2) 11', 14'
 Try: Tapper 1'c
Heavirland 3'c
Emba 5'c
Carlyle 7'c
Kelter 7'c
Con: Kelter (5/5) 1', 3', 5', 7', 7'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
12 May 2018 France  33–7  Japan Westhills Stadium, Langford  
10:52 Try: Bertrand 1'm
Amedee 3'c, 5'c
Ciofani 11'c
Pelle 14'c
Con: Amedee (2/3) 3', 5'
Le Pesq (2/2) 11', 14'
 Try: Kozasa 13'c
Con: Okuroda (1/1) 13'
Cards: Nakamura yellow card 3' to 5' 		Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
12 May 2018 Russia  7–24  Japan Westhills Stadium, Langford  
13:24 Try: Noritsina 0'c
Con: Kulkova (1/1) 1'
 Try: Tanaka 4'c
Hirano 7'm, 14'c
Kozasa 8'm
Con: Okuroda (1/3)
Nakamura (1/1) 14'
Cards: Nakamura yellow card 5' to 7' 		Referee: Ben Crouse (South Africa)
12 May 2018 France  22–19  United States Westhills Stadium, Langford  
13:46 Try: Amedee 2'm, 7'm
Bertrand 5'm
Le Pesq 14'c
Con: Drouin (1/1) 14'
Le Pesq (0/3)
 Try: Gustaitis 1'm
Tapper 10'c
Kelter 12'c
Con: Kelter (2/3) 10', 12'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
12 May 2018 United States  28–7  Japan Westhills Stadium, Langford  
16:16 Try: Gustaitis 1'c
Tapper 7'c, 13'c
Emba 7'c
Con: Kelter (1/1) 1'
Heavirland (3/3) 7', 8', 13'
 Try: Hirano 5'c
Con: Okuroda (1/1) 5'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
12 May 2018 France  45–0  Russia Westhills Stadium, Langford  
16:28 Try: Guerin 0'm
Amedee 3'm
Grassineau 5'c
Le Pesq 6'c
Horta 9'c
Drouin 13'c
Ciofani 14'c
Con: Le Pesq (1/3) 5'
Amedee (1/1) 7'
Drouin (3/3) 10', 13', 14'
 Referee: Ben Crouse (South Africa)

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 96 36 +60 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 50 49 +1 7
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 43 50 –7 5
 Spain 3 0 0 3 20 74 –54 3
12 May 2018 Spain  0–7  Ireland Westhills Stadium, Langford  
11:14 Try: Galvin 3'c
Con: Mulhall (1/1) 3'
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)
12 May 2018 Australia  22–7  Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford  
11:36 Try: Tonegato 1'm, 7'c
Meaked 8'm
Du Toit 10'm
Con: Sykes (1/4) 7'
 Try: Farella 13'c
Con: Landry (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
12 May 2018 Spain  10–24  Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford  
14:08 Try: Garcia 2'm, 8'm
Con: Garcia (0/2)
 Try: Williams 4'c, 13'm
Nicholas 7'c
Crossley 10'm
Con: Landry (1/1) 4', 7'
Nicholas (0/2)
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)
12 May 2018 Australia  31–19  Ireland Westhills Stadium, Langford  
14:30 Try: Du Toit 0'm
Sykes 2'c
Tonegato 4'm, 12'c
Parry 6'c
Con: Sykes (2/4) 2', 7'
Brown (1/1) 12'
 Try: Murphy-Crowe 8'm, 13'c
Higgins 10'c
Con: Mulhall (2/4) 11', 14'
 Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
12 May 2018 Ireland  17–19  Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford  
17:00 Try: Murphy-Crowe 0'c, 7'm
Flood 11'm
Con: Mulhall (1/3) 0'
 Try: Darling 4'c
Watcham-Roy 8'm
Williams 14'c
Con: Landry (2/3) 4', 14'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Welsh Rugby Football Union)
12 May 2018 Australia  43–10  Spain Westhills Stadium, Langford  
17:22 Try: Pelite 0'm
Caslick 1'c, 4'c
Cherry 5'c
Tonegato 7'c
Hayes 8'm
Du Toit 12'm
Con: Sykes (4/7) 2', 4', 6', 7'
 Try: Cacho 10'm
Losada 14'm
Con: Casado (0/2)
 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

[2]

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May 2018 – 10:48 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 Japan31
 
13 May 2018 – 14:16 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Brazil21
 
 Japan26
 
13 May 2018 – 11:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Spain21
 
 Spain14
 
 
 Russia7
 
Third place
 
 
13 May 2018 – 13:54 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 Brazil24 (a.e.t.)
 
 
 Russia19
Matches

Semifinals

13 May 2018 Japan  31–21  Brazil Westhills Stadium, Langford  
10:48 Try: Koide 2'm
Otake 4'm
Tateyama 6'c, 11'c
Bativakalolo 13'c
Con: Okuroda (2/4) 7', 12'
Nakamura (1/1) 13'
 Try: Kochhan 0'c
B Silva 5'c, 9'c
Con: Kochhan (1/1) 1'
Cerullo (2/2) 5', 9'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
13 May 2018 Spain  14–7  Russia Westhills Stadium, Langford  
11:10 Try: Pla 5'c, 6'c
Con: Garcia (2/2) 5', 7'
Cards: Erbina yellow card 0' to 2' 		Try: Danilova 1'c
Con: Kulkova (1/1) 1'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

Seventh Place

13 May 2018 Brazil  24–19
(a.e.t.) 		 Russia Westhills Stadium, Langford  
13:54 Try: Araujo 11'c, 12'c
Kochhan 13'm
B Silva 16'
Con: Kochhan (2/3) 11', 12'
Cards: Scratut yellow card 15' to 17' 		Try: Danilova 2'c, 4'c
Kazantseva 9'm
Con: Kukina (1/1) 2'
Kulkova (1/2) 5'
 Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)

Final

13 May 2018 Japan  26–21  Spain Westhills Stadium, Langford  
14:16 Try: Nagata 4'c
Nakamura 8'c, 10'c
Kozasa 13'm
Con: Okuroda (3/3) 4', 8', 11'
Nakamura (0/1)
 Try: Echebarria 2'c, 12'c
Barrutieta 6'c
Con: Garcia (3/3) 2', 7'
Casado (1/1) 12'
 Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)

5th place

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May 2018 – 12:26 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 Ireland19
 
13 May 2018 – 15:32 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Fiji7
 
 Ireland12
 
13 May 2018 – 12:48 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Canada29
 
 Canada35
 
 
 England12
 
Seventh Place
 
 
13 May 2018 – 15:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 Fiji24
 
 
 England29
Matches

Semifinals

13 May 2018 Ireland  19–7  Fiji Westhills Stadium, Langford  
12:26 Try: Galvin 0'c
O'Flynn 6'c
Flood 11'm
Con: Mulhall (2/3) 1', 6'
 Try: Daveua 2'c
Con: Riwai (1/1) 2'
Cards: Naiobasali Yellow card 5' Red card 10'
Savu yellow card 7' to 9' 		Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
13 May 2018 Canada  35–12  England Westhills Stadium, Langford  
12:48 Try: Kaljuvee 0'c
Darling 6'c
Landry 8'c
Farella 10'c, 13'c
Con: Landry (4/4) 1', 6', 8', 11'
Lukan (1/1) 13'
 Try: Fleming 4'm, 14'c
Con: Scott (1/2) 14'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

Seventh Place

13 May 2018 Fiji  24–29  England Westhills Stadium, Langford  
15:10 Try: Daveua 3'c, 10'm
Ravisa 8'c
Torooti 14'm
Con: Riwai (2/3) 3', 8'
Naimasi (0/1)
 Try: Brown 1'c
Fleetwood 4'm, 5'm
Scott 11'c
Thompson 13'm
Con: Scott (2/5) 1', 11'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

Final

13 May 2018 Ireland  12–29  Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford  
15:32 Try: O'Flynn 4'm
Tyrrell 14'c
Con: Mulhall (1/2) 14'
 Try: Farella 0'm, 7'c, 9'c
Darling 2'm
Williams 13'm
Con: Landry (2/4) 7', 9'
Nicholas (0/1)
 Referee: Ben Crouse (South Africa)

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May 2018 – 9:20 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 France27
 
13 May 2018 – 13:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Ireland0
 
 France12
 
13 May 2018 – 9:42 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Australia17
(a.e.t.)
 
 Australia21
 
13 May 2018 – 16:20 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Fiji5
 
 Australia0
 
13 May 2018 – 10:04 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 New Zealand46
 
 United States28
 
13 May 2018 – 13:32 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Canada26
 
 United States10
 
13 May 2018 – 10:26 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 New Zealand33 Third place
 
 New Zealand17
 
13 May 2018 – 15:54 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 England12
 
 France5
 
 
 United States21
 
Matches

Quarterfinals

13 May 2018 France  27–0  Ireland Westhills Stadium, Langford  
9:20 Try: Grassineau 4'm, 5'm
Horta 7'm
Guerin 9'm
Amedee 14'c
Con: Amedee (1/4) 14'
Le Pesq (0/1)
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)
13 May 2018 Australia  21–5  Fiji Westhills Stadium, Langford  
9:42 Try: Tonegato 1'c, 14'c
Cherry 7'c
Con: Sykes (3/3) 2', 7', 14'
 Try: Naimasi 12'm
Con: Riwai (0/1)
 Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
13 May 2018 United States  28–26  Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford  
10:04 Try: Gray 0'c
Kelter 2'c, 5'c
Tapper 14'c
Con: Kelter (3/3) 1', 2', 14'
Heavirland (1/1) 5'
 Try: Landry 3'c
Williams 6'm
Farella 7'c, 12'c
Con: Landry (3/4) 4', 8', 13'
 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
13 May 2018 New Zealand  17–12  England Westhills Stadium, Langford  
10:26 Try: Woodman 1'm, 6'c, 11'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 6'
 Try: Brown 6'c
Matthews 10'm
Con: Scott (1/2) 7'
 Referee: Ben Crouse (South Africa)

Semifinals

13 May 2018 France  12–17
(a.e.t.) 		 Australia Westhills Stadium, Langford  
13:10 Try: Grassineau 8'c
Pelle 11'm
Con: Amedee (1/2) 9'
Cards: Amedee yellow card 5' to 7' 		Try: Sykes 6'c
Cherry 13'm
Con: Sykes (1/1) 6'
Cherry (0/1)
 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
13 May 2018 United States  10–33  New Zealand Westhills Stadium, Langford  
13:32 Try: Gray 2'm
Kelter 3'm
Con: Kelter (0/2)
 Try: Blyde 5'c, 10'c
Brazier 7'm
Goss 8'c
Woodman 11'c
Con: Nathan-Wong (4/5) 5', 8', 10', 12'
 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

Third Place

13 May 2018 France  5–21  United States Westhills Stadium, Langford  
15:54 Try: Drouin 3'
Con: Amedee (0/1)
 Try: Tapper 7'c
Zackary 8'c
Kelter 13'
Con: Heavirland (3/3) 7', 8', 14'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

Final

13 May 2018 Australia  0–46  New Zealand Westhills Stadium, Langford  
16:20 Try: Woodman 1'c, 7'm
Tui 3'm
Brazier 5'm, 14'c
Williams 7'm, 10'c
Goss 13'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/5) 2'
Willison (2/3) 11', 14'
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 16
4  France 14
5  Canada 12
6  Ireland 10
Place  Team Points
7  England 8
8  Fiji 6
9  Japan 4
10  Spain 3
11  Brazil 2
12  Russia 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Canada Bianca Farella 8
2 Australia Emma Tonegato 7
Michaela Blyde
New Zealand Portia Woodman
5 United States Alev Kelter 6
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Alev Kelter 52
2 Bianca Farella 40
Montserrat Amedee
4 Ghislaine Landry 38
Luisa Tisolo

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

Forwards Backs
Ireland Stacey Flood
Australia Evania Pelite
New Zealand Portia Woodman		 Canada Charity Williams
Fiji Luisa Tisolo
New Zealand Michaela Blyde
France Montserrat Amedee

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pools confirmed for HSBC Canada Women's Sevens". World Rugby. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Langford Sevens fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Dream Team: Seven stars shone in Langford". World Rugby. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

External links

  • Tournament Page
Women's Sevens Series VI
Preceded by 2018 Canada Women's Sevens Succeeded by
Canada Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2018 Canada Women's Sevens Succeeded by