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2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series

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2021–22 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIII
Hosts
Date26 November 2021 – 28 August 2022
Final positions
ChampionsImage Australia
Runners-upImage South Africa
ThirdImage Fiji
Series details
Top try scorerImage Terry Kennedy (50)
Top point scorerImage Dietrich Roache (343)
← 2021

The 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 23rd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

The series was won by Australia 7s, claiming their first World Series title. Second-placed South Africa opened the competition by winning the first four tournaments, with a 36-match winning streak that lasted until the 2022 Singapore Sevens where they were beaten by the United States in pool play,[1] but they did not make the semifinals in any of the remaining events.

There was no relegation required at the end of the season as the number of core teams was reduced when England, Scotland and Wales were combined to play as Great Britain for the 2022–23 series.[2]

Core teams

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The core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which curtailed the last two seasons.[3][4] The sixteen core teams qualified to participate in all 2021–22 tournaments were:

Notes
  1. ↑ Japan did not compete in the 2021 series but had core team status for it after winning the Challenger Series in 2020 [5] and kept that status for 2021–22.
  2. ↑ As there was no relegation in the previous two seasons, Wales retained core status despite being the lowest-placed core team in 2019–20.[6]

Tour venues

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The schedule for the series was:[7][8]

2021–22 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai (2 events) The SevensDubai 26–27 November 2021 Image South Africa
3–4 December 2021 Image South Africa
Spain (2 events) Estadio Ciudad de MálagaMálaga 21–23 January 2022 Image South Africa
Estadio de La CartujaSeville 28–30 January 2022 Image South Africa
Singapore National StadiumSingapore 9–10 April 2022 Image Fiji
Canada BC PlaceVancouver 16–17 April 2022[a] Image Argentina
France Stade Ernest-Wallon[10]Toulouse 20–22 May 2022 Image Fiji
England Twickenham StadiumLondon 28–29 May 2022 Image Australia
United States Dignity Health Sports ParkLos Angeles 27–28 August 2022[b] Image New Zealand
Notes
  1. ↑ The Canada Sevens event was moved from 26–27 February to 16–17 April due to COVID-19 logistical challenges.[9]
  2. ↑ The USA Sevens event was moved from 5–6 March to 27–28 August due to ongoing COVID-19 logistical challenges.[9]

Standings

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Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season.[11] This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.[11]

The final standings after completion of the nine tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.

The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers.

Official standings for the 2021 series were:

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens – Series XXIII
Pos.
Event 
Team
 Image
Dubai I		 Image
Dubai II		 Image
Málaga		 Image
Seville

Image
Singapore

 Image
Vancouver		 Image
Toulouse		 Image
London		 Image
Los Angeles		 Points
total		 Ranking
points[a]		 Points
difference[b]
1 Image Australia 13†191519171710†2217149 126 +502
2 Image South Africa 2222222210135†133†132 124 +541
3 Image Fiji[c] 158—1†—†2219221719123 122 +482
4 Image Argentina 1717191713†22138†13139 118 +375
5 Image Ireland 1110†1015158†191210110 92 +87
6 Image United States 19111213123†107†1097 87 –1
7 Image France 8†151310810175†894 81 +338
8 Image New Zealand[d] —†—†——19128192280 80 +373
9 Image Samoa[c] —†—†——1101515151571 71 +125
10 Image England[e] —4†—517123†101210578 71 –115
11 Image Spain 778772†5101†54 51 –44
12 Image Kenya 10121†851†111251 49 –181
13 Image Scotland[e] —4†—55101†575749 44 –139
14 Image Canada 651021†71†31†36 34 –289
15 Image Wales[e] —4—573552†1†537 34 –322
16 Image Japan 56352†1†32229 26 –636
17 Image Great Britain[e] 1213———————25 25 –11
18 Image Germany ——55—————10 10 +19
19 Image Jamaica ——21—————3 3 –285

Source: World Rugby

Legend
Event Medalists
Gold Event Champions
Silver Event Runner-ups
Bronze Event Third place finishers
Qualification for the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series
No colour Core team
Yellow Invited team
Notes
  1. ↑ The ranking points contains only the total of points for the seven best tournaments (for each team, respectively)
  2. ↑ The points difference is the margin of points scored for and against (from all matches in only the seven best tournaments for each team, respectively)
  3. 1 2 Fiji and Samoa did not play in the two tournaments in Spain following positive COVID-19 tests in their squads.[12][13] As Fiji was not replaced in the schedule for Málaga [14] and Samoa not replaced for Seville,[15] their opponents advanced by walkover in those tournaments. As such, Fiji finished equal-last in Málaga and received one point in the season standings.[16] Similarly, Samoa finished equal-last in Seville and received one point in the season standings.[16]
  4. ↑ New Zealand missed the first four tournaments due to travel logistics and travel-related restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. 1 2 3 4 England, Scotland and Wales were represented by Great Britain in the first two events held in Dubai. For the remaining events, they competed as separate national unions.[8] Each team received one-third of the points earned by Great Britain in the first two rounds: four points each for Dubai I, five points each for Dubai II.[16]

Placings summary

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Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2021–22 series, by team:

Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
Image South Africa 4———4
Image Fiji 22116
Image Australia 12317
Image New Zealand 12——3
Image Argentina 113—5
Image Ireland —1—23
Image United States —1——1
Image France ——112
Image England ——1—1
Image Samoa ———44

Player statistics

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Dream Team

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Australia Nick Malouf
Argentina Luciano González
South Africa Zain Davids
Argentina Marcos Moneta
Fiji Waisea Nacuqu
Ireland Terry Kennedy
Australia Corey Toole

Reference:[17]

Scoring

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Updated: 29 August 2022

Performance

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Updated: 29 August 2022

Tournaments

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Dubai I

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Event Winner Score Finalist
Cup Image South Africa 42–7 Image United States
Bronze Image Argentina 19–12 Image Fiji
5th Place Image Australia 35–21 Image Great Britain
7th Place Image Ireland 29–7 Image Kenya
9th Place Image France 28–26 Image Spain
11th Place Image Canada 22–14 Image Japan

Dubai II

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Event Winner Score Finalist
Cup Image South Africa 10–7 Image Australia
Bronze Image Argentina 38–21 Image France
5th Place Image Great Britain 10–5 Image Kenya
7th Place Image United States 26–19 Image Ireland
9th Place Image Fiji 31–7 Image Spain
11th Place Image Japan 21–12 Image Canada

Malaga

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image South Africa 24–17 Image Argentina Image England (Bronze)

Image Australia

5th Place Image France 28–12 Image United States Image Ireland

Image Canada

9th Place Image Spain 34–5 Image Wales Image Scotland

Image Germany

13th Place Image Japan 29–24 Image Jamaica Image Kenya

Image Fiji

Seville

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image South Africa 33–7 Image Australia Image Argentina (Bronze)

Image Ireland

5th Place Image United States 22–17 Image England Image France

Image Scotland

9th Place Image Kenya 24–19 Image Spain Image Germany

Image Japan

13th Place Image Wales 19–14 Image Canada Image Jamaica

Image Samoa

Singapore

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image Fiji 28–17 Image New Zealand Image Australia (Bronze)

Image Ireland

5th Place Image Argentina 42–24 Image United States Image Samoa

Image South Africa

9th Place Image France 24–19 Image Spain Image Kenya

Image Wales

13th Place Image England 28–14 Image Japan Image Canada

Image Scotland

Vancouver

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image Argentina 29–10 Image Fiji Image Australia (Bronze)

Image Samoa

5th Place Image South Africa 17–15 Image New Zealand Image England

Image France

9th Place Image Ireland 17–7 Image Canada Image Scotland

Image Wales

13th Place Image United States 33–24 Image Spain Image Japan

Image Kenya

Toulouse

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image Fiji 29–17 Image Ireland Image France (Bronze)

Image Samoa

5th Place Image Argentina 21–12 Image England Image Australia

Image United States

9th Place Image New Zealand 42–7 Image Scotland Image South Africa

Image Spain

13th Place Image Japan 28–14 Image Wales Image Canada

Image Kenya

London

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image Australia 19–14 Image New Zealand Image Fiji (Bronze)

Image Samoa

5th Place Image South Africa 14–5 Image Ireland Image England

Image Spain

9th Place Image Argentina 31–5 Image United States Image France

Image Scotland

13th Place Image Canada 26–19 Image Japan Image Kenya

Image Wales

Los Angeles

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup Image New Zealand 28–21 Image Fiji Image Australia (Bronze)

Image Samoa

5th Place Image Argentina 29–7 Image Kenya Image Ireland

Image United States

9th Place Image France 33–0 Image Scotland Image England

Image Wales

13th Place Image South Africa 26–0 Image Japan Image Spain

Image Canada

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Org, Worldrugby. "Singapore set for thrilling finals day as South Africa's sevens winning streak ends".
  2. ↑ "Great Britain Sevens to compete in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. 20 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to double-up in Canada and Dubai". World Rugby. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World.Rugby. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World.Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. 1 2 "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 schedule unveiled". World Rugby. 12 October 2021.
  9. 1 2 "New dates for Vancouver and Los Angeles in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022". World Rugby. 20 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Toulouse to host World Rugby Sevens date". Barrons. 12 October 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022". World Rugby. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
  12. ↑ Naivalurua, Navitalai (21 January 2022). "Fiji Men's and Women's 7s teams pull out of Spain tournaments". Fiji Village.
  13. ↑ "Manu Samoa 7s Pulled Out of Spain Due to High Number of Covid Positive Results". Samoa Global News. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Malaga: Pools". World Rugby. Retrieved 23 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ↑ "Men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Seville: Fixtures and results". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  16. 1 2 3 "Men's Standings". world.rugby. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Moneta and González Rizzoni named to 7s Series Dream Team". americas rugby news. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021.
  19. ↑ @WorldRugby7s (December 4, 2021). "What a list of Sevens talent! @DHLRugby" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022.
  22. ↑ @WorldRugby7s (April 10, 2022). "An integral day two performance from @Aussie7s' Corey Toole, gave him the edge to lead the #ImpactPlayer standings in Singapore @DHLRugby" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ↑ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022.
  24. ↑ "Kenya 7s duo ranked among top impact players in Toulouse 7s". Scrummage. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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