2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series


The 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the seventh edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. There were six tournament events scheduled on the 2018–19 circuit with twelve teams competing in each tournament. The series also, for the second time, doubled as an Olympic qualifier.
The series was won by who won four tour events on their way to claiming their fifth World Series title.

Format

Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.

Teams

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2018–19 series were:
One additional core team qualified through winning the 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:
The twelfth team in each tournament is allocated based on performance in the respective continental competitions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

Tour venues

There were six tournaments in 2018–19:
LegStadiumCityDatesWinner
United StatesInfinity ParkGlendale 20–21 October 2018
DubaiThe SevensDubai29–30 November 2018
AustraliaSpotless StadiumSydney1–3 February 2019
JapanMikuni World StadiumKitakyushu20–21 April 2019
CanadaWesthills StadiumLangford 11–12 May 2019
FranceParc des Sports AguiléraBiarritz15–16 June 2019

Standings

Official standings for the 2018–19 series:
Source:

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:
Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal
11316
41––5
112–4
–21–3
–––33
–1––1
–––11
–––11
Totals666624

Tournaments

Glendale

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'33–7
5th Place'21–19
Challenge Trophy20–14

Dubai

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'26–14
5th Place'12–7
Challenge Trophy12–7

Sydney

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'34–10
5th Place'19–17
Challenge Trophy15–12

Kitakyushu

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'7–5
5th Place'34–26
Challenge Trophy41–12

Langford

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'21-17
5th Place'31-7
Challenge Trophy26-19

Biarritz

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'26-10
5th Place'24-10
Challenge Trophy27-10

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe35
2 Bianca Farella34
3 Michaela Blyde30
4 Ellia Green27
5 Anne-Cécile Ciofani21

RankPlayerPoints
1 Tyla Nathan-Wong207
2 Ghislaine Landry202
3 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe175
4 Bianca Farella170
5 Michaela Blyde150

Updated:

Awards

Tour LegPlayerPoints
Glendale 57
Dubai 53
Sydney 57
Kitakyushu 66
Langford 48
Paris 52

PlayerTotal
1 743226127259
2 792123116239
2 603717125239
4 74226132234
5 522111144228
5 692116112228
7 791216118225
8 581423114209
9 61318108208
10 382824111201

Updated: