2018 Canada Sevens


The 2018 Canada Sevens was the third edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 10–11 March at BC Place in Vancouver.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Standard Time. The pools were scheduled as follows:

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

13th Place

Matches

Semi-finals
13th Place Final

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final

5th Place

Matches

Semi-finals
5th Place Final

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 John Porch9
2 Perry Baker7
3 Darcy Graham6
John Moonlight6
5 Ben O'Donnell5

RankPlayerPoints
1 Nathan Hirayama53
2 John Porch45
3 James Stannard37
Perry Baker37
5 Darcy Graham30

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
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Oscar Ouma
Dylan Sage
Kalione Nasoko
Collins Injera
John Porch
Eroni Sau
Perry Baker